Rules for "The Corner"
Dec 4, 2014 19:49:41 GMT -5
Post by The Hoff on Dec 4, 2014 19:49:41 GMT -5
Welcome. We're happy you're here, and hope you stay awhile and participate. In order to encourage participation by everyone, we're going to make some rules, and expect you to follow them.
1. The internet is a great place to act like an asshole. It's anonymous, you don't know these people. All the more reason to misbehave. We don't care if it reflects personally on you. We've already established that people on the internet can be assholes. But it also reflects badly on the management of this site, and we like to pretend that our members will like us. So be nice. We have the power to put you in time out, or bring out the ban hammer. How do you know if you're behaving badly? Here are some suggestions:
No flames, personal attacks or contentious off topic comments: The idea is to make this a pleasant environment for everyone. Flaming and offensive language towards fellow posters must stop. Any communication that is intended to harass, belittle, humiliate, threaten or cause embarrassment to a fellow member, material that defames, abuses, or threatens others, statements that are bigoted, hateful or racially offensive will not be tolerated and will result in immediate action by the site moderators. Everyone has their own opinions on every thing and they are just that (opinions) to call them an idiot or moron etc. only makes a bad situation worse.
2. Allow for the possibility of misunderstandings, and be patient if someone asks for an explanation of what seems to be obvious. If things get ugly, we'll move you to the Take It Outside thread to avoid distraction for the rest of the members. If it escalates, we will infract, suspend or ban.
3. We've created a forum to feed your inner perv. Keep the bawdy content in that area. If you see it there, you have no one to blame but yourself. It's marked NSFW for a reason. We made it for you because some people wanted it. Don't make us go in there. If we have to, we're not going to be happy about it (Secretly maybe, but not outwardly-kinda like a Baptist in a liquor store). If we have to moderate that thread, you have just released the Kracken.
4. We're OCD and Anal Retentive. We thrive on bringing order to chaos. Please post your topic in the most appropriate forum. This not only will help us to find and answer your problems faster, it also helps to have an organized forum on our website and thus will help everyone to find what they are looking for.
5. Did we mention we mention we're OCD and Anal Renteive? Please try to only start new topics as necessary. If a similar topic exists, please post in it. It will move that topic to the top of the list and your post will be seen. It also is a good idea since there may be a few users subscribed to that posts notification. We can and merge multiple threads, and will as the situation merits. Megathreads are fine if they are in the right location. If you want something split out of a thread, ask us.
6. Posting the same message to multiple boards and / or topics is not allowed. Multiple & duplicated posts will be deleted. Spamming of the boards will not be tolerated.
7. Unless your name happens to be Sybil, Multiple IDs (ie Aliases) and/or multiple accounts using the same computer are not allowed unless positive identification of each ID can be substantiated. Multiple/Duplicate IDs are subject to investigation and if necessary banning.
8. We encourage discussion and debate about everything, even when heated. We do not and cannot police every post, we will delete posts coming to our attention that we believe violate these rules. Appropriate actions will also be taken against the poster.
9. You may post images and avatars. Keep in mind that most of us use this site while avoiding real work. Therefore, any images MUST be safely within the bounds of safe for work. Otherwise, we will direct the HR representative standing at our desk to your HR Department. Remember that scene in The Christmas Story when Ralphie dropped a dime on his buddy after using the F word and they both ended up eating Lifeboy? It's going to be just like that, but worse. We have your IP address. Or more likely your office IP address. Or your parents, if you're a 13 year old brat.
10. This is not a commercial site. If anyone is going to make money here, it's going to be us. But we're not, because we believe in the power of love. So, sending advertisement throughout the Private Message System, is not allowed. If it gets reported, your IP gets banned without further notice, and forever. NO WARNING WILL BE GIVEN.
1. The internet is a great place to act like an asshole. It's anonymous, you don't know these people. All the more reason to misbehave. We don't care if it reflects personally on you. We've already established that people on the internet can be assholes. But it also reflects badly on the management of this site, and we like to pretend that our members will like us. So be nice. We have the power to put you in time out, or bring out the ban hammer. How do you know if you're behaving badly? Here are some suggestions:
No flames, personal attacks or contentious off topic comments: The idea is to make this a pleasant environment for everyone. Flaming and offensive language towards fellow posters must stop. Any communication that is intended to harass, belittle, humiliate, threaten or cause embarrassment to a fellow member, material that defames, abuses, or threatens others, statements that are bigoted, hateful or racially offensive will not be tolerated and will result in immediate action by the site moderators. Everyone has their own opinions on every thing and they are just that (opinions) to call them an idiot or moron etc. only makes a bad situation worse.
2. Allow for the possibility of misunderstandings, and be patient if someone asks for an explanation of what seems to be obvious. If things get ugly, we'll move you to the Take It Outside thread to avoid distraction for the rest of the members. If it escalates, we will infract, suspend or ban.
3. We've created a forum to feed your inner perv. Keep the bawdy content in that area. If you see it there, you have no one to blame but yourself. It's marked NSFW for a reason. We made it for you because some people wanted it. Don't make us go in there. If we have to, we're not going to be happy about it (Secretly maybe, but not outwardly-kinda like a Baptist in a liquor store). If we have to moderate that thread, you have just released the Kracken.
4. We're OCD and Anal Retentive. We thrive on bringing order to chaos. Please post your topic in the most appropriate forum. This not only will help us to find and answer your problems faster, it also helps to have an organized forum on our website and thus will help everyone to find what they are looking for.
5. Did we mention we mention we're OCD and Anal Renteive? Please try to only start new topics as necessary. If a similar topic exists, please post in it. It will move that topic to the top of the list and your post will be seen. It also is a good idea since there may be a few users subscribed to that posts notification. We can and merge multiple threads, and will as the situation merits. Megathreads are fine if they are in the right location. If you want something split out of a thread, ask us.
6. Posting the same message to multiple boards and / or topics is not allowed. Multiple & duplicated posts will be deleted. Spamming of the boards will not be tolerated.
7. Unless your name happens to be Sybil, Multiple IDs (ie Aliases) and/or multiple accounts using the same computer are not allowed unless positive identification of each ID can be substantiated. Multiple/Duplicate IDs are subject to investigation and if necessary banning.
8. We encourage discussion and debate about everything, even when heated. We do not and cannot police every post, we will delete posts coming to our attention that we believe violate these rules. Appropriate actions will also be taken against the poster.
9. You may post images and avatars. Keep in mind that most of us use this site while avoiding real work. Therefore, any images MUST be safely within the bounds of safe for work. Otherwise, we will direct the HR representative standing at our desk to your HR Department. Remember that scene in The Christmas Story when Ralphie dropped a dime on his buddy after using the F word and they both ended up eating Lifeboy? It's going to be just like that, but worse. We have your IP address. Or more likely your office IP address. Or your parents, if you're a 13 year old brat.
10. This is not a commercial site. If anyone is going to make money here, it's going to be us. But we're not, because we believe in the power of love. So, sending advertisement throughout the Private Message System, is not allowed. If it gets reported, your IP gets banned without further notice, and forever. NO WARNING WILL BE GIVEN.