With the new rules topic being posted I have to note that we break them quite often. I think the rules need to be overlooked and rewritten to fit our current situation. Because if we don't do that we'll have to ban or otherwise inhibit otherwise enjoyable members who make recurring "offenses".
We've not needed these rules and haven't punished breaking of the rules because there haven't been any consequences. We enjoyed anyway. Then there was James.
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1. Mind your posts. Please be mindful of what you say. Don't post anything that could be construed as objectionable, and avoid excessive profanity.
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This is a biggie. We pretty much don't do this at all anymore, and we don't even restrict it to Forum Fun. Shit, we say fuck and shit and balls and bollocks like it's not a fuckin' problem anymore. Damnit.
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2. No spamming. Absolutely no posting for the sake of posting. Don't make incoherent, useless posts all over the place just because you can.
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Last I checked all of us do this. Often. Which usually leads to:
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3. Stay on topic. A good post should be kept concise and to the point, and should always contribute something valuable to the thread it's posted in.
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Barely any of our topics stay on course anymore. This is one of those rules I think that should be kept, because it can get annoying after a while.
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7. No text talk. Absolutely no text talk or instant messenger shorthand. We never want to see "you" abbreviated as "u" or "hate" abbreviated as "h8." If what you're saying is worth hearing, it's worth writing out.
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A few of us frequently use it in jest.
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8. No personal conversations. Threads can easily descend into meaningless chat rooms, and we don't want that. Take private conversations off the forums, or at least use the PM system.
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Same as the off-topic stuff, this tends to happen from time to time. Not very often, but it does happen.
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9. No personal attacks. Personal, malicious attacks on members will not be tolerated at all. This is a good way to get in trouble very quickly.
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This needs to be better defined, with severity levels, if we're going to keep this rule and RV on the same forum. Granted, RV has never made direct death/rape/stufflikethat threats. Just called people idiots. James has made a death threat against RV...
(sorry James, but you did.)
So that's six rules we've totally ignored since I can't remember.