Post by Derpy ❤ on Nov 2, 2015 20:28:51 GMT -6
General Rules
GENERAL
- Don't advertise. This means making threads/posts to advertise random sites, affiliate links, etc. Obvious advertisers are banned on sight. If you want to share a cool site, please keep it to your signature.
- Don't spam. This can be any action that is designed to draw undue attention. This includes making the same or substantially the same post repeatedly and/or over multiple threads. This also includes memes.
- Bumping old threads just for the sake of bumping them up and/or without context or relatively useful information, usually known as "necro'ing," is considered a form of spamming.
- Don't go off-topic. Every thread has a title/topic/purpose, guiding the discussion. Please do not attempt to derail the conversation.
- Don't flame/troll/fight/harass other members. Unacceptable forms of conduct include, but are not limited to, intentionally posting false arguments, intentionally misquoting other users, name-calling, posting flames/personal attacks, annoying others, or disrupting a discussion.
- Don't post any offensive materials. This site is aimed at a general audience. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated. Offensive materials include, but are not limited to:
pointless cursing or excessive obscenity;
derogatory remarks towards any race, religion, nation, social status, gender, or sexual orientation; and
pornographic material, especially those involving children. - Don't make any harmful posts. Harmful posts are any posts that are intended to harm the computing resources or physical well-being of our site or users in any way. These include viruses, annoying animated images (such as flashing bright colors), loud sounds, etc.
- Embedded media such as audio or video must have a start/stop button. Embedded media must default to off/not playing, and may only start playing if the user affirmatively acts on your media.
- Large images take up a lot of screen space and can interfere with the other members browsing the site. Whenever possible, keep them inside spoiler tags.
- Don't attempt to circumvent bans. Attempting to ban evade by registering another account, using someone else's account, or any other method will lead to those other accounts being banned and the ban on the main account extended. Users who feel they have been unfairly warned are welcome to private message the admin. However, publicly arguing with the moderation team, especially after appeals have been concluded or are in progress, may lead to additional warnings.
- Search before you post. The topic of your thread may have already been created. To help minimize the chance of duplicates and keep topics in a single place for discussion, the staff reserves the right to lock the newly created thread and/or merge it with the original thread.
MEDIA & CONTENT
- Do not post any pornography (Real Life). We accept Hentai!
- Don't steal our releases. Do not upload material with inaccurate credits. Particularly, do not claim that you worked on a project when you have not.
USER PERSONALIZATIONS
- Use appropriate display names. Users with inappropriate display names will be asked to change their names. Willfully choosing inappropriate names, such as to troll, may lead to immediate punishment without the user being given an opportunity to first change their name. Inappropriate names include anything that is:
vulgar,
offensive,
abundant in superfluous symbols,
misleading, or
otherwise irritating/inappropriate. - Don't impersonate a staff member or user. This includes deliberately choosing a confusingly similar username, avatar, signature, or any combination of the three with the intent or goal of passing off oneself as another member or a staff member.
- Don't make huge signatures. It's annoying for people to scroll for several pages just because you posted once with several pages worth of signature. If you have a large signature, please enclose some/all of it in a spoiler tag.
- Don't make annoying signatures/profiles. Annoying signatures/profiles include, but is not limited to, excessive animated gifs or autoplaying, embedded music/video.
Obey the general rules. Avatars, signatures, and profile pages are still subject to the same general rules as stated above.
The exact application of the rules are at the discretion of the moderators and will be interpreted, adjusted, and modified as needed to fit new situations. Rules for specific forums are applied in addition to these general rules.
