Content of Forum Posts

20 Oct 2010

Please remember we're not able to apply ratings to the forums as we are with stories, so it's important to keep a general audience in mind when discussing stories here.

Thanks!

11 Feb 2015

You are, of course, completely correct and speak the words of common-sense.

Regrettably, no matter what you say or how reasonably you say it, there will always be someone who will choose to take offence. It's the nature of the beast, I guess.

11 Feb 2015

This is more in reference to cursing and keeping it within the guidelines of this site. The forums are public and a younger audience are allowed to partake. On stories we can put an age limit and warning on it, in the forums, we can't.

Thank you everyone for keeping that in mind. smile

11 Feb 2015

Quote by Blue
This is more in reference to cursing and keeping it within the guidelines of this site. The forums are public and a younger audience are allowed to partake. On stories we can put an age limit and warning on it, in the forums, we can't.

Thank you everyone for keeping that in mind.

thanks Blue xoxo

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1 Mar 2015

Quote by Blue
This is more in reference to cursing and keeping it within the guidelines of this site. The forums are public and a younger audience are allowed to partake. On stories we can put an age limit and warning on it, in the forums, we can't.

Thank you everyone for keeping that in mind.

Since you must be 16 to join, would it be fair to say, as a general guidance, that the forum should be basically PG-13?

You can't get there from here, because when you get there you're still here and here is now there.

1 Mar 2015

Quote by rolandlytle
Quote by Blue
This is more in reference to cursing and keeping it within the guidelines of this site. The forums are public and a younger audience are allowed to partake. On stories we can put an age limit and warning on it, in the forums, we can't.

Thank you everyone for keeping that in mind.

Since you must be 16 to join, would it be fair to say, as a general guidance, that the forum should be basically PG-13?

That is how I approached it once when posting limericks, but the truth is, that you don't have to join to be able to read the forum entries. In order to do rate the forum PG-13, it would have to be made clear to non-members, that there is an age-limit before or upon entering it.

If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"

2 Mar 2015

Quote by paulus

That is how I approached it once when posting limericks, but the truth is, that you don't have to join to be able to read the forum entries.

True that, so consider that when posting in the forum that everything you say is basically public...so while we don't have an actual rating system for forum posts, consider that anyone...your mother, your boss, your co-workers, your wife, your sister...anyone...can come along and read whatever you post here...

That fact tends to keep most people in line, and prevents most people from spewing off rants and insults or whatever at others, because most people realize stuff like that only makes them look like immature idiots...and for the most part, that works to the extent that the forum is somewhat self-policing...

Occasionally we get people who act a bit immature, and that's where the mods may have to step in...but really, for the most part people realize that everything here is public and can be viewed by anyone with an internet connection and behave accordingly...

I once knew a drinker who had a moderating problem...

2 Mar 2015

Quote by DirtyMartini
Quote by paulus

That is how I approached it once when posting limericks, but the truth is, that you don't have to join to be able to read the forum entries.

True that, so consider that when posting in the forum that everything you say is basically public...so while we don't have an actual rating system for forum posts, consider that anyone...your mother, your boss, your co-workers, your wife, your sister...anyone...can come along and read whatever you post here...

That fact tends to keep most people in line, and prevents most people from spewing off rants and insults or whatever at others, because most people realize stuff like that only makes them look like immature idiots...and for the most part, that works to the extent that the forum is somewhat self-policing...

Occasionally we get people who act a bit immature, and that's where the mods may have to step in...but really, for the most part people realize that everything here is public and can be viewed by anyone with an internet connection and behave accordingly...

Agreed, most of it anyway. Not everything a moderator acts upon is immature though. I simply misjudged the limits of forum entries, by making the same assumption Roland made. And I do think there are some double standards here. Avatars are public domain too, and one of the moderators here (Gav) has an avatar that in my view is downright obscene. I have never heared or seen any complaints about that.

If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"