Rules Unlocked.

[Bricktop]

Rules



Welcome to The Blue Cashew. We are so glad to see you here and look forward to your insightful contributions to our board. While here, we ask that you please respect a few simple, straightforward rules so we can all enjoy our time here.



1.   Like all moderated forums, you should have no expectation of infallible freedom of speech or an irrevocable right to post. Although you remain responsible for the content you post, we reserve the right to exclude or limit your posting abilities as necessary to maintain harmonious discourse on our board.



2.   Please do not break the law. Any material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where The Blue Cashew is hosted or International Law will result in removable of offending posts and possible loss your post and possibly of posting privileges. This includes hate speech, threats, blackmail, child pornography, posting copyright material without permission, etc.



3.   Anonymity on discussion forums is important to many posters. Posting personal, private or identifying information (PI) on the forum about another poster is strictly prohibited. We also encourage you not to share information from private message as a measure of good taste.



4.   Posts containing pornographic, gory or gross content, images or links is not allowed. We ask if you are going to post material that is questionable for purposes of contextual discussion or for artistic purposes that you please provide a link to the image with a disclaimer rather than posting the image itself.



5.   If we believe your intention is to be irritating, obnoxious or make the board less fun for others we will confine to Reject Rodeo (RR) or revoke your posting privileges.



6.   Spamming is prohibited.



7.   If you are going to troll, please do so in the Reject Rodeo section of our board. The creation of sockpuppet accounts or impersonating other posters is discouraged. Creating alts to circumvent bans or account restrictions will result in the accounts being deactivated and a ban issued or extended.



8.   Please respect our moderators and administration staff while doing their forum duties. They are volunteers and don't get paid enough to take abuse from posters for doing a service to the board.



9. From time to time a circumstance will arise that we find unacceptable but is not outlined in these rules. The administrators and moderators will discuss the issue and decide on an appropriate course of action to be taken.



10.   Admins and moderators will enforce rules based on the severity and frequency of the offense. Punishment will range from warnings to restricted posting privileges to permanent banning and everything in between.



What a lot of crap!!!



I'm out of here.

[Anonymous]

Rules



Welcome to The Blue Cashew. We are so glad to see you here and look forward to your insightful contributions to our board. While here, we ask that you please respect a few simple, straightforward rules so we can all enjoy our time here.



1.   Like all moderated forums, you should have no expectation of infallible freedom of speech or an irrevocable right to post. Although you remain responsible for the content you post, we reserve the right to exclude or limit your posting abilities as necessary to maintain harmonious discourse on our board.



2.   Please do not break the law. Any material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the country where The Blue Cashew is hosted or International Law will result in removable of offending posts and possible loss your post and possibly of posting privileges. This includes hate speech, threats, blackmail, child pornography, posting copyright material without permission, etc.



3.   Anonymity on discussion forums is important to many posters. Posting personal, private or identifying information (PI) on the forum about another poster is strictly prohibited. We also encourage you not to share information from private message as a measure of good taste.



4.   Posts containing pornographic, gory or gross content, images or links is not allowed. We ask if you are going to post material that is questionable for purposes of contextual discussion or for artistic purposes that you please provide a link to the image with a disclaimer rather than posting the image itself.



5.   If we believe your intention is to be irritating, obnoxious or make the board less fun for others we will confine to Reject Rodeo (RR) or revoke your posting privileges.



6.   Spamming is prohibited.



7.   If you are going to troll, please do so in the Reject Rodeo section of our board. The creation of sockpuppet accounts or impersonating other posters is discouraged. Creating alts to circumvent bans or account restrictions will result in the accounts being deactivated and a ban issued or extended.



8.   Please respect our moderators and administration staff while doing their forum duties. They are volunteers and don't get paid enough to take abuse from posters for doing a service to the board.



9. From time to time a circumstance will arise that we find unacceptable but is not outlined in these rules. The administrators and moderators will discuss the issue and decide on an appropriate course of action to be taken.



10.   Admins and moderators will enforce rules based on the severity and frequency of the offense. Punishment will range from warnings to restricted posting privileges to permanent banning and everything in between.



What a lot of crap!!!



I'm out of here.

What's wrong?

[Anonymous]

I do not get it either Fash.

[Anonymous]

If you stay Sox, I'll post a pic of my sexy round ASS. ac_dance

[RW]

No you won't.  ac_beating



I had to step in to say I wrote those rules with Oberon's approval prior to presentation.

[Anonymous]

No you won't.  ac_beating



I had to step in to say I wrote those rules with Oberon's approval prior to presentation.

Than, what's the fucking problem?

[Bricktop]

Where to start.



Firstly, someone is trying to be a parliamentary draftsperson.



Secondly, at least one of the "rules" isn't even a rule.



Thirdly, there is waaaaaaay too much leeway for inappropriate use of discretion. By those rules, Herman did nothing wrong.



Fourthly, "if you are going to troll"?? I do nothing BUT troll, dependant upon how liberal you want to use the term.



Moderators are essentially free to do as they please under those "rules". They are not for members but moderators. You are falling for the trap of creating "policemen" as moderators, and establishing a set of punitive measures that do nothing to change the ambience of the forum.



And I have NO idea what RW is on about. Never seen those "rules" in my life.

[Anonymous]

Where to start.



Firstly, someone is trying to be a parliamentary draftsperson.



Secondly, at least one of the "rules" isn't even a rule.



Thirdly, there is waaaaaaay too much leeway for inappropriate use of discretion. By those rules, Herman did nothing wrong.



Fourthly, "if you are going to troll"?? I do nothing BUT troll, dependant upon how liberal you want to use the term.



Moderators are essentially free to do as they please under those "rules". They are not for members but moderators. You are falling for the trap of creating "policemen" as moderators, and establishing a set of punitive measures that do nothing to change the ambience of the forum.



And I have NO idea what RW is on about. Never seen those "rules" in my life.

We have rules for mods too.

[RW]

Where to start.



Firstly, someone is trying to be a parliamentary draftsperson.



Secondly, at least one of the "rules" isn't even a rule.



Thirdly, there is waaaaaaay too much leeway for inappropriate use of discretion. By those rules, Herman did nothing wrong.



Fourthly, "if you are going to troll"?? I do nothing BUT troll, dependant upon how liberal you want to use the term.



Moderators are essentially free to do as they please under those "rules". They are not for members but moderators. You are falling for the trap of creating "policemen" as moderators, and establishing a set of punitive measures that do nothing to change the ambience of the forum.



And I have NO idea what RW is on about. Never seen those "rules" in my life.

Don't make me dig up the emails slappy.  

[kiebers]

The rules have been posted. They were discussed and worked on for a while prior to the 8th of January. We discussed them again and decided to adopt the rules that RW spent a great deal of time on months ago. Rules will never be 100% acceptable to every person. The staff feels these will best serve the forum at this time. If there comes a time we feel changes are needed, we will make them.



Yes, we also now have rules and guidelines for the moderators to operate under. Those are based on fairness.



We have never discussed any kind of parliamentary procedures, and since this is a privately owned forum...

[Anonymous]

I sill don't see what the fucking problem is here Sox?

[Anonymous]

I sill don't see what the fucking problem is here Sox?

I don't know what the real problem is, but the problem with the rules excuse is laughable.

[RW]

The rules have been posted. They were discussed and worked on for a while prior to the 8th of January. We discussed them again and decided to adopt the rules that RW spent a great deal of time on months ago. Rules will never be 100% acceptable to every person. The staff feels these will best serve the forum at this time. If there comes a time we feel changes are needed, we will make them.



Yes, we also now have rules and guidelines for the moderators to operate under. Those are based on fairness.



We have never discussed any kind of parliamentary procedures, and since this is a privately owned forum...

I hope one of those mod rules includes not saying when posters who are marked private have logged in or who is using other accounts, etc.

[Anonymous]

I can live with the rules.

[Bricktop]

The rules have been posted. They were discussed and worked on for a while prior to the 8th of January. We discussed them again and decided to adopt the rules that RW spent a great deal of time on months ago. Rules will never be 100% acceptable to every person. The staff feels these will best serve the forum at this time. If there comes a time we feel changes are needed, we will make them.



Yes, we also now have rules and guidelines for the moderators to operate under. Those are based on fairness.



We have never discussed any kind of parliamentary procedures, and since this is a privately owned forum...

You keep emphasising this is a PRIVATE forum, like you're the holder of some intriguing wisdom.



We KNOW its a private forum, Tex.



But you seem unable to grasp the fact that without members posting, its a fucking DEAD PRIVATE forum.



What we don't need is a set of rules which declare, ipso facto (thats a legal term, look it up), if you conduct yourself in a way the staff don't like, you'll get punished. And the staff won't accept gore, porn, PRIVATE information (not PERSONAL), libellous material, or any post which contravenes law. One rule.



Herman did his job in accordance with those rules, so where's the need for them??



We're still "governed" by a mentality that is all about punishing miscreants; and I promise you this...if with your "rules" Mel will still create moronic threads, Twenty Dollars will still make assumptions, and Dinky Diana (whom you let back in) will still play dress ups and treat this place like a personal joke only he gets.



You have missed the whole point. You're playing policeman instead of motivator and initiator. You think a "mod" is a akin to a school monitor, not a forum contributor.



Fuck your rules, and your forum. This is bullshit.



The people here are adults. Treat them accordingly. Those that do not behave accordingly do not belong here. THOSE, you can shut out.