- No personal attacks
- No spamming (illegal websites like warez/illicit piracy torrents/etc)
- No pornography of any kind (RL/Anime/etc)
- No excessive bad language (This is where censorship replacement words plays it's roles)
- No offensive material (sexist/racism/etc)
Spamming and illegal warez site posting are two different things. I agree that neither should be allowed. But spamming is visual "noise".
The offensive thing I don't necessarily like at all. My list of 'offensive' is probably very different than someone else's. When you try to make a blanket rule like that and people can take it subjectively rather than objectively, it makes for a dangerous and bad rule, I think.
Raijin said:
An additional rules for minors.
- Prohibition of uploading photographs of themselves unless if a parent or a legal guardian consents to it.
- In the S.B no submitting underage girls/boys photos (It's creepy)
Again, this I find problematic. The age of majority varies country to country. And people don't necessarily put accurate dates of birth on their accounts. Unless someone states specifically what their age is, there's really no way to tell without very deep investigation how old they are. And I don't feel it's the business of this site to track down people and hound them for their personal details. I agree with the
philosophy of protecting minors on the internet. My tactic thus far has been to encourage alteration of shoutbox culture in general and counseling younger members on internet safety.
Raijin said:
The warning system:
- First warning. A friendly reminder that you broke the rules and should be linked to the TOS – Terms of Service for educational reasons. (Disable their access to everywhere until they agree with the Terms of service)
- Second warning. Ban for a week.
- Third warning. Permanent ban.
The warnings that people receive should not be permanent. For each warnings can be expired in 6 months. So if you have 2 warnings and behave yourself for total of 12 months the warnings would be liquidated, and you would no longer have a “criminal” record on the site.
Warnings timeframes are already hard-coded. I also don't like to have lists of "infraction equals discipline" in general because it doesn't allow me the freedom to judge each case individually and give discipline (or not) based on my perception of the facts. I have found here that a conversation generally solves many misunderstandings and heals many wounds. I much prefer this system. I am not adverse to handing out discipline when warranted but, again, I don't need a list of "commandments" to do it.