New Forum Rule Added

[Labyrrinth]

I don't want to hear any excuses, hence I'm posting here for all to see (edit: This does not apply to threads in the volcano)

Nólaquen has updated 2 sections of our forum rules (http://www.silkyvenom.com/forums/announcement.php?a=1). For your convenience I've posted the updated areas here


Disrespecting Other Members
Do not insult other board members in reference to their posts. Specifically, do not call other board members "trolls," even if they demonstrate evidence of such. That is a call that should be left up to moderators. You should, however, report the person so that the moderators are aware of the issue.

This should not have to be said. A post stating that the above poster is a troll is, itself, a form of trolling and is as much a violation of the Post Content rule as simply being disrespectful.

As moderators, we have a tolerance for diversity in opinions that may or may not match your tolerance. We attempt to error on the side of freedom, but we do what we can to allow you to make your own choice. You may add the user to your ignore list, for example.

One thing we will not tolerate, however, is blatant and apparent disrespect directly toward other board members.


Corrective Actions

6. Insulting other board members directly (e.g. calling out "trolls").

We're not fine with this. The users posting the insults will get warnings as per #4 above.

[Nólaquen]

I wanted to address the reason for this, since it may seem that we're adding more rules against "the good guys" and not against "the bad guys."

We recognized a trend occuring whereby the *responses* to threads were more vicious than the original posts. Granted there have been some pretty bummed out people posting about their bad experiences of late, but the replies were even worse.

To put a leash on the back-and-forth biting, we've created a rule that applies both ways. So essentially, this new rule can be read: "Leave the original venomous posts alone and don't add fuel to the fire. Otherwise you're just as guilty as the person who started the fire to begin with."

[Nólaquen]

For those wondering (because I got mail about this), no this does not mean we're going to leave a flame thread alone and only attack the replies. This is in addition to the original "Post Content" rule which applies to all posts. Again, this is really subjective and where we draw the line on *both* of these rules is not going to meet everyone's preference.

The bottom line, and the reason for the new rule, is that we need you guys to let us deal with the problems instead of making it worse by flaming.

Use the report post button and the ignore button and leave it at that, please.