After marking bad our reports from this thread ranging from -
1. telling people not to reply on thread and ADMITTING they never read the initial post
2. making false accusations
3. admitting they don't read the OP before making random insults
4. strange speculation on what we look like (suchmoon taking her wig off to post a picture of herself)
1. telling people not to reply on thread and ADMITTING they never read the initial post
2. making false accusations
3. admitting they don't read the OP before making random insults
4. strange speculation on what we look like (suchmoon taking her wig off to post a picture of herself)
Three (2-3-4) of those things you mentioned are not breaking the rules.
If (1) you bait someone with insults but create a local rule stating that they cannot reply it is very likely that it will not be enforced.
Reporting someone for those things is called attempted censorship
You'd know that if you had read the rules. Very important: If you report someone for breaking the rules - make sure it is a rule
If it is not a rule - then it is a false report.
Q: Why haven't you banned
A: Possible (or real, not for me to decide) scams are not moderated to prevent moderator abuse. If we start picking out which ones we call "scammers" and ban, we would make a lot of decisions based on biased opinions.
Q: Do you moderate/delete (possible) FUD, accusations and untrue information?
A: No. We don't have enough time to check every single piece of information and verify the validity of the sources. Also, just like scams - too much room for bias and abuse.
However, trolling isn't allowed. If a user is habitually posting obviously false nonsense ("obviously false nonsense" to an outsider, NOT to someone who follows or is involved in the discussion) just to stir up trouble, then it's considered trolling, which is prohibited. Such cases should be thoroughly documented in the report though (There are tons of reports that just say "trolling", but moderators don't have time to look through each user's post).
Q: Someone insulted me. Why aren't you deleting his post/thread?
A: Possible (since we don't have the time or resources to check) insults are also allowed as long as they contain any kind of constructive opinion, info or something else substantial and aren't off-topic. For example, posting something like "you are dumb" will be deleted as it contains no meaningful content. However, if the post is somewhere along the lines of "You are dumb. This is wrong because this website/thread/etc. has explained it's not right", it's in most cases accepted.
A: Possible (or real, not for me to decide) scams are not moderated to prevent moderator abuse. If we start picking out which ones we call "scammers" and ban, we would make a lot of decisions based on biased opinions.
Q: Do you moderate/delete (possible) FUD, accusations and untrue information?
A: No. We don't have enough time to check every single piece of information and verify the validity of the sources. Also, just like scams - too much room for bias and abuse.
However, trolling isn't allowed. If a user is habitually posting obviously false nonsense ("obviously false nonsense" to an outsider, NOT to someone who follows or is involved in the discussion) just to stir up trouble, then it's considered trolling, which is prohibited. Such cases should be thoroughly documented in the report though (There are tons of reports that just say "trolling", but moderators don't have time to look through each user's post).
Q: Someone insulted me. Why aren't you deleting his post/thread?
A: Possible (since we don't have the time or resources to check) insults are also allowed as long as they contain any kind of constructive opinion, info or something else substantial and aren't off-topic. For example, posting something like "you are dumb" will be deleted as it contains no meaningful content. However, if the post is somewhere along the lines of "You are dumb. This is wrong because this website/thread/etc. has explained it's not right", it's in most cases accepted.
Here are the rules:
This is from a reference/educational/informational thread - it is NOT a rock solid list of rules.
The highlighting indicates how it is usually enforced:
Standard = usually discretionary / thread moved
Bold = deletion
Red = user ban
Blue = advisory rule
NOTE: This is meant to serve as a reference/educational/informational thread, NOT a rock solid list of rules.
1. No zero or low value, pointless or uninteresting posts or threads.
2. No off-topic posts.
3. No trolling.
4. No referral code (ref link) spam.
5. No link shorteners that require users to view an ad.
6. No linking to phishing or malware, without a warning and a valid reason.
7. No begging.
8. No threats to inflict bodily harm, death threats.
9. Discussions in the main boards must be in english. All other language discussions should be posted in the appropriate Local board.
10. No embedded NSFW images anywhere. NSFW content must be marked accordingly.
11. No linking to illegal trading sites.
12. No duplicate posting in multiple boards (except for re-posting it in the local language boards if it's translated).
13. Bumps, "updates" are limited to once per 24 hours.
14. All altcoin related discussion belongs in the Alternate cryptocurrencies and it's child boards.
15. No on-forum altcoin giveaways.
16. Do not have more than one active sales topic in the Currency exchange board.
17. Trading of goods that are illegal in the seller's or buyer's country is forbidden.
18. Having multiple accounts and account sales are allowed, but account sales are discouraged.
19. Possible (or real) scams and Trust ratings are not moderated (to prevent moderation abuse).
20. There are restrictions when selling accounts and invites for invite-only sites.
21. Old bumps should be deleted.
22. Advertising (this includes mining pools, gambling services, exchanges, shops, etc.) in others threads' is no longer allowed, including, but not limited to, in altcoin announcement threads.
23. When deciding if a user has broken the rules, the staff have the right to follow their interpretation of the rules.
24. Advertisements (including signatures within the post area) in posts aren't allowed unless the post is in a thread you started and is really substantial and useful.
25. Ban evasion (using or creating accounts while one of your accounts is banned) is not allowed.
26. Local thread rules, if stated properly when the thread was started, specific enough and don't conflict with the forum rules, have to be followed.
27. Using automated translation tools to post translated content in Local boards is not allowed.
28. Exploiting bugs or flaws (even if the result is harmless) in the forum's software is not allowed.
29. Sending unsolicited PMs, including but not limited to advertising and flood, is not allowed.
30. Similar marketplace items must be listed together.
31. User avatars must not contain NSFL or NSFW content, infringe on copyright or attempt to impersonate a user.
32. Posting multiple posts in a row (excluding bumps and reserved posts by the thread starter) is not allowed.
33. Posting plagiarized content is not allowed.
1. No zero or low value, pointless or uninteresting posts or threads.
2. No off-topic posts.
3. No trolling.
4. No referral code (ref link) spam.
5. No link shorteners that require users to view an ad.
6. No linking to phishing or malware, without a warning and a valid reason.
7. No begging.
8. No threats to inflict bodily harm, death threats.
9. Discussions in the main boards must be in english. All other language discussions should be posted in the appropriate Local board.
10. No embedded NSFW images anywhere. NSFW content must be marked accordingly.
11. No linking to illegal trading sites.
12. No duplicate posting in multiple boards (except for re-posting it in the local language boards if it's translated).
13. Bumps, "updates" are limited to once per 24 hours.
14. All altcoin related discussion belongs in the Alternate cryptocurrencies and it's child boards.
15. No on-forum altcoin giveaways.
16. Do not have more than one active sales topic in the Currency exchange board.
17. Trading of goods that are illegal in the seller's or buyer's country is forbidden.
18. Having multiple accounts and account sales are allowed, but account sales are discouraged.
19. Possible (or real) scams and Trust ratings are not moderated (to prevent moderation abuse).
20. There are restrictions when selling accounts and invites for invite-only sites.
21. Old bumps should be deleted.
22. Advertising (this includes mining pools, gambling services, exchanges, shops, etc.) in others threads' is no longer allowed, including, but not limited to, in altcoin announcement threads.
23. When deciding if a user has broken the rules, the staff have the right to follow their interpretation of the rules.
24. Advertisements (including signatures within the post area) in posts aren't allowed unless the post is in a thread you started and is really substantial and useful.
25. Ban evasion (using or creating accounts while one of your accounts is banned) is not allowed.
26. Local thread rules, if stated properly when the thread was started, specific enough and don't conflict with the forum rules, have to be followed.
27. Using automated translation tools to post translated content in Local boards is not allowed.
28. Exploiting bugs or flaws (even if the result is harmless) in the forum's software is not allowed.
29. Sending unsolicited PMs, including but not limited to advertising and flood, is not allowed.
30. Similar marketplace items must be listed together.
31. User avatars must not contain NSFL or NSFW content, infringe on copyright or attempt to impersonate a user.
32. Posting multiple posts in a row (excluding bumps and reserved posts by the thread starter) is not allowed.
33. Posting plagiarized content is not allowed.
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