These rules for commenting should help everyone have a fun, productive and enlightening time on Crasstalk. To make this clear, yes, we are oppressing you and trampling your freedoms just by having these rules.
- Be respectful of other commenters and authors.
- No personal attacks.
- No promotion of illegal activities.
- Good grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization are expected. Yes, we all make mistakes, but that’s different than purposely ignoring the rules. Capslackers have been warned.
- Don’t be needlessly argumentative. Going out of your way to argue with others for no reason creates a bad atmosphere and makes people not want to come back.
- Arguments about the decisions of the moderators or admins about these rules will not be indulged.
- Animated GIFS in the Open Thread posts go in the reply (ITR).
- Images of bugs, snakes, etc. go in the reply (ITR).
- No more than 2 images, or 1 image and 1 video, in top-level (OP) comments.
Any commenter who violates these guidelines will be moderated and/or receive at a minimum a 24 hour suspension from the site. We reserve the right to permanently ban anyone who, in the opinion of the site moderators and admins, doesn’t contribute positively to the overall experience of using Crasstalk.com. All decisions of the moderators and site admins are final.
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