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 Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:00 am
"How To Post In GD."
or
"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum."
An Educational and Erudite Exposition upon the Nature of GAIA Online's General Discussion Forum, for the Elucidation and Edification of Persons currently Unacquainted with Same.
Contents:
General Discussion In A Nutshell. - Being the core tenet of the General Discussion forum, distilled down to a single explanatory sentence.
What We Like To See (and What We Don't). - Being a concise summary of what makes us happy and what makes us unhappy.
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:08 am
General Discussion In A Nutshell.
arrow The golden rule when making threads in the General Discussion forum:
To be appropriate to General Discussion, a thread must have discussable content on a topic that doesn't already have a forum or subforum dedicated to it.
Hence the two parts of the sub forum name:
General being stuff that doesn't already have a forum or subforum dedicated to it.
Discussion being discussable content.
It's not rocket science. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:16 am
What We Like To See (and What We Don't).
Being a concise summary of what makes us happy and what makes us unhappy.
YES!
Discussable content - Here in GD, we like discussions. Topics that people can talk about and share their opinions on. Shocking, but true.
Stuff that doesn't belong elsewhere - If a thread's on a topic that's already got a forum devoted to it, it goes there instead. Aside from that, any subject matter goes (within the bounds of the Terms of Service).
Respect for others - In GD, as on the rest of GAIA Online, we like to foster an atmosphere of civility, tolerance, and community spirit. Even if you disagree with someone's point of view, please remember there's still a real person behind that avatar, and conduct yourself with an appropriate level of politeness and respect.
NO!
Flaming - If you see a misplaced thread, report it to a moderator. Posting "stfu n00b" or whatever does nothing to help get the thread moved to the right place. Flaming is against the Terms of Service, and can get you warned or banned.
Bumping - If your thread's falling to the bottom of the page and you want to knock it up to the top again, don't just bump. Make a post that adds to the content of the thread or elaborates on the discussion at hand.
Spamming - We do not like your pointless spam, we do not like it Sam I Am. We do not think "bump for gold!!!!" 'rocks' that crap goes in the Spamalot sub-forum.
Begging - If you want gold, either bump 'til you drop in Spamalot, or scoot on over to Claim subforum or go else where. Asking for stuff here will get you nothing but scorn.
Advertising - If you want to publicise your website, auction, lottery or quest, put a link in your sig. Don't post a thread about it in GD. Advertising = Advertising sub-forum, and can get you warned.
Misleading titles - We would rather not have, they will be edited to fit the content.
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