Forum rules

[Greenman]

Since the question has come up in another topic about whats allowed and whats not, I went looking for them, and couldnt find them. Am I just blind or they hidden somewhere?

 

[Rogeee]

Unofficial forum rules

 

[allisolm]

The written ones are below. The unwritten ones are, well, unwritten and generally involve using common sense. Of course, members who have to be told to use common sense are the least likely to benefit from the advice, seeing as how they have already demonstrated a lack thereof. 🙂

http://forums.anandtech.com/reg.cfm

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[Greenman]

Thank you.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: crustyoldman
Unofficial forum rules

Those are definately unofficial, because half of those occur on a daily basis with no consequences.

 

[Dualist]

The FAQ button at the top tells more about how these message boards operate.

 

[Sluggo]

A good rule of thumb:

If you wouldnt say it to your Mother in person, dont post it here.

Of course I as well as others break this as often as possible. 😀

 

[DurocShark]

It's all just common sense. This board doesn't want to risk any kind of suits or legal action, as well as the fact that it's also considered a "family" board. So the mods make an effort to stop anything overtly offensive or illegal. They're not perfect, and miss stuff, but the intent is there.

I'll gripe and moan about some decisions that are made, but that's just me being grumpy when something I disagree with is done. I think I've only been really upset once in the past several years over an action taken by a mod. And even then it fell into the overt stuff I already covered.

 

[lyssword]

lol I've been banned for like a week and dunno why 🙁 (maybe its b/cuz of one of translated jokes involving a Hindu in it?) or am I not aware and Indian people don't like to be mentioned as Hindu? They don't send email explaining the reason 🙁

 

[Rogeee]

You most likely got banned for this

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: crustyoldman
You most likely got banned for this

oh lol 😛 the quote train ? @@