Board Thread:Site Policy/@comment-5371501-20130514204238

''"2.  You and you alone are responsible for what is said in your name, and you alone will face the consequences for it." ''

Ah rule 2. Is this actually necissary? I think not. It is implied that when you sign up for an account that you are responsible for it. I mean you cant just buy a dog, neglect it, and then complain when someone takes it away.

'' "4.  Do not ask if people will be banned either in chat or from the site, or declare that people will be banned either from chat or from the site if you are NOT an admin and/or chatmod. Also, do no speculate on bans and do not demand bans." ''

This rule is almost never enforced and honestly every single user has broken this at one point or another. Most of the time when someone needs banned asking for it pings the away mods so that they can take care of it.

'' "5.  No Cleverbot, Jeff, or BEN stuff. Come on, thats old, give it a break." ''

Let's also give this rule a break. At one time it may have been needed but not anymore.

''"9.  Do NOT spam caps. We only allow it for emphasis." ''

I have seen very little caps spam lately, I mean if you can't take a few words in all caps you should probably not be in chat... or this site for the matter. It really isn't annoying unless you are really itching to kick or ban a person.

'' "8.  No "Zalgo" text. No one can read it and if you're posting it, it's probably not worth reading. It's also old and tired. Give it a rest." ''

There have only been a handful of cases of this in the past months and is depreciated (like every other rule in this thread!) 