Here is a general rundown of what makes a comment unacceptable.
Articles
- Harassment/offensive commentary. This includes "Kill yourself!", "THIS SUCKS", etc.
- Unfounded proclamations of existence. Jeff, Slenderman, Ben, and the like are not real. Please don't try to pretend otherwise.
- Roleplay. This is a literature site. Roleplay of any kind is not tolerated and will result in an immediate day block from editing and commenting. No exceptions.
- NSFW/ToU violating talk, of a sexual nature or otherwise. This is an immediate ban for 2 weeks. No exceptions.
- Trolling or troll baiting. Do not feed the trolls.
- Spam comments. This includes text art, Zalgo text, excessive blank spaces, random letters, and long words (such as "trolololololol").
- Replying en masse to a bunch of old comments on a story with a lot of comments, or across multiple stories. While there is no specific rule against responding to individual old comments, you shouldn't be digging through and replying to every one that catches your attention, considering there is an approximately 0% chance that the original commenter will see your comment or give any kind of response.
Blogs
- Do not comment on a blog for the sake of commenting on a blog, or just to earn a badge.
- Do not comment on ancient blogs, such as something that hasn't had new posts in years, unless you feel like you have something genuinely meaningful to contribute.
- If you see a spam blog page, tell an admin through their talk page. There's no need to state the obvious in the comments.
- Do not dogpile on a blog. If a question is answered and the person gets the point, there isn't any rhyme nor reason to tear them apart. If you have nothing to add, let it rest. That being said, you should probably read all of the comments before placing yours.
You cannot ignore these rules. With the exception of the ToU, all penalties are at admin discretion.