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Post by Natashina on Nov 11, 2016 2:31:39 GMT
Welcome to the Off-Topic section! Pretty much almost everything you can think of is being discussed here. However, there has been a few issues. Since I know that most posters won't read the rules, here's the major ones. - No NSFW images, videos or links to such content is allowed on this site. This includes but is not limited to animated or real-life content. This isn't the rule of the BSN, it's the rule according to ProBoards.
- No images of death and/or torture are allowed. Even for the sake of a historical conversation. (ProBoards TOS again)
- Threats against other posters will not be tolerated. Insulting another poster is also not okay. Saying, "I think this sounds dumb" and saying "You're dumb," are two different matters. Attack the words, not the poster.
- Don't spam pointless crap. We can cope with a fair amount of off-the-wall content, but if your threads and posts are not getting discussed but instead getting groans and memes, maybe that's a clue to give it a rest. [Updated April 2018]
- There will be no dedicated discussions to general real world politics, religion, race or gender politics, or political / religious figures. [Updated December 2019]
We want 'The Lobby' to be a place where people can discuss a wide range of topics. We also want to keep this place open. If ProBoards sees fit, they can shut down this entire forum. Adhering to these key rules will ensure that we continue to have a BSN open for all to take part in.
Thanks for your time and for reading this.
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Post by Draining Dragon on Nov 11, 2016 2:38:54 GMT
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Post by Natashina on Nov 11, 2016 2:40:03 GMT
Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!!
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 8, 2018 10:38:39 GMT
Lobby rules (OP) updated to make things clearer on the matters of 'pointless crap' and 'politics'.
There are no rule changes here, just making the application of the rules more precise.
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on Dec 28, 2018 18:15:34 GMT
You should update these rules since certain topics are now a forbidden sin against the forum body.
Or, we should follow them and have a better forum as a result.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 22:20:24 GMT
You see Gleem, these forum rules evolve. When a new term or topic is deemed off limits, then, per proboards rules, we have to modify our rules and shrink down whats allowed. Once we have no topics, per proboards rules, we can then discuss how to safely move and edit the forum and archive posts.
Per proboards rules.
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Post by dmc1001 on Jan 3, 2019 2:34:54 GMT
I saw this thread at the top and got excited for a minute, thinking Natashina was back! Anyway, the rules listed in the first post are the ones that make the most sense.
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Post by bear on Jun 3, 2020 11:04:11 GMT
A question to the newest addition to the rules, in relation to "race and gender politics" and what that means. Would this include discussing how movies, tv or gaming depict race and gender? It's really more of a question if it's the *politics* bit that make those topics off-limits, and how the moderators determine what is political and what isn't?
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Post by mousestalker on Jun 3, 2020 12:29:47 GMT
Notice the words 'real world'. We can discuss the politics of Star Trek, for example, all we want. Just do not bring the real world into it.
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Post by bear on Jun 3, 2020 17:19:32 GMT
Yeah mousestalker, but isn't it natural that fictional world discussions make references and comparisons to how things are/were in the RW, for example by comparing how a society might change its view on race and gender historically and thus how a fantasy world could change the same way? Like how a woman defied expectations historically, and how she might do so in a fantasy setting with somewhat similar gender roles? I mean, if you want to avoid those nasty political fighting on race and gender between far right and progressive left you see on social media, I am genuinely thankful to you for sparing us from that mess here. But not everyone are those people, and isn't the problem with those extreme and very loud positions rather that...they're extreme positions, loud and how they debate, not what they debate? I'm saying, can't the moderation focus on that, instead of making a "don't discuss the real world" rule based on an assumption that it will inevitably lead to hateful political squabble?
Anyway, those are my thoughts to do with whatever you wish. I respect that I am here as a guest. (I don't say that to end the conversation, but as an anticipation that you might want to).
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