Post by Inky Lee on Jul 19, 2014 4:26:35 GMT -5
Hello and welcome to the AVTR Program Forum. I'm Inky, and I made this forum as a safe space for fans of James Cameron's Avatar, mostly because I noticed a lack of places to talk about the movie online. However, since this is an open forum and anyone can register (and usually be approved! I probably won't turn down very many applicants.) I thought I'd establish a set of ground rules.
Great! Now that I got all the "Inky Being Mean" stuff out of the way, we can get to having fun and talkin' 'bout aliens.
- Treat your fellow boardies respectfully. No being needlessly rude, negative, or hostile towards another member, no matter how bad you think EDGYMEMES420's taste in music is.
- Keep it PG-13. We may at one point end up with younger folks on the site and I'd like to keep it safe for them as well. I may at some point establish a specific board for NSFW content that can be hidden from younger members, but in the immortal words of Kinzie Kensington: "On my list of things to do, that doesn't even make my top 500."
- KEEP DISCUSSION ABOUT SENSITIVE TOPICS TO A MINIMUM. I'm not going to tell you what you can and can't talk about (that comes later in the list), but please: try not to bring up things like rape and violence in the boards. On a related note: try to keep discussion of politics and religion to a minimum too; all you're going to do is cause an argument. This is a website designed for people to chat about blue aliens.
- This forum is a safe space for all AVTR fans, so you should respect the boundaries of the other members. If someone tells you to stop bothering them, or that something you're doing is upsetting them, stop it. This goes double for mods and admins; if one of us gives you a warning, take it to heart... or you could be facing a ban.
- If you are caught being openly racist, homophobic, sexist, transphobic, or religiously intolerant (or in any other way speak/act against a specific group of people) you will be banned. This includes hate speech and use of slurs. Like I said, this is a safe space for AVTR fans. If you don't want to make it safe for others, go elsewhere.
- Don't post anything illegal, or anything that would put you on a watch list. I don't want to see it, the other boardies don't want to see it, you don't need to post it. Ditto for pornographic content.
- If you have to include a picture in your post, either make sure it isn't huge or just link to it so it doesn't take up an entire page.
- No Role-Playing outside the designated RP board. It gets hella confusing.
- Introduce yourself on the intro board! That's not required, but it helps you get acquainted with your fellow boardies and gives us staff a chance to know a bit more about you, such as your name and which pronouns you use.
- You can have a signature, so long as it's not huge and annoying.
- Don't be a dick.
- Don't be a dick.
Great! Now that I got all the "Inky Being Mean" stuff out of the way, we can get to having fun and talkin' 'bout aliens.