[Vicky.]

With so many people disputing the rules etc. recently I have decided to make this list of things you should/shouldn't be doing. Should make it easier for people to follow the rules. And also easier to avoid getting an infraction.




You may not use this forum as a means of advertising your own website.

Do not post all in capital letters, or use txt speech. Not only does it look bad, it is also very hard to understand. You may get a warning for the first time you do this, but in general, threads like this will just be deleted. If it persists, infractions will be given.

Do not insult other members. If someone insults you, report it and ignore. Do NOT report it, and then answer them, as this winds things up more. To add to this, do not knowingly try to cause arguments. We are not blind and even a little sniping comment can spark off a huge argument.

Do NOT abuse the report button. We get hundreds of reports a day. Please don't report things that are not breaking any rules as it only makes our job harder. Someone saying something bad about your favorite housemate does not justify a report. If you do submit too many false reports, you may find YOU are the one who is punished.

Do not insult fans of housemates. It is fine to insult housemates, to a certain extent...as long as it is not too over the top (eg. $^&%*%(% is such a fat ugly horrible bitch, I wish she would just die a horrible and painful death) but insulting fans, counts as insulting other FMs. This includes stereotyping fans (IE. all &^%&*$%&^ fans are shallow) and accusing people of jumping on bandwagons, just because they like someone you do not.

Racism/homophobia/discrimination of any sort wont be tolerated and will be punished, no questions asked.

Do not make threads/posts asking why members are banned. there is a list found here http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=152642 which will explain every ban. So there is no need for speculation.

Spam will not be tolerated. This includes posting posts made entirely of smileys and posting GIFs 24/7. The odd post like this is fine, but when it becomes frequent, or you appear to add not much else to the forum, a warning/infraction may be given. The one exception to this, is in the LF discussion thread, where screepcaps of what is happening are often posted. Creating multiple thread on the same subject also qualifies as spam. We do not expect you to read every post, however, it is easy to scan through the first page and see if there is already a thread on the subject you are discussing...before you post your thread.

Also under spam...do not make threads with no point to them. For example title 'I hate ****' and inside 'Title says it all'. There is no use whatsoever for threads like this, as there is no discussion point or anything. Threads like this will be closed, and if it continues, then infractions will be given. We do not want the whole front page filled up with pointless threads.

Posting spoilers, without a spoiler warning in the title, and spoiler tags inside the thread, will be punished. Not everyone wants to know things before they happen. To post a spoiler, just put the text inside [ spoiler] [ /spoiler] (minus the spaces)

Spoiler:

And it will show up like this

Do not moan about infractions. If you got one, you broke a rule.* Also do not moan about other people not getting infractions, as you do not know if they have or not. We will not tell you if another member received an infraction, as it is private, so don't ask.

*If you DO feel you received an infraction that you did not deserve...by this I mean you did not actually break a rule, PM a mod and they will talk you through it, or reverse it if they feel the infraction was not deserved. Don;t waste our time PMing us about them though, if you obviously did break a rule. The infraction reason is on the PM that is sent.

If a thread gets locked, and arguments removed, then the thread is reopened, do NOT continue on the argument. It causes unnecessary work for us, and is annoying. You may receive an infraction for doing so.

Do not try to avoid the swear filter, it is there for a reason. If we find you to be doing this a lot, you will receive an infraction. Please remember that people as young as 13 have access to this forum.

If you create a multiple account, you will be banned for 3 days, no disputes at all. Whatever your reason for creating said account. If you continue to make multiple accounts, your ban may be made permanent. If you then continue to make accounts, a complaint will be sent to your ISP. Just dont do it...

Do not have inappropriate images in you avatar/signature. Also, keep signature sizes to a minimum. A signature that takes up too much space, will be removed, and if you continue to add it, you will be punished. A guide to reasonable signatures can be found here http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...ad.php?t=25238

If one of your posts is edited, do NOT re edit it. It was edited for a reason.



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I know this looks like a lot, but if you just use your head, you wouldnt be breaking any of the above rules anyway. Nothing above is unreasonable to ask of you, or will take much work for you to follow. Just treat others with respect.


A brief breakdown of most of this, can be found here http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...ad.php?t=76959

[Vicky.]

Bumping. Some people need to read these.

[Vicky.]

With UBB starting, I think this should be bumped to remind people of what is/is not allowed.

Also, it appears this need to be said, though personally I would think it goes without saying... transphobic remarks are also not tolerated. Nor is anything discriminative for ANY reason. You can discuss housemates actions without resorting to some of these vile discriminative comments that are being posted recently.

[Vicky.]

Bumping again