Code of Conduct
Nov 8, 2002 14:03:58 GMT -5
Post by clear observer on Nov 8, 2002 14:03:58 GMT -5
THE RULES:
1. Do not talk about Fight Club. You may talk about HabsRus, and in fact we encourage it, but do not talk about Fight Club. Go ahead, tell your friends about our great little site, or e-mail your defense partner that little article you read on the message board, or call up your grandmother and regale her with the responses you got to your brilliant analysis of Czech prospect Tomas Plekanec. But do not talk about Fight Club.
2. Do not flood other sites with invitations to visit HabsRus. The Internet is a very large and fluid community, and we here at HabsRus are not in competition with any other site, Habs related or otherwise. We like our community, and we are sure that other sites like their communities as well. If you would like to invite someone to visit HabsRus, someone you think can become a valued and respected member of our community, please do so in private, either via e-mail, private message, or carrier pigeon. It is rude and disrespectful to the owners of other sites to post open invitations, and we do not want our community associated with such behavior. Plus, when you post an open invitation, you become responsible for all the people who read your message, and subsequently visit our site. Some of those people are, well, riff-raff, and they are extremely difficult to get rid of. HabsRus has changed its web address several times now, and HFTO still manages to find us all the time, because somebody, somewhere, posts our new address. Please keep that in mind.
3. Do not flood HabsRus with invitations to visit your site, no matter how spectacular, sexy or interesting it may be. Should you wish to advertise your site on this board, please contact the site administrator (he’s the big, ugly guy), before doing so.
4. Please refrain from personal insults. This seems like a no-brainer to most people, but the definition of “insult” can vary from person to person. Keep in mind that this is a visual medium, and thus the tone of your post can be easily mis-read at times. “You’re crazy, you’re nuts, you’re insane, your mother wears army boots” are just some of the insults that will not be tolerated.
We realize that this is a fine line that is often crossed, particularly by those bozos who think they run this site, and we also realize that this can be quite fun and entertaining. But you must be absolutely certain that person, or any other person for that matter, will not be offended. If you are not sure, do not do it.
Think of it this way; you do not know what the person is really capable of in real life. We all know that Disgruntled 70’s Hab is insane, but would you call him so to his face? Would you run up to a rabid dog, screaming, “you’re rabid?” Of course not. That’s just dangerous. Disgruntled 70s Hab is, well, disgruntled, and he is a 70s Hab fan, meaning he is old, with not much time left to live, and therefore nothing to lose. Are not the scariest words in the English language “Disgruntled Postal Worker?” Anybody who uses “disgruntled” as his main name should be feared and respected. Disgruntled 70s Hab has access to a very impressive array of heavy weaponry, and he works for the government, so therefore he knows where you live. Knowing this, do you really think it is wise to annoy him further? Please treat all other posters with the same amount of fear you should have for Disgruntled.
1. Do not talk about Fight Club. You may talk about HabsRus, and in fact we encourage it, but do not talk about Fight Club. Go ahead, tell your friends about our great little site, or e-mail your defense partner that little article you read on the message board, or call up your grandmother and regale her with the responses you got to your brilliant analysis of Czech prospect Tomas Plekanec. But do not talk about Fight Club.
2. Do not flood other sites with invitations to visit HabsRus. The Internet is a very large and fluid community, and we here at HabsRus are not in competition with any other site, Habs related or otherwise. We like our community, and we are sure that other sites like their communities as well. If you would like to invite someone to visit HabsRus, someone you think can become a valued and respected member of our community, please do so in private, either via e-mail, private message, or carrier pigeon. It is rude and disrespectful to the owners of other sites to post open invitations, and we do not want our community associated with such behavior. Plus, when you post an open invitation, you become responsible for all the people who read your message, and subsequently visit our site. Some of those people are, well, riff-raff, and they are extremely difficult to get rid of. HabsRus has changed its web address several times now, and HFTO still manages to find us all the time, because somebody, somewhere, posts our new address. Please keep that in mind.
3. Do not flood HabsRus with invitations to visit your site, no matter how spectacular, sexy or interesting it may be. Should you wish to advertise your site on this board, please contact the site administrator (he’s the big, ugly guy), before doing so.
4. Please refrain from personal insults. This seems like a no-brainer to most people, but the definition of “insult” can vary from person to person. Keep in mind that this is a visual medium, and thus the tone of your post can be easily mis-read at times. “You’re crazy, you’re nuts, you’re insane, your mother wears army boots” are just some of the insults that will not be tolerated.
We realize that this is a fine line that is often crossed, particularly by those bozos who think they run this site, and we also realize that this can be quite fun and entertaining. But you must be absolutely certain that person, or any other person for that matter, will not be offended. If you are not sure, do not do it.
Think of it this way; you do not know what the person is really capable of in real life. We all know that Disgruntled 70’s Hab is insane, but would you call him so to his face? Would you run up to a rabid dog, screaming, “you’re rabid?” Of course not. That’s just dangerous. Disgruntled 70s Hab is, well, disgruntled, and he is a 70s Hab fan, meaning he is old, with not much time left to live, and therefore nothing to lose. Are not the scariest words in the English language “Disgruntled Postal Worker?” Anybody who uses “disgruntled” as his main name should be feared and respected. Disgruntled 70s Hab has access to a very impressive array of heavy weaponry, and he works for the government, so therefore he knows where you live. Knowing this, do you really think it is wise to annoy him further? Please treat all other posters with the same amount of fear you should have for Disgruntled.