Jan 30
If you can't say anything nice at all, Do not post
Some of you may have heard I've been making the rounds to several large boards of the past few days, enforcing a tiny little piece in our Terms of Use:
- Prohibited Content
Let's go through these together:
Abusive
- Abusive
2 a: using harsh insulting language <an angry and abusive crowd> b: characterized by or serving for abuse <abusive language> c: physically injurious <abusive behavior>
The second definition applies here. So when you are talking about a person, when you talk about hoping bad things happen to them, like an account cracking or using profanity. Guess what? That's abusive.
Defamatory
- Defame
2: to harm the reputation of by libel or slander
3archaic : accuse
Any time you spread comments about another user, you harm their reputation. If you don't have facts or evidence to back these comments up, you are slandering that user's reputation. According to our terms of use, if you see this content by a member or you or another staff member post it and you as the owner fail to remove it, you are violating the Terms of Use.
Threatening
- Threatening
2 a: to give signs or warning of : portend <the clouds threatened rain> b: to hang over dangerously : menace <famine threatens the city>
3: to announce as intended or possible <the workers threatened a strike>
4: to cause to feel insecure or anxious <felt threatened by his brother's success>
intransitive verb
All of the above would apply. Any time you make a post that contains offensive, hostile language toward a specific user, you can make them feel insecure or anxious. More serious though are threats to crack accounts, email etc. Or to cause bodily harm. Those type of threats can get the authorities involved.
Racist
- Racist
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination
I really would think that I wouldn't have to explain this, but I've seen posts indicating that many board owners are not aware that racist content does in fact violate our terms of use.
So obviously, the n word is out. As are rude or offensive comments about religious groups or other ethnicities.
Obscene
- Obscene
1: disgusting to the senses : repulsive
2 a: abhorrent to morality or virtue ; specifically : designed to incite to lust or depravity b: containing or being language regarded as taboo in polite usage <obscene lyrics> c: repulsive by reason of crass disregard of moral or ethical principles <an obscene misuse of power> d: so excessive as to be offensive <obscene wealth> <obscene waste>
What qualifies as obscene? Vulgar language and images, words that should never be uttered anywhere and that you would never want to hear described about yourself. Basically content that would turn your stomach.
So, what does this mean? Lately several boards have had a trend. Topics where they attack users on other boards. The language used is obscene, racist, abusive and threatening. And for any one of those reasons the content should be removed. And so, I have been going to several boards on the network and passing that decree around. And I am still watching these boards to make sure they will enforce this area of the terms of use.
No user should have to read what I have read about them. No one, not even your worst enemy, deserves some of the bile I have seen about others. Especially for just being staff on a message board. I'm sorry, but being the admin of a board does not make you Hitler. No one dies, there is no physical suffering (though a few egos are bruised). Users have no justification to write some of the posts I've seen and I will be making it my mission to enforce this part of the terms.
To me, it all comes down to the golden rule: Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Not how you WERE treated. Not how you want to treat someone else. No, you treat them with the same respect you would want even if you don't get it. It's all about being the bigger person and taking the high road. Because when you sink to a level like some have, you show everyone your true self and it's not a pretty sight to see.
So, as the Blog title says, If you can not say anything nice about a person, do not post.
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Comment by Nivexonix, Jan 30 2009, 09:54 PM
Good point, I've seen you browsing around some places. I never thought about the specifics of dictionary definitions though, I've always gone by not posting negative comments.
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Comment by .Lenny-ZNS, Feb 17 2009, 08:15 PM
Nice, I can start linking to this from now on. Thanks Stephen.
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