I think these are wonderful. I rarely get to go on Subeta nowadays since I go to school up by my mom's place (she has no internet), so I miss out on a lot of things and get lost pretty easily. It'd be nice to be able to ask "what is this new feature?" without some snarky comment to answer.

Yea wow, I had no idea I could appeal any of my warnings right after. Thanks. I'm glad someone knew :p Where is this information at?

Most people aren't too rude when it comes to questions about things, esp when people haven't been on for a while or are new. The only things are really lead to snarky comments are when people are like "WHAT'S THIS NEW THING" when it just comes out and is addressed in the news post that was literally posted .5 seconds ago. Usually when you ask in the Help and Questions forum, people are helpful and not rude. :3

I think it would be nice to get something implemented for people to start reading the guide lines and rules. Not to mention have the rules at least up to date or make a news post about the updated pieces of the rules because I remember back in the day there weren't any news posts about minor changes to the rules. It would help if people could see what changes are made even if minor.

They are... on the UA's guidelines, I guess. That means for every user who doesn't know it, a new ticket will need to be opened so they can ask UAs directly. (How I did it!) I think a little page with a bit more information would save them plenty of time repeating the same explanations :/

These guidelines are short and to the point, without sounding mean or overbearing. They're somewhat lighthearted, but still get the point across. I like them, and I think they carry the message of Subeta pretty well. Much better than some sites rules, that's for sure. <3

I agree with the guidelines and I am happy you guys reassured us that banning wouldn't be an immediate thing over comments (I am just imagining the debate forum now, for example!) Subeta has never made me feel uncountable to post here, unlike some other forums I have been to in the past, so I doubt Subeta would ever do something to make anyone afraid of being banned for no good reason.

I think the guidelines are just common courtesies that everyone should be following naturally, but that isn't always the case, as we have all seen. Hopefully they encourage more people to post because while I never viewed the forums as being negative (it always seemed generally positive and friendly to me), they sometimes don't feel as active as they could be. I may not be visiting the more active forums, though, but I can see why some people would feel ignored by lack of activity - especially on those sub forums.

Adding rewards for helping out is a very good idea, too! I saw some comments about lack of mods helping new users out, but I feel like this feature would cut that need as there would be more incentive to take time out of the day to help someone.

I've always said "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say it at all." This applies to my RL as well!

I think these guidelines are very well written and mostly common sense. I don't think they would be that hard to follow to make a great subeta community!!

I think these guidelines are very well written and mostly common sense. I don't think they would be that hard to follow to make a great subeta community!!

I love these. I really like the "free speech" bit. I like that they're not too long, but they're not too short, either.

I suppose when I was new/had never used the forums, I assumed people would be rude/react negatively to anything I said or did, after coming from ahem two communities that were, how shall we say...filled with asshats. But once I tried the forums here, I was pleasantly surprised at how open-minded and helpful people were. I think those who are afraid to post here just need to take a deep breath and dive in, because I've never once met a person here who made me feel belittled.

I really like how you've worded the guidelines. And for that matter, I like how they're 'guidelines' and not 'rules'. I've always thought of Subeta as a very fair place, that is, the staff is very fair when it comes to listening to users' problems and they don't make ridiculous rules like some other sites. I've always felt free here, to express my opinions (numerous though they may be), and also to talk directly to staff without them going all 'DEAR GOD IT TALKED TO ME. FREEZE IT. FREEZE IT!!1!'. I think we all know where that happens. But not on Subeta. Subeta is...pretty much my haven away from all the crap in the real world and I love, so much, that I'm seeing staff still giving a damn and trying to keep it that way and even make it better.

I do have a question though...if I happen to use, let's say, the 'f' word as I do tend to sometimes (lmao), is that considered something offensive? Note that I would never tell someone to 'f' off or use it in an offensive manner. Usually I say it when I'm ranting about something at work or whatever.

Anyways, all in all, a great big THUMBS UP to Subeta staff. You guys are keeping it awesome, as always.

Treat other people the way you would ideally wish to be treated yourself. This is the concept behind the so-called "golden rule" and encompasses not only "don't" 's such as don't cheat,belittle etc but also "do"'s such as encourage,aid,etc. It's impossible to fully live up to but worth aiming for.

Thank you. Simple and succinct.

I like it. :) The only thing that came to my mind concerns:

I'm not sure if it's just me, because I'm not a native speaker (or sorry if it has already been said), but "good feedback" might be misunderstood. I know what you meant by it, but maybe it would be better to call it "constructive feedback"?

I like this. I think that people need to have guidelines, especially on the forums. x_x

Wow, shout out to that "Don't be that guy" rule. That's awesome. You don't see such rules actually written down by the majority of online communities!

I like the guidelines, although there are some people who don't know how to give constructive criticism. Maybe a few examples could be given as a learning tool.

Excellent basic guidelines...very well written and succinct.

If with f word you mean "fuck", that's okey to use because there are filters for those who not wish to see it. I think it becomes not okey if you use it to insult another member by saying something like " is such a fucking idiot".

I like the guidelines a lot! I am just personally used to going on a lot of other websites where people are rude and have very loud opinions (nice way to put it) and it doesn't really bother me, but I know it does to some people. I just hope we can still have room to debate in the debate forums, because while I think everyone should be extremely cordial throughout the site, I think that that particular board should have some wiggle room because it should be meant to get heated at times (while still being respectful, no obvious name-calling, calling people stupid, etc...) to fuel a proper debate. If people disagree with me on this, then I will take my debates to another website, but that's just my two cents. Other than that, I love the comradery between users this site has, and have personally never seen anyone even breaking those guidelines and never really suspected any users of being malicious.