I like these guidelines. Simple and fair and to the point. Love the look of the page too. So bright and cheerful.

Remember, “freedom of speech” only applies to freedom from government persecution, it doesn’t mean everyone else has to put up with your gross behavior. ^ I feel like this is particularly important. It's something I've seen used a lot (not necessarily here, because I don't frequent forums anymore, but elsewhere) to justify horrible behavior. Overall, I'm happy with these rules. Short, simple, to the point, and as far as I can tell, they cover everything that needs to be covered.

I think this is a very good set of guidelines. They are easy to read and to the point. They are very welcoming and I think people will follow these guidelines more easily.

So glad to see these rules being set in place. The shout box has days where I feel unheard and other where I feel like I'm the target of insults when I was just logging in due to differences in beliefs. I get on SB to get away from drama, not join different drama. Lol. Really excited to see this implemented! Hopefully new users can feel more welcome too!

: I frequent the forums daily and I appreciate the guidelines just as they are. They are easy to understand without sounding restrictive. I like the "positive consequences" of being a good user, that really sells it for me. I like how the "negative consequences" are mentioned in a positive way, so as to make the point without being heavy-pawed.

I think they're great. They're simple enough to understand but still encompassing enough to make sense.

All in all they follow the rule I think should just be a given on any website (but sadly has to be posted anyway because some people will never follow it) which is "Don't be a jerk."

Personally I've found Subeta to be an amazingly compassionate and kind community so far. I've yet to venture into many of the forums but the SB at least has become a sort of haven for me even if I'm just lurking and reading. I enjoyed my first site event immensely and I'm really thinking this site is going to be my new internet home.

Agreed :)

Thank you so much for addressing this! I too have felt that suggestions get tackled by negativity in the forums and it does discourage people from posting. It should indeed be that comments should improve the idea or offer advice instead of just slam an idea into the ground, so thank you thank you thank you!

I like the guidelines quite a bit, especially the very clear wording of Don't Be That Guy. I'm hoping that these guidelines will help steer certain aspects of our site to be more friendly, like the shoutbox.

I kind of support this, but I also can see this going badly with it being a reportable offense. I've seen this kind of thing go out of control before, and some people are just very easily offended. For example, on the debate threads, avatar games threads, and the kin. Some sort of exception where people are talking about their opinions for opinions sake, because people do still get very, very deeply offended. For example, a debate thread about the morality of abortion. Sometimes those things can get a little angry, a little racist, a little sexist. Leaving the choice up to the mods whether or not the flaming is actionable could be touchy when it's the person they disagree with being flamed.

In my opinion, though, the forums aren't bad enough to need community guidelines, but I know quite well from certain tumblrs that they're mostly keeping their onsite drama.. offsite. In which case these guidelines being a reportable offense is still mildly pointless.

These are really good guidelines, since there are alot of issues around the site with behaviour/etiquette that this clears up thank you!

Great guidelines! I've already been following them but now people have them itemized and clearly listed and not like hidden within a massive amount of words. I also liked how it showed how people got the Subeta helper achievement so now I know what i need to do if I want to get it.

It's very concise, which is a good thing for something like this. I think the golden rule one could be worded a bit better, but over all I'd say it seems pretty solid.

Thank you :)

I cannot agree more with Belladonnared. But since I have been here for so long I know Subeta forums are positive. If I find trolls I usually report them in the forum. Maybe Im hanging out in wrong topics to see all drama?

Good and simple rules, love'm. But in a way it is sad they have to be put up,'cause its just commonsense. But nice and simple, makes it easy for eveyone to understand.

I like that the guide is short and to the point. Obviously, it's subjective, so I hope that there is some evenhanded method of determining what makes someone a 'jerk' and that there are some lighter consequences for the first few infractions after the rules are changed.

I support these guidelines, simple and presented in a easy to understand way.

Sounds fair to me in terms of content as well. :)

Love the look of the new guidelines :D

I love the way they read. It is clear, simple to understand, but blunt enough in that you can't say you didn't understand... You know what you should and should not do. It allows for the preservation of the fun and relaxed attitude which has kept many of us on subeta for such a long time (many many years in a number of cases, including my own.) Perfect balance between the restriction and relaxed. Couldn't really find anything in their which I would change.