bℓσωηG Posted May 15, 2010 (edited) stolen from another forum,but mostly applicable here, too ... except maybe no.6 1. Flame Wars By-and-large, the trouble with The Internet, and forums in particular, is that everyone gets to be anonymous. That essentially gives them free reign to be as snooty and argumentative as they like. A 'troll' posts deliberately controversial or annoying messages for the specific purpose of getting a rise out of people and initiating a hate-filled and overly-argumentative thread. The appropriate course of action is simply not to respond. Don't feed the troll. 2. Godwin's Law Godwin's Law states that "as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." What that means in real terms is that sooner or later someone involved in a forum argument will be likened to a Nazi, or displaying Hitler-like tendencies. Please note that if you're the one invoking Godwin's Law and likening someone to a Nazi, you've immediately lost the argument because it's such a lame-a** low blow. 3. Fanboys Approximately 99.9% of all online forums are based around videogames. Sadly, there are several members of the videogame community who have such an overly-fanatical devotion to their particular console that they're somehow incapable of admitting any other system might have good features too. They're best ignored, because 'Fanboys' are basically a special subset of 'Troll', and as such are all Nazis and/ or Hitler. 4. Teenagers Sadly, teenagers are allowed on The Internet too. They have funny ways of spelling and don't understand that proper grownups don't want to put up with their pubescent attempts at 'humour'. There's nothing you can do about Teenagers on The Internet, you'll just have to learn to circumnavigate them. Not all teenagers are evil, mind. Just most of them. 5. Post Count Every time you post, your post count goes up by one. Some people seem to think that the higher the post count, the more worthy and valuable they are to society at large. Frankly, the exact opposite seems to be the case; posting just to up your count is insanely annoying, so make sure all your messages add to a discussion in some way. If you're replying in a thread, make sure what you're writing is funny, interesting or funny and interesting. "yeh i agree lol" is not, in any way, shape or form, a valid reply, ever. 6. Respect the Admins It's their website, and they can do whatever the hell they like with it. You're a guest, and hassling them about how they run things is akin to going round your Auntie's house and curling one out in her tea-pot. 7. DON'T USE ALL CAPS IN YOUR POST EVER. 'Shouting' through the written word is pointless and annoying, clearly. 8. Lurk Before Posting Don't just jump in to the forums spouting off reams and reams your amazing knowledge of the intricacies of World of Warcraft. In Binary. Lurk around a bit first and read some threads to see whether or not that's even remotely the sort of thing people there would be interested in. 9. Keep On Topic If a thread's all about how amazing a new 2D Sonic the Hedgehog game would be, don't derail it and start talking about something else entirely, like Chun Li's thighs. Make a new thread if you absolutely must. 10. Picture Etiquette Don't post massive pictures that are wider than most peoples' screens. What's more, don't post massive pictures of filthy grotty porn or anything in case people are at work. Not even the most ardent heterosexual likes looking at boobies when sat near their boss. It's enough to put them off for life. 11. NSFW What's more, make sure you mark any risqué links as Not Safe For Work, just in case, and make sure doing so is in keeping with the forum's tone. By and large, just remember to be excellent to each other. Be all civil and pleasant. Keep your tongue firmly in your cheek and get a nice thick skin. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! It turns out there's even more annoying stuff people do that we simply couldn't squeeze into the film... 12. Signatures ...should be small and tasteful. Massive graphics plugging something you're selling are a right royal no-no. Text is very much preferable. 13. Avatars Your profile pic is how people picture you, so choose something good-looking, funny or interesting. Pretty much anything goes, just make sure it isn't ugly or annoying and fits with the tone of the forum. 14. Gravedigging Old threads are old for a reason, and that reason is that noone's interested in discussing that anymore. Unless you've got an outrageously good reason to do so, leave dead threads to Rest in Peace. 15. Drama Used properly, The Internet can be a tool for good. If used for overblown, melodramatic weepy Emo nonsense, it's ruined and needs to be scrubbed clean. Learn to relax and take everything in your stride. Noone's on The Internet to get all stressed and angsty, we're all just here for a good time. So leave all your haughty drivel at the door. 16. Smilies If used sparingly a smiley can emphasise a point: sarcasm comes across extremely poorly in forums – almost dangerously so. A quick winky will sort that. Reams and reams of extravagant animated smileys performing all manner of wacky acts are annoying, and are the sort of thing your mum would do, were she able to use a computer. 17. Read the FAQ and Forum Rules Because they'll tell you how the community there likes people to act. They're there for a reason. Edited May 15, 2010 by blowng Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted May 15, 2010 Nice post, Blowng. I rarely read a post from the beginning to the start but i did that with this one. bye Eg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vual Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) " Embeding disabled by request ".... The other forum must not like you sharing it.. <- Not good Netiquette Amusing take on Netiquette lol thanks for sharing, hahaha. lol Godwins law... Netiquette (Internet Etiquette) Dont feed the Troll!!! Edited May 16, 2010 by vual Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted May 16, 2010 Internet Forum FACTS: 1.) Typing "FACT" after anything makes it an incontrovertible fact. FACT. (Has to be in capitals though or it doesn't count) 2.) Correct punctuation, grammar and spelling are entirely optional on the internet. FACT. You know what you're talking about; if no-one else can understand you, that's their problem. Ignore their corrections, taunts, prolonged sessions of explaining the difference between 'they're', 'there' and 'their', and those posts consisting entirely of various punctuation marks with an invitation to treat said post as a punctuation buffet. 3.) Your opinion counts. Oh yes it does. Some maintain that it's worth at least as much as anyone else's. They are actually wrong; your opinion is worth more than anyone else's (including the person who maintains that their opinion is worth more than yours - don't try to figure this one out, it does make sense if you don't think about it). Have you ever owned/seen/heard/worked on/eaten/drunk/wanked over/talked to/been attacked by the object or person being discussed? No? You'll find that just doesn't matter. Tell the world what you think. At length. People will shout you down, they are unbelievers and must be crushed with your intellect and wit. But if you have, then your opinion is absolute gospel. You can present it as true, solid hard FACT. Oh, yes. Feel that warm glow. You've just pissed yourself with joy. Doesn't it feel good? 4.) You're safe behind your keyboard. FACT. No-one can trace you. Feel free to taunt people on open forums without risk of any of the following: - Having your real name and address posted. - Pictures of your house / car / wheelie bin being posted on the forum. - Other users of the forum adopting pictures of your house etc. as their avatars. - The person you taunted turning up at your place of work with a large bag of ring spanners and a tub of anal lube. - A moderator of the forum turning up at your house stark bollock naked and being photographed standing outside your front door. There's nothing to worry about, go ahead and say what you like. Call them all "keyboard warriors" - they're cowards who say things from behind their keyboard they would never dare say to your face. 5.) In the unlikely event you find yourself out of your depth in an internet argument, you can just imply that they are "biting" and laugh at them. This wins you almost all arguments. FACT. Any arguments that you still don't win can be quickly finished off by comparing certain people on the forum to Nazis. Hitler=Instant win. FACT. 6.) Smilies are great. FACT. Use as many as you can, it doesn't really matter if you've used the same one three times in the same sentence already - they are there to demonstrate your depth of feeling, use them to your heart's content. Hundreds and hundreds of the little fuckers, the more obscure the better. Knock yourself out. 7.) "Fail" images mark you as a master debater, along with lolcats. FACT. People love them, especially that one with the containers falling off the "failboat". That's fucking hilarious that one. Or any iteration of the Failcopter - everyone loves that. 8.) Irony is just like gold-ey or bronze-y only it's made of iron. FACT. 9.) Mentioning how much you earn / what flash car you drive / how high-powered your job is will earn you great respect amongst your peers. FACT. Feel free to make these up, no-one will know (see 4.) above). If photographic evidence is requested, just post two pictures of your pretend house/girlfriend/Quattro/place of work found somewhere else on the Internet. They will be accepted at face value by all. 10.) LOL means "Laugh Out Loud" apparently. Of course, laughing out loud while sat at your computer is not an actual pre-requisite for the use of "LOL", that was just a fact. Not a FACT, just a fact. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rabaelthazar Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) 12. Signatures ...should be small and tasteful. Massive graphics plugging something you're selling are a right royal no-no. Text is very much preferable. Hmmm.... is my signature offensively large? If anyone finds it offensive, please let me know and I'll reduce it down. Edited May 26, 2010 by Rabaelthazar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sethomopod Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) Hmmm.... is my signature offensively large? If anyone finds it offensive, please let me know and I'll reduce it down. I'll put my hand up with Rabalthazar on that one... I will also reduce mine if it offends... (now I'm paranoid one smiley is too much!! ....oops.and another!) Edited May 16, 2010 by sethomopod Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted May 16, 2010 I like both your signatures , i want to have a picture signature ,but cant figure out how to do it.... by the way the Corroborie is the first forum i ever joined after my return to civilization , i hope by now i am getting the hang of it... hahaha... its funny reading about forum personalities, there are a few here that sound very familiar.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teljkon Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) sdas Edited December 19, 2021 by Teljkon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) I dont think that the point about not bringing back old threads applies here. We are a board where high quality information is more important than the most recent chit chat. Most of our ethnobotanical topics are pretty much timeless and i´m sure that the vast majority of the stuff that´s written in the threads is still valid in 5-10 years. Sure, you should try to keep the posts in "News and Notices" a little bit up to date but i have no Problems if you guys bring up a good old thread if you have a valid reason for that. Just use common sense. bye Eg Edited May 16, 2010 by Evil Genius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
