Sebbie on the Webbie

Posts Tagged ‘Behaviour’

On the post Handling conflict on a forum I was pondering situations that put your discussion group in danger. One of the best ways to pre-empt a problem is to come up with good set of rules, that are easy to read and easy to understand. Most free boards and site packages come with a default terms of use, but practically nobody ever reads them, so they are useless in the sense of creating harmony, but perfect for covering your ass legally. If you can be bothered to read them through yourself, I congratulate you, I haven’t yet… So I prefer to write my own rules. The following rules are written for a general topic discussion board with adult users on it. Don’t ever copy and paste them without reading them through and seeing if they actually fit on your site. This is to help you think. (Comments written in italic, and are not meant to be included in the rules.)

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