Now that I have your attention
The last few months have been tumultuous to say the least with political and Covid threads and it will probably get worse before it gets better. As an admin/mod we spend good parts of our time here stopping things that we shouldn't have to between grown adults. Quite honestly there are many that have less of an inclination to participate now because of this. If you find this post blunt then perfect you found it exactly as it was left and intended
The Zoo has been up and running for a few weeks. This is a private forum on this board where you can discuss politics, Covid, or whatever. This is an opt-out forum which means that by default everyone who is a member can see it. There is the opt-out option where you can choose not to see the forum or it's content if you don't want to be involved in that sort of discussion in your settings (see pic below or click link to the left). You can come and go as you please. If you do choose to be a part of that particular forum you know what you are getting in to no whining about hurt feelings. This doesn't mean there will be no moderation the TOS still applies especially when it comes to abuse and foul language
There will be no more of those threads on the main board. This will be moderated tight. For the first couple of weeks if you post in a politics, covid, etc in a thread on the main board the post will be deleted and you will be given a warning. After the grace period there will be infractions from a 24 hour ban to a lifetime ban depending on how often it is a problem. It is possible we miss something from time to time if we do please report it and it will be dealt with
Another issue we have been having here is bullying we have had a few members report about it. Bottom line if you can't be civilized go somewhere else. This is NOT going to turn in to Sid's board where a few ran everyone else off. If you are having issues again report it and if it's you causing the issues stop before we have to stop you
Have fun and enjoy
The last few months have been tumultuous to say the least with political and Covid threads and it will probably get worse before it gets better. As an admin/mod we spend good parts of our time here stopping things that we shouldn't have to between grown adults. Quite honestly there are many that have less of an inclination to participate now because of this. If you find this post blunt then perfect you found it exactly as it was left and intended
The Zoo has been up and running for a few weeks. This is a private forum on this board where you can discuss politics, Covid, or whatever. This is an opt-out forum which means that by default everyone who is a member can see it. There is the opt-out option where you can choose not to see the forum or it's content if you don't want to be involved in that sort of discussion in your settings (see pic below or click link to the left). You can come and go as you please. If you do choose to be a part of that particular forum you know what you are getting in to no whining about hurt feelings. This doesn't mean there will be no moderation the TOS still applies especially when it comes to abuse and foul language
There will be no more of those threads on the main board. This will be moderated tight. For the first couple of weeks if you post in a politics, covid, etc in a thread on the main board the post will be deleted and you will be given a warning. After the grace period there will be infractions from a 24 hour ban to a lifetime ban depending on how often it is a problem. It is possible we miss something from time to time if we do please report it and it will be dealt with
Another issue we have been having here is bullying we have had a few members report about it. Bottom line if you can't be civilized go somewhere else. This is NOT going to turn in to Sid's board where a few ran everyone else off. If you are having issues again report it and if it's you causing the issues stop before we have to stop you
Have fun and enjoy
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