{"id":198,"date":"2015-04-05T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinduin.com\/blog\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2015-04-24T08:53:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T08:53:52","slug":"community-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pinduin.com\/blog\/about\/community-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"#civilized\">This is a Civilized Place for Public Discussion<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Please treat this discussion forum with the same respect you would a public park. We, too, are a shared community resource \u2014 a place to share skills, knowledge and interests through ongoing conversation.<\/p>\n<p>These are not hard and fast rules, merely aids to the human judgment of our community. Use these guidelines to keep this a clean, well-lighted place for civilized public discourse.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#improve\">Improve the Discussion<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Help us make this a great place for discussion by always working to improve the discussion in some way, however small. If you are not sure your post adds to the conversation, think over what you want to say and try again later.<\/p>\n<p>The topics discussed here matter to us, and we want you to act as if they matter to you, too. Be respectful of the topics and the people discussing them, even if you disagree with some of what is being said.<\/p>\n<p>One way to improve the discussion is by discovering ones that are already happening. Please spend some time browsing the topics here before replying or starting your own, and you\u2019ll have a better chance of meeting others who share your interests.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#agreeable\">Be Agreeable, Even When You Disagree<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>You may wish to respond to something by disagreeing with it. That\u2019s fine. But, remember to <em>criticize ideas, not people<\/em>. Please avoid:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name-calling.<\/li>\n<li>Attacking the person\/owner of the post.<\/li>\n<li>Responding to a post\u2019s tone instead of its actual content.<\/li>\n<li>Knee-jerk contradiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instead, provide reasoned counter-arguments that improve the conversation.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#participate\">Your Participation Counts<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The conversations we have here set the tone for everyone. Help us influence the future of this community by choosing to engage in discussions that make this forum an interesting place to be \u2014 and avoiding those that do not.<\/p>\n<p>Discourse provides tools that enable the community to collectively identify the best (and worst) contributions: favorites, bookmarks, likes, flags, replies, edits, and so forth. Use these tools to improve your own experience, and everyone else\u2019s, too.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s try to leave our park better than we found it.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#flag-problems\">If You See a Problem, Flag It<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Moderators have special authority; they are responsible for this forum. But so are you. With your help, moderators can be community facilitators, not just janitors or police.<\/p>\n<p>When you see bad behavior, don\u2019t reply. It encourages the bad behavior by acknowledging it, consumes your energy, and wastes everyone\u2019s time. <em>Just flag it<\/em>. If enough flags accrue, action will be taken, either automatically or by moderator intervention.<\/p>\n<p>In order to maintain our community, moderators reserve the right to remove any content and any user account for any reason at any time. Moderators do not preview new posts in any way; the moderators and site operators take no responsibility for any content posted by the community.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#be-civil\">Always Be Civil<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Nothing sabotages a healthy conversation like rudeness:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be civil. Don\u2019t post anything that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, or hate speech.<\/li>\n<li>Keep it clean. Don\u2019t post anything obscene or sexually explicit.<\/li>\n<li>Respect each other. Don\u2019t harass or grief anyone, impersonate people, or expose their private information.<\/li>\n<li>Respect our forum. Don\u2019t post spam or otherwise vandalize the forum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are not concrete terms with precise definitions \u2014 avoid even the <em>appearance<\/em> of any of these things. If you\u2019re unsure, ask yourself how you would feel if your post was featured on the front page of the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>This is a public forum, and search engines index these discussions. Keep the language, links, and images safe for family and friends.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#keep-tidy\">Keep It Tidy<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Make the effort to put things in the right place, so that we can spend more time discussing and less cleaning up. So:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t start a topic in the wrong category.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t cross-post the same thing in multiple topics.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t post no-content replies.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t divert a topic by changing it midstream.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t sign your posts \u2014 every post has your profile information attached to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rather than posting \u201c+1\u201d or \u201cAgreed\u201d, use the Like button. Rather than taking an existing topic in a radically different direction, use Reply as a Linked Topic.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#stealing\">Post Only Your Own Stuff<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>You may not post anything digital that belongs to someone else without permission. You may not post descriptions of, links to, or methods for stealing someone\u2019s intellectual property (software, video, audio, images), or for breaking any other law.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"#power\">Powered by You<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This site is operated by your friendly local staff and <em>you<\/em>, the community. If you have any further questions about how things should work here, give us some <a title=\"Feedback\" href=\"https:\/\/pinduin.com\/blog\/feedback\/\">Feedback<\/a> and let&#8217;s discuss!<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Terms of Service\" href=\"https:\/\/pinduin.com\/blog\/terms-of-service\/\">Terms of Service<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, legalese is boring, but we must protect ourselves \u2013 and by extension, you and your data \u2013 against unfriendly folks. We have a <a title=\"Terms of Service\" href=\"https:\/\/pinduin.com\/blog\/terms-of-service\/\">Terms of Service<\/a> describing your (and our) behavior and rights related to content, privacy, and laws. 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