Betsy
12-08-04, 08:57 PM
The Bodies Like Ours Intersex Community forums are a private forum created to establish a cozy community among intersex people, our friends, and our allies. Our boards are moderated to help us achieve this goal and we ask that everyone respect the following rules:
1. Add something real to the mix. In most areas, one-liners and "me too" statements aren't enough to really get a conversation going. Longer, more substantial posts give others more of a sense of who you are and where you're coming from.
2. Don't be a bigot. Slanderous, defamatory, violent, abusive, insulting, threatening or harassing comments directed at individuals or groups of people are not tolerated.
2a. Don't be intrusive. If someone wants to tell what type of intersex they have, let them but don't demand they tell you. It is rude to imply they may not be "in the club" if they choose not to share this information. Some folks may not want to share that information with the community for any number of reasons but that doesn't make their voice any less important. Please respect everyones situations and privacy. Asking people to qualify their participation in this community is not acceptable.
3. Don't spam us. Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes and other solicitations will be deleted. Period. If you have an announcement of legitimate interest to our community, post it to our announcements area only. Signatures may not contain url's or links to external sites.
4. Don't spam our members. Contacting a member privately without her express permission is inappropriate. (Instead, ask her permission by posting your request on the boards.) Don't email our members without their public permission.
5. Stay with the subject at hand. It's not cool to throw an established conversation off-topic, but you can create a new topic if you like.
6. Keep it clean. Our boards are about building community. Sexually inappropriate messages will be deleted.
Folks who violate our rules may lose their posting privileges. Inappropriate posts can be removed by our moderators. We work very hard to keep the conversation going smoothly at Bodies Like Ours, but we can't be everywhere at once, so please let us know if there's a problem with a member abusing their posting privileges - report the post by clicking on "report to moderator" just to the bottom left of the post.
As the Bodies Like Ours Intersex Community continues to grow, so do the challenges of running a "cozy community among intersex people, our friends, and our allies". We've decided it is time to create some policies regarding our community guidelines, and hope that this will help us all have a better experience making new friends here at the Bodies Like Ours Intersex Community.
As moderators and admins, we never like to have to handle a situation or reprimand a member, but some times things can get a bit out of hand or off-track -- and it is necessary. We'll try to be discreet with the first warning, because we know everyone can make mistakes.
Here's what to expect if you don't follow our community guidelines:
First Time: A moderator or admin will send you a private message and let you know what's up. We'll explain why what you wrote was not cool and ask you not to do it again. We'll encourage you to make a public post correcting the problem. In most cases, we will not publicly post regarding the warning. (There will be times where it will be necessary that we intervene publicly, but only in extreme cases.) If an apology is requested, you will be placed on moderation until that apology has been submitted and approved. Once the apology is posted, you will be removed from moderation.
Second Time: A moderator or admin will send you a private message warning you a second time, and this time we will make a public post letting the other members know it has been taken care of. You will be placed on a 5 day minimum suspension from the forums which will not be lifted until an apology is submitted via email, accepted and is posted.
Third Time: We don't give third warnings. If you have not figured out how to be a positive member of Bodies Like Ours community by the third warning, it is probably time to find another Website to hang out at. Members who require a third warning will no longer be able to post on our Community forums.
You can pitch in, too!
- If you see a topic being derailed, don't participate by continuing the off-topic discussion. Instead, get back to the subject at hand.
- If you see a post that seems to go against our community guidelines please use the "Alert Moderator" link at the bottom right of every post on this forum. This will send an alert to the moderator of that forum, and she'll have a look and somehow respond to the situation. That's what our moderators are here for.
Those with moderating duties will have the sole authority to deem for themselves if a post is inappropropriate and whether or not to place someone on moderation, suspension, or ask an offending poster to leave.
This new policy will be from this posting -- forward. We hope it helps foster a cozy community for all of us to enjoy! If you have any questions, feel free to ask away. We'll do our best to explain.
These guidelines can be adjusted and changed at any time without prior notice.
Have fun and play nice!
1. Add something real to the mix. In most areas, one-liners and "me too" statements aren't enough to really get a conversation going. Longer, more substantial posts give others more of a sense of who you are and where you're coming from.
2. Don't be a bigot. Slanderous, defamatory, violent, abusive, insulting, threatening or harassing comments directed at individuals or groups of people are not tolerated.
2a. Don't be intrusive. If someone wants to tell what type of intersex they have, let them but don't demand they tell you. It is rude to imply they may not be "in the club" if they choose not to share this information. Some folks may not want to share that information with the community for any number of reasons but that doesn't make their voice any less important. Please respect everyones situations and privacy. Asking people to qualify their participation in this community is not acceptable.
3. Don't spam us. Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes and other solicitations will be deleted. Period. If you have an announcement of legitimate interest to our community, post it to our announcements area only. Signatures may not contain url's or links to external sites.
4. Don't spam our members. Contacting a member privately without her express permission is inappropriate. (Instead, ask her permission by posting your request on the boards.) Don't email our members without their public permission.
5. Stay with the subject at hand. It's not cool to throw an established conversation off-topic, but you can create a new topic if you like.
6. Keep it clean. Our boards are about building community. Sexually inappropriate messages will be deleted.
Folks who violate our rules may lose their posting privileges. Inappropriate posts can be removed by our moderators. We work very hard to keep the conversation going smoothly at Bodies Like Ours, but we can't be everywhere at once, so please let us know if there's a problem with a member abusing their posting privileges - report the post by clicking on "report to moderator" just to the bottom left of the post.
As the Bodies Like Ours Intersex Community continues to grow, so do the challenges of running a "cozy community among intersex people, our friends, and our allies". We've decided it is time to create some policies regarding our community guidelines, and hope that this will help us all have a better experience making new friends here at the Bodies Like Ours Intersex Community.
As moderators and admins, we never like to have to handle a situation or reprimand a member, but some times things can get a bit out of hand or off-track -- and it is necessary. We'll try to be discreet with the first warning, because we know everyone can make mistakes.
Here's what to expect if you don't follow our community guidelines:
First Time: A moderator or admin will send you a private message and let you know what's up. We'll explain why what you wrote was not cool and ask you not to do it again. We'll encourage you to make a public post correcting the problem. In most cases, we will not publicly post regarding the warning. (There will be times where it will be necessary that we intervene publicly, but only in extreme cases.) If an apology is requested, you will be placed on moderation until that apology has been submitted and approved. Once the apology is posted, you will be removed from moderation.
Second Time: A moderator or admin will send you a private message warning you a second time, and this time we will make a public post letting the other members know it has been taken care of. You will be placed on a 5 day minimum suspension from the forums which will not be lifted until an apology is submitted via email, accepted and is posted.
Third Time: We don't give third warnings. If you have not figured out how to be a positive member of Bodies Like Ours community by the third warning, it is probably time to find another Website to hang out at. Members who require a third warning will no longer be able to post on our Community forums.
You can pitch in, too!
- If you see a topic being derailed, don't participate by continuing the off-topic discussion. Instead, get back to the subject at hand.
- If you see a post that seems to go against our community guidelines please use the "Alert Moderator" link at the bottom right of every post on this forum. This will send an alert to the moderator of that forum, and she'll have a look and somehow respond to the situation. That's what our moderators are here for.
Those with moderating duties will have the sole authority to deem for themselves if a post is inappropropriate and whether or not to place someone on moderation, suspension, or ask an offending poster to leave.
This new policy will be from this posting -- forward. We hope it helps foster a cozy community for all of us to enjoy! If you have any questions, feel free to ask away. We'll do our best to explain.
These guidelines can be adjusted and changed at any time without prior notice.
Have fun and play nice!