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Rules Have Been Updated.

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Hakeem

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I am pleased to announce that we have completely rewritten the site rules. They should now be considerably more clear and fair than the previous set. Following is a short summary of the important points:
Site Guidelines said:
  • We are serious.
    If you are still at that stage where you use the internet to be anonymous and to act without repercussions, leave. You can come back when you learn that the people you are talking to online are people.
  • Be friendly.
    The Hive is a friendly community. All users are expected to treat one another with respect.
  • Don't break the law.
    The uploading of any illegal material to this site is forbidden. Posting is a form of uploading. Linking to pages that provide illegal material from this site is also forbidden. The list of illegal materials includes, but is not limited to, pornography, psychoactive drugs, bootleg software, software designed to circumvent legal restrictions, and any material that such a program would produce.
  • Speak only English.
    You are only allowed to use English in any publicly visible context of this site.
  • Don't spam. We will simply delete it.
    Uploading irrelevant or meaningless material is not allowed. Advertising is often considered spam.
  • No trading.
    The Hive is not a marketplace. Offering or soliciting items for sale or in trade is not permitted.
  • Use common sense.
    For the full list of rules, see here.
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Also social groups have a proper set of rules governming them now, so please follow the rules when creating and using them.


I hope that this will lead to a bright new future for The Hive Workshop!
 
Do not worry. I am a veteran when it comes to foruming, but even though I am new in The Hive, you would not get any trouble from me. Let us just hope that others would actually follow these rules.
 
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Most of this was already implied if not enforced, so rehashing it into a big list probably won't do any good at all. It's very likely that the majority people who actually break these rules either don't care enough to read them or don't care enough to uphold them, and in both of these cases, restatement of the rules won't change anything.

However, okay.
 
You really should close the Night of the Living Dead loophole http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/539919/6976998/

By your rules I can still legally link that. Seeing as how it was never copyrighted. Hell, the full thing is on Youtube too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfShkumjeq8

Fix the loophole by stating that linking to sites that provide illegal materials will not be tolerated, and please don't make it retroactive :<


Proof is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead#Copyright_status
 
If it's not copyrighted, what's the problem with linking to a download for it?
HINDYhat said:
It's very likely that the majority people who actually break these rules either don't care enough to read them or don't care enough to uphold them, and in both of these cases, restatement of the rules won't change anything.
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It's not the users that this affects. ;)

Directly, anyway.
 
Site Guidelines said:

  • We are serious.
    If you are still at that stage where you use the internet to be anonymous and to act without repercussions, leave. You can come back when you learn that the people you are talking to online are people.
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internet is srs bsns.

also, i didnt fully get the anonymous part. :/
 
BlargHonk said:
You really should close the Night of the Living Dead loophole http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/539919/6976998/

By your rules I can still legally link that. Seeing as how it was never copyrighted. Hell, the full thing is on Youtube too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfShkumjeq8

Fix the loophole by stating that linking to sites that provide illegal materials will not be tolerated, and please don't make it retroactive :<


Proof is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead#Copyright_status
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Blarg...."U da mon"... XD I can't believe you just corrected Hakeems loopholes >D:<

Necroposting: Why is Necroposting so infamous it's not like posting in a dead thread is going to crash the site... It may revive a once populated thread... So someone explain to me why Necroposting IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH!
 
xRiotZx said:
Blarg...."U da mon"... XD I can't believe you just corrected Hakeems loopholes >D:<

Necroposting: Why is Necroposting so infamous it's not like posting in a dead thread is going to crash the site... It may revive a once populated thread... So someone explain to me why Necroposting IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH!
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Because what's the point of reviving a thread by adding nothing to it? :)
 
SlayerII said:
its mostly stupid. If someone asked "whats an integer" a year ago, do you really think he still needs a answer?
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Do you want people to post a new thread for every question they have, regardless if it's been answered before?

'Necroposting' is SEO-friendly.
 
How's it not the matter?

If you leave a thread go un-answered the thread is dead-weight on the site. No matter if it's answered the same day or the next year. Think about how people come to the hive, likely googling a question no one else has been able to answer?

The real question is why would you make a rule against necroposting when it's rarely done and is beneficial to the site?
 
MrApples said:
How's it not the matter?

If you leave a thread go un-answered the thread is dead-weight on the site. No matter if it's answered the same day or the next year. Think about how people come to the hive, likely googling a question no one else has been able to answer?

The real question is why would you make a rule against necroposting when it's rarely done and is beneficial to the site?
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It's because that a) people already solve their problems (or avoided it) and b) it's goddamn annoying for some. Sometimes a thread just needs to be left alone and die.
 
I guess Necroposting is good within reason - it's not something you can make ultimatums on - say you had an old project yet gave it up - perhaps its better to repost in the thread if decide to return to it instead of creating a whole new thread.

also, i didnt fully get the anonymous part. :/
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It means people that think just because they're anonymous they can do whatever they want. There is certain etiquette that should be adhered to.

And take a good look at Py's avatar :]
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Well everyone knows what it is, but I don't think you can remove it as it doesn't show enough in the image. For all we know that Togekiss may just be in a sauna.

@ Loopholes

Well if its not copyrighted, then there's nothing illegal. If there's nothing illegal, then why ban it?
 
MrApples said:
Let us purify this forum of sexually oriented filth!
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You have been going around the site finding any reference to women, and posting this.

This thread contains sexually oriented material.

As stated in the new rules as of today, May 23rd 2010...
Quote:
Sex
This isn't that type of site. Don't talk about sexually orientated or any other obscene subject.
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Please do away with this filth.
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That's sexism. Not purification.
 
Devine said:
"still at that stage where you use the internet to be anonymous"
What's that supposed to mean?
Being anonymous is a part of the internet.
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Hey, what's this little button?
ip.gif
I think I'll hover over it and OH SHI--
Super-Sheep said:
internet is srs bsns.

also, i didnt fully get the anonymous part. :/
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It's mostly the acting without reprecussions aspect. You can be anonymous all you want, but we're not just going to let people be jerks "because they can."
Mr. Bob said:
Why not just automatically lock the thread after 3 months of inactivity?
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Six.

I'd like to point out that the necroposting rule is under the etiquette section. Generally you should avoid doing it, but there are circumstances where it is acceptable.
 
Hakeem said:
Hey, what's this little button?
ip.gif
I think I'll hover over it and OH SHI--
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Lol xD

Bob said:
I see. Why not make it 1 month?
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Because some posts which revive threads actually make sense.
I can believe that there are people who would still want a helpful comment after one month.
In this case it's not considered to be necro-posting, nor is it against the rules (okay, it never really is 'against' the rules, but it doesn't abide by the rules either).
 
Mr. Bob said:
hmm you could always ask a mod to unlock I guess.
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I think I'd rather let it be three (or in this case six) months than when moderators constantly need to unlock threads xD
+ the chances are that the person will create another thread instead of reporting the original one (there are enough cases of this happening after 1 week if the thread isn't even closed, let alone after 1 month if the thread is indeed closed).
It could be downed from six to three months though, don't really see a problem with that :/
 
Since when did porn suddenly become illegal? Are The Hive Workshop located in North Korea?

I get why you don't want porn linked, but out right calling it illegal is bit odd. Certain types of porn are illegal (such as snuff or rape), but in general pornography isn't per say illegal. Either slightly rewrite the "Don't break the law" point, or give pornography its own small point where perhaps also the limits on how you can discuss porn is defined. Like for instance right now I am talking about pornography, but in a way related to the topic of the rule creation process, and as so that shouldn't be punishable, but if I were linking to www.randompornsite.com that should be punishable, etc.
 
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Well it's cropped to the point where it will only confuse a young child who's ignorant - if the child doesn't already know about that sort of thing - with the internet and other kids these days, finding an "innocent" child is near impossible. I'd still stand with as long as its cropped to the point where you can't see anything then it's ok I guess.
 
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