This has come up recently in a LOT of threads (and quite a few times in chat, too) so I figured I'd start one on it.
There are some things that are just "Not Done" - basically frowned upon - on forums, and I'd like to hear from everyone what they think about it.. such things such as going back and editing a post someone has already quoted, editing out posts when they have already been responded to, bumping many threads at a time... those are just a couple of things.
We really do seem to have quite a list of unwritten rules, and maybe it's time to write them down and discuss them.
A few to start with that I can remember off the top of my head:
Don't use all caps UNLESS YOU ARE YELLING!
No advertising except in the correct subforum for it
Don't use hard-to-read colors for your posts, or crazy fonts, as it makes them hard to read
Don't use excessively small or large fonts for your entire posts
Use proper spelling/grammar most of the time
Some of these are more Chaz-centric etiquette than everywhere, such as the spelling/grammar one... on quite a few forums I've been on you're the odd one out if you're familiar with proper capitalization and punctuation... but I do hope those forums are the exception rather than the rule.
There are some things that are just "Not Done" - basically frowned upon - on forums, and I'd like to hear from everyone what they think about it.. such things such as going back and editing a post someone has already quoted, editing out posts when they have already been responded to, bumping many threads at a time... those are just a couple of things.
We really do seem to have quite a list of unwritten rules, and maybe it's time to write them down and discuss them.
A few to start with that I can remember off the top of my head:
Don't use all caps UNLESS YOU ARE YELLING!
No advertising except in the correct subforum for it
Don't use hard-to-read colors for your posts, or crazy fonts, as it makes them hard to read
Don't use excessively small or large fonts for your entire posts
Use proper spelling/grammar most of the time
Some of these are more Chaz-centric etiquette than everywhere, such as the spelling/grammar one... on quite a few forums I've been on you're the odd one out if you're familiar with proper capitalization and punctuation... but I do hope those forums are the exception rather than the rule.
