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#262151 7-Jan-2020 21:41
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All of you had your "Accept FUG" flag reset today. Some of you will have clicked the "I read and accept the FUG" button shown before being allowed to post without really reading it. Some will have actually clicked the link and at least looked at the bottom of the FUG to find out what's changed.

 

The FUG is pretty long as it is now. This is because I wanted to make sure people understood some specific points so that we wouldn't have to keep answering to questions like "Why was I banned?" that I inevitably receive when an action like this happens.

 

Anyway, the latest addition is something I should've done much earlier. It is a simple commandment, made popular by Wil Wheaton (of ST:TNG fame) and aptly named Wheaton's Law:

 

"Don't be a dick".

 

Easy, right?

 

  • Are you spamming? Dick.
  • Are you being disrespectful to someone? Dick.
  • Are you making snarky comments on someone's post just because you think there's an obvious answer? Dick.
  • Are you a racist, misogynist, bigot? Dick.
  • Are you trolling someone to try and get the user out of a thread? Dick.
  • Are you posting something that you know will make another user lose their temper? Dick.
  • Are you breaching the FUG? Dick.

Don't be a dick. We don't need this here.





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  #2387093 7-Jan-2020 23:05
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Handle9:

I think it was encapsulated by "whatever Mauricio says goes".



It's important to add this isn't just the Mauricio show, the moderators discussed this before the change was made. We have regular discussion about topics like this and we have regular discussion about a number of users - it's not rocket science to figure out who. We're a pretty reasonable bunch, we all like having a good time and we appreciate the diversity Geekzone users enjoy. We also get tired of dicks being dicks.

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