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RULES FOR USING THE NG's (Community)
RULES FOR USING THE NG's // Community
May 9, 2003, 10:13pm
Here are some simple unofficial rules to follow when using these lovely NG's
AW has provided for us. Following these rules will guarantee me not wanting
to sucker-punch you over and over until I'm exhausted.
The news groups are divided into areas. Please only post to the relevant
areas.
Community is only for important or notable exchange of information directly
relating to the AW community. Only post here if it's something you feel the
entire AW community needs to know, and a simple welcome msg in your world or
telegrams sent to your friends won't do. The community forum is not the
"general" forum, that's what the General discussion forum is for. If you're
just here to chat, AWCOM has a lovely program called "active worlds" that
allows you to talk to your friends and others in the community in real time.
Never reply to any post unless you have something to add, and that reply
needs to be heard by the entire community. If you are simply replying to
the person, not his or her topic, email or telegram them.
"something to add" does not include "yeah I agree" ,"shut up", "lol :p"
"*thwack!*" or so forth. Please remember this is a news group, not a chat
room. If your post is under once sentence (or not even a complete one),
you probably don't need to post it, and if you are posting a one sentence
useless reply, do we really need 5 pages of reply text included with the
post?
PLEASE do not argue or nit pick just for the sake of it. How many posts
have we seen spiral out of control where 90% of the posts have nothing to do
with the original point and are just two sides going back and forth over
some absolutely trivial detail. If you don't agree with someone's post,
post a polite well-reasoned reply or email that person directly.
Every month someone posts something like this. Some heartfelt plea to the
NG users to get a life, calm down, and think before they post, and it has
no effect. Actually most I've seen ironically spiral into a huge totally
off topic personal argument over some ridiculously trivial technicality.
If the above is too much to read, here is the basic check list to follow
before posting.
-Am I REALLY posting in the correct area?
-Do I really NEED to post this here?
-If this is a reply, should this be sent to the NG's or sent to the person I
am replying to?
-Is the information I'm conveying most suitable for a News Group, or is it
more the realm of chat?
-Is this post polite and based in fact rather than knee-jerk emotional
reaction?
-Do I seriously believe this post is something everyone needs to read rather
than trivial banal shit that no one wants to hear and I should shut the fuck
up about?
Ask your self those questions before posting, and the entire world will be
a better place. Obviously there are times when the above rules can be
ignored in the name of good fun, but for the most part, don't make me
sucker punch, I have fragile hands.
May 9, 2003, 10:20pm
[View Quote]baro wrote:
> Here are some simple unofficial rules to follow when using these lovely NG's
> AW has provided for us. Following these rules will guarantee me not wanting
> to sucker-punch you over and over until I'm exhausted.
>
> The news groups are divided into areas. Please only post to the relevant
> areas.
>
> Community is only for important or notable exchange of information directly
> relating to the AW community. Only post here if it's something you feel the
> entire AW community needs to know, and a simple welcome msg in your world or
> telegrams sent to your friends won't do. The community forum is not the
> "general" forum, that's what the General discussion forum is for. If you're
> just here to chat, AWCOM has a lovely program called "active worlds" that
> allows you to talk to your friends and others in the community in real time.
>
> Never reply to any post unless you have something to add, and that reply
> needs to be heard by the entire community. If you are simply replying to
> the person, not his or her topic, email or telegram them.
>
> "something to add" does not include "yeah I agree" ,"shut up", "lol :p"
> "*thwack!*" or so forth. Please remember this is a news group, not a chat
> room. If your post is under once sentence (or not even a complete one),
> you probably don't need to post it, and if you are posting a one sentence
> useless reply, do we really need 5 pages of reply text included with the
> post?
>
> PLEASE do not argue or nit pick just for the sake of it. How many posts
> have we seen spiral out of control where 90% of the posts have nothing to do
> with the original point and are just two sides going back and forth over
> some absolutely trivial detail. If you don't agree with someone's post,
> post a polite well-reasoned reply or email that person directly.
>
> Every month someone posts something like this. Some heartfelt plea to the
> NG users to get a life, calm down, and think before they post, and it has
> no effect. Actually most I've seen ironically spiral into a huge totally
> off topic personal argument over some ridiculously trivial technicality.
>
> If the above is too much to read, here is the basic check list to follow
> before posting.
>
> -Am I REALLY posting in the correct area?
> -Do I really NEED to post this here?
> -If this is a reply, should this be sent to the NG's or sent to the person I
> am replying to?
> -Is the information I'm conveying most suitable for a News Group, or is it
> more the realm of chat?
> -Is this post polite and based in fact rather than knee-jerk emotional
> reaction?
> -Do I seriously believe this post is something everyone needs to read rather
> than trivial banal shit that no one wants to hear and I should shut the fuck
> up about?
>
> Ask your self those questions before posting, and the entire world will be
> a better place. Obviously there are times when the above rules can be
> ignored in the name of good fun, but for the most part, don't make me
> sucker punch, I have fragile hands.
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I agree. Muahahaha.
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--Bowen--
May 10, 2003, 6:29am
alphabit, may i?
*THWACK!*
lol :P
so how you doing baro? hows avatar and all?
but yeah i agree. (not really actually)
-SWE
[View Quote]"baro" <baronjutter at shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:3ebc4413 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Here are some simple unofficial rules to follow when using these lovely
NG's
> AW has provided for us. Following these rules will guarantee me not
wanting
> to sucker-punch you over and over until I'm exhausted.
>
> The news groups are divided into areas. Please only post to the relevant
> areas.
>
> Community is only for important or notable exchange of information
directly
> relating to the AW community. Only post here if it's something you feel
the
> entire AW community needs to know, and a simple welcome msg in your world
or
> telegrams sent to your friends won't do. The community forum is not the
> "general" forum, that's what the General discussion forum is for. If
you're
> just here to chat, AWCOM has a lovely program called "active worlds" that
> allows you to talk to your friends and others in the community in real
time.
>
> Never reply to any post unless you have something to add, and that reply
> needs to be heard by the entire community. If you are simply replying to
> the person, not his or her topic, email or telegram them.
>
> "something to add" does not include "yeah I agree" ,"shut up", "lol :p"
> "*thwack!*" or so forth. Please remember this is a news group, not a
chat
> room. If your post is under once sentence (or not even a complete one),
> you probably don't need to post it, and if you are posting a one sentence
> useless reply, do we really need 5 pages of reply text included with the
> post?
>
> PLEASE do not argue or nit pick just for the sake of it. How many posts
> have we seen spiral out of control where 90% of the posts have nothing to
do
> with the original point and are just two sides going back and forth over
> some absolutely trivial detail. If you don't agree with someone's post,
> post a polite well-reasoned reply or email that person directly.
>
> Every month someone posts something like this. Some heartfelt plea to the
> NG users to get a life, calm down, and think before they post, and it has
> no effect. Actually most I've seen ironically spiral into a huge totally
> off topic personal argument over some ridiculously trivial technicality.
>
> If the above is too much to read, here is the basic check list to follow
> before posting.
>
> -Am I REALLY posting in the correct area?
> -Do I really NEED to post this here?
> -If this is a reply, should this be sent to the NG's or sent to the person
I
> am replying to?
> -Is the information I'm conveying most suitable for a News Group, or is it
> more the realm of chat?
> -Is this post polite and based in fact rather than knee-jerk emotional
> reaction?
> -Do I seriously believe this post is something everyone needs to read
rather
> than trivial banal shit that no one wants to hear and I should shut the
fuck
> up about?
>
> Ask your self those questions before posting, and the entire world will
be
> a better place. Obviously there are times when the above rules can be
> ignored in the name of good fun, but for the most part, don't make me
> sucker punch, I have fragile hands.
>
>
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May 10, 2003, 9:44am
Here's my personal opinion on this.......
Suppose someone shares a funny story regarding an experiance in AW, and
either no one responded, or folks felt they had to right a novel to respond.
Would the ngs become less used because of boredom or non interaction?
I think the ngs are a way for folks to interact and express to masses as
opposed to mass gramming then waiting for replies?
Wait...maybe everyone could post what they think they shouldn't post in
the ngs via grams...to say.....50 people.
Or better yet, we could ask AWI to put them in the Universal IO
message?:)
BTW...thanks SWE....lol
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