ToB
06-15-2005, 08:02 AM
Credit goes to April for coming up with these:
This is EvBoard, Not a Mental Ward.
-Be mature...The fact that you're 15 and the guy you've been dating for two weeks broke up with you may seem like a huge deal right now, but I absolutely promise you that it isn't.
-We don't talk about any form of self-infliction on this board. That is a very old rule. Nothing new. A lot of people find it triggering, and threads about it are not allowed. It does more harm than good for a lot of people. We have given the best advice we can on that topic. Seek professional help.
This is the ADVICE forum. Cheese threads are a thing of the past. The extent to which we need cheese on this board is present in the Completely Off Topic.
-Pointless threads such as "I saw a small dog get ran over at 100 m/h on the highway this morning." That really isn't advice yielding. Sure it sucks, but what can you do? Unless anybody has advice on the performance of a reincarnation, it really isn't necessary.
-Only threads that allow for advice are allowed, obviously.
-None of the typical "That sucks, I'm always here if you need me...Get better soon" talk. Once again, if it's not advice, then don't post it.
-Updated events that have any connection to each other in the same thread. Like I said before.."omg my dad sucks" and then another thread for "omg my mom sucks" is not allowed.
-No threads like "omg, my parents suck" because that's not really providing any sort of basis to give advice off of anyway.
-No impulse posting. Something happens..you're freaking out so you decide to post it on EvBoard before even thinking about it. Here's some good advice: Nobody can tell you how you feel...Quite often you can work it out and justify it for yourself if you just take a while to think about it. Will it matter in 5 years? Are you being seriously hurt and might die if you don't get help?
-Just think, and be mature before you post. If it's not advice, don't post it. If the advice you are going to give has already been posted, then don't say "yeah, I was going to say that." Just say nothing. We all know who loves us on this board...We can PM them whenever we want. Not everything needs to be broadcasted for 6 billion people to openly read about.
- We will create threads such as "how to be more outgoing" and "what to do if you're being bullied." That way we can keep it all in one place.
- SEARCH before posting a thread, particularly one that deals with bullying, death, molesting, etc. All of the above have threads of their own.
This is EvBoard, Not a Mental Ward.
-Be mature...The fact that you're 15 and the guy you've been dating for two weeks broke up with you may seem like a huge deal right now, but I absolutely promise you that it isn't.
-We don't talk about any form of self-infliction on this board. That is a very old rule. Nothing new. A lot of people find it triggering, and threads about it are not allowed. It does more harm than good for a lot of people. We have given the best advice we can on that topic. Seek professional help.
This is the ADVICE forum. Cheese threads are a thing of the past. The extent to which we need cheese on this board is present in the Completely Off Topic.
-Pointless threads such as "I saw a small dog get ran over at 100 m/h on the highway this morning." That really isn't advice yielding. Sure it sucks, but what can you do? Unless anybody has advice on the performance of a reincarnation, it really isn't necessary.
-Only threads that allow for advice are allowed, obviously.
-None of the typical "That sucks, I'm always here if you need me...Get better soon" talk. Once again, if it's not advice, then don't post it.
-Updated events that have any connection to each other in the same thread. Like I said before.."omg my dad sucks" and then another thread for "omg my mom sucks" is not allowed.
-No threads like "omg, my parents suck" because that's not really providing any sort of basis to give advice off of anyway.
-No impulse posting. Something happens..you're freaking out so you decide to post it on EvBoard before even thinking about it. Here's some good advice: Nobody can tell you how you feel...Quite often you can work it out and justify it for yourself if you just take a while to think about it. Will it matter in 5 years? Are you being seriously hurt and might die if you don't get help?
-Just think, and be mature before you post. If it's not advice, don't post it. If the advice you are going to give has already been posted, then don't say "yeah, I was going to say that." Just say nothing. We all know who loves us on this board...We can PM them whenever we want. Not everything needs to be broadcasted for 6 billion people to openly read about.
- We will create threads such as "how to be more outgoing" and "what to do if you're being bullied." That way we can keep it all in one place.
- SEARCH before posting a thread, particularly one that deals with bullying, death, molesting, etc. All of the above have threads of their own.