!!!!READ BEFORE POSTING!!!!! : Hot Topics

Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:15 pm

THIS IS A DEBATE BOARD

As the hosts of this board we would like to welcome everyone to Hot Topics. This is a specialised board with some specific rules of ettiquette that we would like to address. Hopefully this will make for a smooth transition for anyone who joins us.

Please limit new topics to debatable material. Even personal posts can be made debate worthy! We have a fluff section that we encourage people to use for topics that aren't really "hot". However, announcements such as births, deaths, marriages, etc are certainly worthy of their own topic. So I guess just think about it and decide whether it will be hot enough to warrant pushing other topics off of the main page. If we think something belongs in fluff we will move it to the fluff thread.

Dragging: this is against the TOU. It is not just against the rules to drag from one board to another but also against the rules to drag from one topic to another within the same board.

Personal attacks and name calling will be edited.

For now we will be editing titles that have adult content until the issues with the Most Active Topic section are resolved.

If you have a question about what the hosts of this board are doing, I.E. if we hide your thread, or someone elses, please email us instead of posting a topic about it. Many times we will hide a thread while we discuss it if it is questionable. Just because you cant see it doesnt mean it has been deleted and often times we unhide it as soon as possible after making sure that it isnt against the CUP. The very nature of this board is different than the rest of the BabyZone community, therefor the hosts have to try to interpret posts and make a decision as to whether or not it is against the TOU even when there isnt a specific rule for each situation. So if we are working on something and a thread is posted asking questions about what is going on we will hide it. Please email us and we will be happy to discuss the situation with you.

As the hosts of this board we are only human. We will make mistakes. If you disagree with the way something is being handled we encourage you to please email us about it. Sometimes we misinterpret posts or tone. If you feel that there is a post we need to look at please hit the report button to bring it to our attention. We try to stay on top of things but we all have families and lives and sometimes we miss things. If you have a problem with something a host says within a debate topic then again we encourage you to hit the report button. We know it might seem awkward, but when we are debating we try to remove our host hats. We try not to edit within posts we are personally active in. For example if Tracey gets into a back and forth with someone then it is preferable for one of the other hosts to keep an eye on that thread and make editing decisions.

We want every member of BabyZone to feel welcome here. We realise that there is definitely a learning curve. Every member of this board has experienced it. It can sometimes be a rocky beginning while you learn the dynamic. If you have any problems or questions please email any of us.

thank you and welcome!
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Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:34 am

Thank you for setting up these rules of ettiquette, I think this is a great way to foster a sense of community!

Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:05 pm

Ahh if only people would actually READ this!

Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:34 am

Julie Bo Boolie wrote:Ahh if only people would actually READ this!

I read it!! :p

Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:55 pm

mac3mom wrote:
Ahh if only people would actually READ this!

I read it!! :-p

Me too!

Mary

Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:12 pm

Not only did I read it when it first camr out, but I saw replies so I came back to see if anything was added!

Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:57 am

I want to add something

You can take it with a grain of salt if you'd like

If you post a reply to a 3 paragraph OP, and your reply is 15 paragraphs long, it won't get read. I skip right over it, and I am sure I am not the only one. Now, If you usually keep it short, and occasionally post a long reply--not a big deal, but if everything with your siggie on it is rediculously long, i won't bother reading anything you type.

I tend to be long-winded, but I have gotten alot better since coming to HT. Others should learn to edit it down to "necessary info" also...

Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:43 am

i read this when it first came out, but i came back after seeing responses.

spacecase76 wrote:I want to add something :-)You can take it with a grain of salt if you'd like :-)
If you post a reply to a 3 paragraph OP, and your reply is 15 paragraphs long, it won't get read. I skip right over it, and I am sure I am not the only one. Now, If you usually keep it short, and occasionally post a long reply--not a big deal, but if everything with your siggie on it is rediculously long, i won't bother reading anything you type.
I tend to be long-winded, but I have gotten alot better since coming to HT. Others should learn to edit it down to "necessary info" also...

ita, i don't read long posts unless i am in a back and forth with someone.

Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:30 am

I read. I apologise for any dragging I may have done!

Wed May 06, 2009 12:17 am

Love the new title

Wed May 06, 2009 11:10 am

Thanks for changing the title! Maybe now we won't get so many non-hot new-bie posts!

Wed May 06, 2009 1:56 pm

I read it

I put my Newbie Introduction in the Weekly Fluff..,is that alright?

Wed May 06, 2009 3:21 pm

post begins toooooo boring. begin with

This is a debate board.

then the rest of the welcome.........

Thu May 07, 2009 4:50 pm

HilaryMomOfThree<3 wrote:I read it :-)

I put my Newbie Introduction in the Weekly Fluff..,is that alright?

that was perfect

Fri May 08, 2009 12:45 pm

Meloly wrote:post begins toooooo boring. begin with
This is a debate board.
then the rest of the welcome.........

I agree; not that it begins too boring, but that there should be that hook right up front.

THIS IS A DEBATE BOARD.

So that even if people just glance at it quickly - it's obvious that it's different from the other boards.

j.

Fri May 08, 2009 7:12 pm

Ok, hopefully that is good because I am not editing it again. lol. It made me redo the format for thoe stupid bullet things every time and quite frankly I am not smart enough to deal with that sort of thing!

Tracey

Sat May 09, 2009 3:49 am

lol, i am sorry you had to reformat everything. it looks great.

Wed May 13, 2009 5:59 pm

Awesome fix Tracey.
It's now blatantly obvious that this is a debate board first and foremost!

j.

Wed May 27, 2009 6:34 pm

Ok... I am new here (specifically to this board) and want to make sure I am doing everything right... Dumb question #1: What is "dragging?"

Second question: Do I need to do anything else to join this board? Introduction, etc? Thanks so much!

Wed May 27, 2009 7:09 pm

DoLifeWell wrote:Ok... I am new here (specifically to this board) and want to make sure I am doing everything right... Dumb question #1: What is "dragging?"
Second question: Do I need to do anything else to join this board? Introduction, etc? Thanks so much!

Dragging could be if you saw a post of one of the sub boards (like a due date club board here on BZ... DDC)... and posted about that here on HT. It's dragging info from one board to another.
Another form of dragging is to take info a person gave in one thread here on HT and sort of hit them with it in another thread on HT. The within board dragging can get a bit murky IMO.

As for an introduction, it's not completely neccessary but is appreciated by some. You can do an intro post in the fluff thread that is usually 1st or 2nd on this board. It's especially a good idea to do that post if you are going to jump into posting with both feet and be really contraversial.

Thu May 28, 2009 8:09 pm

That makes sense... Thanks!

Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:06 pm

spacecase76 wrote:I want to add something You can take it with a grain of salt if you'd like

If you post a reply to a 3 paragraph OP, and your reply is 15 paragraphs long, it won't get read. I skip right over it, and I am sure I am not the only one. Now, If you usually keep it short, and occasionally post a long reply--not a big deal, but if everything with your siggie on it is rediculously long, i won't bother reading anything you type.

I tend to be long-winded, but I have gotten alot better since coming to HT. Others should learn to edit it down to "necessary info" also...

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Sorry. This post was way too long.
I didn't read a thing you said.

(Is this really a rule? lol...smh)

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