*tests*Welcome. Essence of the rules for /board, culled from the FAQ, spiced with experience:
Golden rules (especially for n00bs):
1. Read the FAQ! Or you'll get shouted at.
2. If you make a mistake, be ready to say 'oops, sorry!': it really helps. Don't be cocky: it makes you look like a cock.
New threads are precious:
3. Don't start a new thread unless your post is new and worth it.
- If it isn't, use 'Reply' in an existing thread (or make your image better!).
- /board only holds 15 threads: each click of 'Post a new message' pushes other people's work off the bottom.
4. If you're re-posting: do NOT start a new thread!
- Especially not for compo reposts: Reply lets you choose 'challenge entry' too.
5. If you want to post more, use Reply in your existing thread (if it's still on the board). Don't start multiple new threads: it's greedy.
Images:
6. Only post stuff that you made.
7. Only post stuff that you uploaded (don't leach).
8. Don't post unmodified photos.
9. Don't post NSFW.
10. Not bigger than 100k bytes (50k preferred). Anims: not more than 400k.
11. Not more than 700px wide.
- If it's too big, compress it until it's small enough.
- If it's still too big, link it instead (using: <a href='blah.jpg'>, instead of <img src='blah.jpg'>).
If you cock up:
12. Never use Delete (it also removes everyone's replies!): use the Edit button instead.
13. If you started a new thread by accident, say sorry. (And don't delete it!).
NSFW:
Whatever you put in a message will be downloaded and seen by all b3ta readers, often on their work computer. You could get someone sacked on the spot, or put through a disciplinary investigation that's not much better, because their manager thought it looked a bit like porn from 10 feet away. Do not do it. (For the record all these are no defence: 'it isn't actually porn', 'you can't see his/her whatever', 'you're such a prude', 'but no-one complained about this one *points at some-other-image*'). You can link a NSFW image (using: <a href='blah.jpg'>), but warn people that it's a NSFW link.
This is just a summary, hopefully useful. I welcome suggestions for improving it.
(Golden rules (especially for n00bs):
1. Read the FAQ! Or you'll get shouted at.
2. If you make a mistake, be ready to say 'oops, sorry!': it really helps. Don't be cocky: it makes you look like a cock.
New threads are precious:
3. Don't start a new thread unless your post is new and worth it.
- If it isn't, use 'Reply' in an existing thread (or make your image better!).
- /board only holds 15 threads: each click of 'Post a new message' pushes other people's work off the bottom.
4. If you're re-posting: do NOT start a new thread!
- Especially not for compo reposts: Reply lets you choose 'challenge entry' too.
5. If you want to post more, use Reply in your existing thread (if it's still on the board). Don't start multiple new threads: it's greedy.
Images:
6. Only post stuff that you made.
7. Only post stuff that you uploaded (don't leach).
8. Don't post unmodified photos.
9. Don't post NSFW.
10. Not bigger than 100k bytes (50k preferred). Anims: not more than 400k.
11. Not more than 700px wide.
- If it's too big, compress it until it's small enough.
- If it's still too big, link it instead (using: <a href='blah.jpg'>, instead of <img src='blah.jpg'>).
If you cock up:
12. Never use Delete (it also removes everyone's replies!): use the Edit button instead.
13. If you started a new thread by accident, say sorry. (And don't delete it!).
NSFW:
Whatever you put in a message will be downloaded and seen by all b3ta readers, often on their work computer. You could get someone sacked on the spot, or put through a disciplinary investigation that's not much better, because their manager thought it looked a bit like porn from 10 feet away. Do not do it. (For the record all these are no defence: 'it isn't actually porn', 'you can't see his/her whatever', 'you're such a prude', 'but no-one complained about this one *points at some-other-image*'). You can link a NSFW image (using: <a href='blah.jpg'>), but warn people that it's a NSFW link.
This is just a summary, hopefully useful. I welcome suggestions for improving it.
Bee Nice |-|,
Wed 1 Apr 2009, 10:25,
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