Rules Thread v4.1 (please read)

glennmagusharvey

Before joining, note that the applicant approval system is pretty much just a spam prevention measure.

With that out of the way, here are the rules. The basic rules are up front, and you can click the toggleboxes for more details.

The Main Rule
Rule #0: Be civil and be open-minded. Don't be a jerk.

The Really Serious Stuff
Rule #1: Don't do illegal things.

Seriously, we shouldn't even have to say this. If you post stuff we can't legally host, or links to stuff we can't legally host links to, we'll remove it and almost certainly ban you. In egregious cases, we might even have to contact the proper authorities. This is not a joke.

Rule #2: No spamming.

If you're just here to advertise, leave. If you're an established member of the community and you have some new business or something, mentioning it is fine, but otherwise, ads generally warrant a permaban.

Rule #3: No impersonating other users.

Violation may warrant immediate permaban.

Rule #4: Keep the site SFW (except for links in threads marked NSFW).

You can post links to NSFW stuff but you must clearly mark the thread and the links to that stuff as NSFW.

The Fairly Serious Stuff
Rule #5: Be civil. Disagreeing is fine; attacks and rudeness aren't.

When posting, keep your tone civil even if you disagree strongly. Don't take others' disagreeing with you personally. If you really don't like a thread and have nothing to say other than something like "this thread is stupid", then don't post.

Rule #6: Don't start drama, contribute to it, or import or export it.

If you think someone's causing drama, talk to us and/or them privately. Do not abuse, harass or troll them. Talking about other sites (including civil criticism) is fine. Talking about them in ways that will lead to drama, whether here, there or both, is not.

The Less Serious Stuff
Rule #7: Don't intentionally derail threads.

Natural derails are okay. Forced rerails are also okay. Intentional derails are not okay.

Rule #8: Multiple accounts are allowed, within limits.

If you are making a secondary account, tell the mods who you are. Ban-evading is not allowed, and may result in lengthening of a ban. If you just want a namechange, we can do that for you.

Rule #9: Humor and nonsense are allowed, but don't overdo them.

If you're snowcloning, keep it to one contentless snowclone. And wonderposting (a.k.a. shitposting) is allowed but discouraged outside the "wonderful posts" category.

If the above rules are broken, the following consequences may occur: threads may be closed or deleted; posts may be edited or deleted; users may be warned, put on probation, temporarily banned, or permanently banned.

A couple more clarifications:
* necro policy: You're allowed to revive threads that haven't activity in a long time, but try to make sure you've got something interesting/useful to say. Bumping threads with no new content is discouraged.
* ignore extensions: You may use them, but you don't get special status; you will be treated just like everyone else who sees all the posts.

How to contact the staff
* forum posts and threads: click "flag" and leave a message explaining why it's a problem.
* private messages: add one or more mods to the conversation.
* website bugs or feature suggestions: use this thread.

The IJBM staff

moderators: glennmagusharvey, Naas_H_Sapiens
webmaster: Unknown_Entity

Disclaimers

1. This website makes no guarantees. Do not depend on this site, especially for your mental well-being. Using it in a school or workplace is at your own risk, as it may contain distractions, NSFW content, and more.

2. This website and the people who run it disclaim liability (including liability for user-generated content) to the greatest extent allowed by applicable laws. This board may contain material (including language and/or content) not suitable for minors. If you are a minor, you understand that this board may contain material not suitable for minors, and that you view the material at your own risk.

3. The mods reserve the right to do things not stated in the rules. We'll try to avoid this generally, but these rules are not meant to be a law library.



Finally...

To paraphrase the MST3K Mantra: "It's just a forum. You should really relax."

 

edit regarding "drama" and such: it's kind of a bad idea to join a site just to complain about the policies on another website or online community.

glennmagusharvey

Slight update:

The forum application system is broken. Admittedly, it's been broken for a while. Sorry about that.

I think you can apply to join the forum, but I can't see it, because going to it results in an error page.

If you want to join, you probably know someone here already. Have them tell me to make an account for you. I think that still works.