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Post by Thomasss on Nov 4, 2015 23:39:14 GMT -5
Every forum you know has some kind of rules, right? Whether it be from a Terms of Service or other community guidelines posted, but what about no rule forums? Where the forum literally has no rules. Would you join, or rather own, a no rules forum? For me, I think it would only work if the person owned their own server, Shared Hosting has "rules" so I don't think a no rules forum would work in that respect, but I would totally join a legitimate no rules forum if I ever found one, just seems like a great place to post and talk without worrying if the mod team is going to be offended by what you said and ban you. And I mean, there wouldn't be staff, so owning it would be a breeze compared to having staff and managing them too.  |
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Post by AllenaFaith on Nov 10, 2015 15:10:31 GMT -5
I was actually an admin on a forum that had no rules. All we did was spam. xD
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2015 16:13:41 GMT -5
That sounded like a fun forum lol  |
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Post by ⸗April⸗ on Nov 10, 2015 17:59:05 GMT -5
Every forum you know has some kind of rules, right? Whether it be from a Terms of Service or other community guidelines posted, but what about no rule forums? Where the forum literally has no rules. Would you join, or rather own, a no rules forum? For me, I think it would only work if the person owned their own server, Shared Hosting has "rules" so I don't think a no rules forum would work in that respect, but I would totally join a legitimate no rules forum if I ever found one, just seems like a great place to post and talk without worrying if the mod team is going to be offended by what you said and ban you. And I mean, there wouldn't be staff, so owning it would be a breeze compared to having staff and managing them too. Lol you kinda just described mine. I mean there are some rules but it's basically just saying "Use your common sense and treat others the way you would like to be treated." Haha.  So yeah, I guess I would own one. I'm not big on a huge list of rules because it just seems too strict to me and that's not at all how I am or the kind of admin I would like to be. The more laid-back the better, in my opinion.  |
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Post by Teg on Nov 11, 2015 4:31:04 GMT -5
Honestly, it's an interesting concept. Not sure that I would personally join such a place as I need structure to function (lol). But, I use to be an admin on a spam forum and even that forum didn't last. The owner gave up on it as things got out of control. |
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Post by Express on Nov 11, 2015 14:11:54 GMT -5
Absolutely no rules may result in chaos.
People would start swearing, sharing inappropriate stuff and spamming and since the forum has "no rules", you have "no legit reason" to stop them.
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Post by Mandoli on Nov 11, 2015 21:48:48 GMT -5
No rules would mean that someone would think that anything goes, including things that violate the TOS.
I'm comfortable making and joining a board that has a set of guidelines to it. I like to keep some things loose, so I try not to limit everything that my members can do. For example, I don't mind if someone throws out the occasional four-letter word. I just don't want to see it overused.
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Post by May on Nov 28, 2015 16:28:46 GMT -5
I owned one and it was fun XDDD now I have another forum with some rules but I don't follow them always XD (are you going Off topic? Oh... no one cares XDD -> I follow them only when something big happens XD)
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Post by Mozzie on Dec 30, 2015 8:48:28 GMT -5
We started out with only a few rules, but now we had to expand a little more
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Post by john123 on Dec 30, 2015 16:42:06 GMT -5
I wouldn't want to join a no-rules forum. Think about it: Members could insult each other, post porn, or do literally anything else they wanted to do. Since you don't have any rules, you have absolutely no reason to stop them. I have a section (called the "IDGAF Zone") where I don't moderate, and members can do anything except post porn or blatant link filled spam.
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Post by darthmaul on Jan 4, 2016 22:58:07 GMT -5
I think I would not enjoy a no-rules forum. Too much spam, no structure, and probably a lot of members just being very toxic towards each other. I think there needs to be some rules, loose or strict, to how a forum should run. That way the community isn't complete chaos, and you don't get in trouble with your host |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 13:07:50 GMT -5
I have rules.
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Post by OMDO on Feb 12, 2016 0:59:10 GMT -5
I think for me it comes down to the idea that I don't think a rules-free board solves anything than just making better rules. A rules-free board would be a novelty, but I would hardly make it my regular online hangout.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 3:58:51 GMT -5
I think I would not enjoy a no-rules forum. That way the community isn't complete.
Absolutely no rules may result in chaos.
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Post by AllenaFaith on Feb 13, 2016 0:29:45 GMT -5
We started out with only a few rules, but now we had to expand a little more Yep, I understand. My forum didn't have that many rules at the beginning either, but people kept doing things and I eventually had to add more. |
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