Rules from another forum:
Notice how different they are.
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Actually this is one of several variants of forum rules which are very common.

And what is the difference between Dennis's rules and those ones?

Because Dennis is cooler, super admin guy. And that forum needs more than 5 admins/mods.
Edited by Advancebo on Jun 21, 2010 at 07:26 PM

There are quite a few such as nothing about sigs and many other things I can't point out right now


-I hate laptops
-Skipdrow

Try not to be butthurt about a lack of signatures. Dennis does have a good reason as to why he removed the signature functionality from Halomaps.

Dennis is one guy and is not owned by Break Media or whatever.

-doompig444
-Conqueror of Pretentious Titles
"I wanna live a life from a new perspective."

^ oh look , it's this guy going on about sigs again.
-Côc@in£-
-Stockbroker of arrogance-

Other forms can be run as they see fit. This one is run as I see fit. Not everyone may like the rules or the lack of signatures but I make no pretense that I care. The forum posting guidelines just like the rules are nothing more than the common courtesy I expect when dealing with anyone and other forums expect without saying so. They are just spelled out in much more detail than in other forums.

I have been moderating discussion groups, first by email then the web since the early 70’s and through experience have found that the younger the membership the more detailed the rules need to be explained. That is why the rules are spelled out in detail and why I posted forum posting guidelines. There are many users who are relatively new to posting in public forums and the guidelines I posted can be applied to wherever they go.


ps: signatures, due to massive and repeated abuse, are gone never to be seen again. Get over it.

The reason that I only posted about sigs is because that was on the top of my head and I was in a hurry.
Although yes the fact that it is ''spelled out'' probably does make a huge difference.


-Laptops are annoying
-Skidrow

if you dont like the rules, gtfo. seriously, stop complaining. you and your "submit to authority" and "Laptops are annoying" sigs are really starting to piss me off. your the only person that does this.

A little late , don't ya think? Send him a PM next time.

1.) just because its a week and a half after doesnt mean hes not gonna read it
2.) sorry, i forgot about PMs. lol i actually did there for a second, i almost never use them on any forum

When was I complaining about the rules here? NEVER. And why should I care if I make you mad with my sigs? You don't have to read them you know.


-Safety third.
-Skidrow

Oh, thank you Dennis.Now i know what's wrong with my post^^, and sorry for that.
if there is some grammar mistake sorry im not british >.<

Because of image spamming, new members have to wait 5 days before they can post an image? :O

Dennis, why not implicate a wordfilter instead of going around deleting the posts?

There is a word filter but people still go to great lengths to bypass the filter and that is not allowed. The rule clearly states that "if you or the forum software has to censor your words DO NOT USE THEM."




Edited by Dennis on Jul 24, 2010 at 01:27 AM

Isn't that what Dennis is for? Or just not quite as much as I thought common sense...

im new and this totally somewhat kinda helped, i know not to do stuff that is bad... even if i still see it happening


EDIT:
so I joined Apr 3, 2011


Edited by spiral on Nov 23, 2011 at 07:01 PM

Dennis is at a point I am working to achieve. A long time ago I attempted to message him so he could be my mentor for my senior project and give me advice on how to act on the cruel internet, but he did not respond. I assume the message was lost in the black hole and that he lots of messages all the time.

Nonetheless I honestly believe you can't go wrong with his methods. I once operated a forum (nowhere near as successful as this one) and I learned a few things as problems arose. It got to a point that I had disable avatars and signatures (though I never thought to have a approved set of images) and not allowing others to become high level members because I wanted to be able to have control over everything that happened. I even started trying (but failed (that is why I not longer operate a forum)) to write a bot that would send me texts of "suspected offender posts" and have me approve or remove them with a click of a button.

I still have much to learn and I hope that I can one day learn it from the one and only Dennis Powers, my hero.

:)

Mad respect man, mad respect.
Edited by DarkAvengerX on Apr 12, 2012 at 03:21 PM

Just how OLD are U?

He confirmed that he was over 50... a few years ago. 60 yet, Dennis?

O.O ........ This was something i did not know....

Dennis started building BBS's in 85, so its only natural he has come to be annoyed by the children of the internet.

While this is an active forum, I would not say it is successful.
As far as I can tell, the forum generates no revenue, which would mean all the work that goes into it, is losing money.

Dennis has stated that halomaps is a free service and has shown a dislike towards advertisement, but doing so is not always a good plan.

If he makes enough through UXB to keep this hobby site up, then kudos to him, halomaps is a great opportunity for extra income though.

My forum had 70,000 active users, and with a single advertisement block, I was earning anywhere up to $2-4k a month, just from my hobby site.

This site does have advertisements. Turn off your adblocker.

You have bested me sir, well done.

Sadly, some people just don't listen or don't care about rules and pick on the newbies.