TideFans is the best Alabama site on the net, and one of the best boards of any kind. A big part of that is because the rules don't allow behavior that is tolerated elsewhere.
Ahead of Saturday's game, a reminder of TideFans rules around profanity and around teaser titles seems in order.
No Profanity
This one is simple. If you wouldn't use the word when talking to a Sunday School class of 10-year-olds, don't use it on TideFans.
Cute alternative spellings or transposition of syllables, use of symbols and/or numbers, and other attempts to thinly disguise the actual letters will be treated just as if you typed the real word in bold red double-underlined 72 point font.
Provided that the numbers and symbols are truly random and don't give a hint as to the real letters, grawlixes are still OK. Example: @#&!)(Y*&%_)(&
But don't get creative and try to slip a set of numbers and symbols that can be interpreted as substitutes for a profanity. To my mind, that shows the poster knew the word wasn't allowed and tried to slip it by anyway. So it's actually worse than simply typing the word out.
Shorter suspensions haven't really worked. Recently, we've been assessing longer suspensions, and that has gotten some traction. So if you want to participate in TideFans during the football season, just don't post profanity.
If you feel temptation rising, back away from the keyboard. Yell and scream at the TV with language that makes sailors blush. If you can't keep yourself from posting, do it on another site that allows such. There are plenty of them.
Just don't post it on Tidefans.
Late Add — Linked Material
You’re responsible for content that you link, just as if you said or wrote it yourself.
If you think some content is worthwhile despite containing profanity, please don’t link it....not even with a warning.
Say something like, “Joe Schmo has an interesting take on XYZ topic. I can’t link due to language. But if you don’t mind some non-TF words, a simple Google (or YouTube or whatever) search will turn it up.”
No Teaser Titles for Threads
This one has cropped up several times lately, mostly with new posters.
Teaser titles don't give a clue as to the real content of the thread. They're usually 1 - 3 words and designed to elicit an emotional reaction and a quick click on the thread -- IOW, clickbait.
Examples of teasers would be:
-- "Joe Schmo"
-- "Injuries"
-- "Nick Saban Says......"
Examples of modifications that wouldn't be teasers:
- Joe Schmo's Injured -- Who Steps Up?
- Injuries on the DL -- How Do We Scheme Around Them?
- Nick Saban's Legacy in Tuscaloosa
Depending on the specifics, teaser titles will be modified or the thread will be locked.
Thanks to all our posters who make TideFans what it is.
4Q Basket Case
Ahead of Saturday's game, a reminder of TideFans rules around profanity and around teaser titles seems in order.
No Profanity
This one is simple. If you wouldn't use the word when talking to a Sunday School class of 10-year-olds, don't use it on TideFans.
Cute alternative spellings or transposition of syllables, use of symbols and/or numbers, and other attempts to thinly disguise the actual letters will be treated just as if you typed the real word in bold red double-underlined 72 point font.
Provided that the numbers and symbols are truly random and don't give a hint as to the real letters, grawlixes are still OK. Example: @#&!)(Y*&%_)(&
But don't get creative and try to slip a set of numbers and symbols that can be interpreted as substitutes for a profanity. To my mind, that shows the poster knew the word wasn't allowed and tried to slip it by anyway. So it's actually worse than simply typing the word out.
Shorter suspensions haven't really worked. Recently, we've been assessing longer suspensions, and that has gotten some traction. So if you want to participate in TideFans during the football season, just don't post profanity.
If you feel temptation rising, back away from the keyboard. Yell and scream at the TV with language that makes sailors blush. If you can't keep yourself from posting, do it on another site that allows such. There are plenty of them.
Just don't post it on Tidefans.
Late Add — Linked Material
You’re responsible for content that you link, just as if you said or wrote it yourself.
If you think some content is worthwhile despite containing profanity, please don’t link it....not even with a warning.
Say something like, “Joe Schmo has an interesting take on XYZ topic. I can’t link due to language. But if you don’t mind some non-TF words, a simple Google (or YouTube or whatever) search will turn it up.”
No Teaser Titles for Threads
This one has cropped up several times lately, mostly with new posters.
Teaser titles don't give a clue as to the real content of the thread. They're usually 1 - 3 words and designed to elicit an emotional reaction and a quick click on the thread -- IOW, clickbait.
Examples of teasers would be:
-- "Joe Schmo"
-- "Injuries"
-- "Nick Saban Says......"
Examples of modifications that wouldn't be teasers:
- Joe Schmo's Injured -- Who Steps Up?
- Injuries on the DL -- How Do We Scheme Around Them?
- Nick Saban's Legacy in Tuscaloosa
Depending on the specifics, teaser titles will be modified or the thread will be locked.
Thanks to all our posters who make TideFans what it is.
4Q Basket Case
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