Hello Friends,
The Chat Clubs forum
is a place where people can interact and have discussions about several
different topics. Members are requested to comply with these guidelines
to ensure that the forum runs smoothly.
1. Criticism and Bashing:
India Forums is a platform to allow everyone to express their opinions
freely within the COC and respectable limitations. Constructive
Criticism is always welcomed. However bashing is not part of
constructive criticism. Things can be said in a more civilized manner
rather than being brutal.
Please
know the difference between bashing and constructive criticism.
Constructive Criticism is when a member voices his/her opinions in a
civil manner, without using derogatory words and phrases to prove
his/her point. He/she is also able to state [without subjugation and
with complete objectivity] as to where have they derived their opinion
from. Having said that dislike, disagreement or contradiction is not
considered bashing.
2. Name Calling:
While criticizing something, there are times when members tend to go
overboard and use certain derogatory and downright offensive words which
shouldn't be used for any celebrity/member/DT member. Please remember
that any derogatory references, comparing celeb/member to animal or name
calling any person [celeb/member/DT member] is against forum rules, and
strict action will be taken against those who indulge in it. That being
said, we do allow pet names and jodi names for the celebs, as long as
they're not offensive to anyone.
3. Hate speech: India-Forums members are allowed freedom of speech & expression,
however please ensure any discrimination, racism or hate speech is not
advocated. Refrain from posting any content which might incite/promote
hatred towards any member/religion/Nationality/Race or minority
communities.
4. Visual Content:
Members are allowed to post images - spoilers related to a show, pictures of a celebrity, signatures, videos etc in the CC . However
this does NOT include any members personal pictures which would violate
one's privacy. Also
please refrain from posting fake or morphed images intended to defame/
ridicule /abuse any celebrity &/member. This includes posting animal
images with the intent to be sarcastic and bash any member/celebrity.
While
posting signatures/videos ensure that none of the content carries any
hate speech towards
member/celebrity/Nationality/religion/race/community.( At all times rules will apply towards any creations)
4. Stalking/Reporting: Chat
Club is a huge forum. It is not possible to keep track of each and
every post/CC hence members are asked to report the thread with reasons
so that DT can look into the concerns/complains and do the needful.
However as per forum rules stalking is not encouraged either. Members
stalking and misusing report feature with intention of closing down
other CC will be dealt with severity.
CC
members should refrain from drawing attention to their CC by labeling
other fan groups/CC members stalkers when ever they get a note and thus
provoking a cycle of fan wars thorough reporting/counter reporting. If
your CC is issued with note/warning doesn't imply it was stalk/reported
by members of other CC/fan group.
5. Discussing DT Notes/Decision and Forum Issues: Discussing
decisions taken or warnings issued to a thread and issues pertaining to
any forum is strictly prohibited. You have concern/query regarding a
warning or forum , kindly contact the section DT about the same. If any
members are found doing so action will be taken accordingly. Even after
continuous reminders/warnings if members fail to follow the rules it
will lead to closure of the thread.
6. Discussing and Mocking Members/Fan Groups:
Discussing non CC member/fan group is NOT allowed. Refrain from
pointing fingers or taking direct or sarcastic digs at other fan groups .
Fans can be passionate towards their favorite celebs, but it does not
mean they can be judgmental towards other members/fans. Calling other
members/fan groups haters, bashers or "real fans" in a snide manner is also provocative and comes under fandom attack.
Don't
say other fan-group/members were mocking us and what you did was in
retaliation to that. Your CC will be judged on an individual basis and
not relatively. Being part of a CC you are responsible for your own
actions and the circumstances are insignificant there. If you have any
issue with regards to any member contact the section Dev Team. There is
absolutely no need to discuss/talk about members/fan groups who are not
part of your CC.
7. Plotting/Planning Against Forum/Members:
It has been observed that members use Chat Club to plan how to create
ruckus in forum and/or target members. Members giving dare to their
friends, challenging them to create problems in any section leading to
fan wars/fights thereby disrupting the peace of the section will not be
tolerated.
India-Forums
grants its members privilege to make a Chat Club. We expect members to
utilize it in a right manner and take responsibility for their actions.
Using an IO CC and its exclusivity to plot/instigate against fan groups
/members in CC/other forums resulting in chaos will be severely dealt
with.
8. Discussing Actors Personal Life and Link Ups: Any
chat club threads that revolve around rumors and/ or promote baseless
assumptions in terms of non-existing relationship about two co-stars
will be strictly prohibited! For example, any particular Chat Thread
that links two actors in real life without proper official
source/confirmation, when they are simply co-stars/professional
colleagues will be immediately locked down. However, you are more than
welcome to discuss the characters and the actors with respect to the
show and their roles thereof, without breaching the boundary.
9. Invites Only: It will be mandatory for every Chat Club to make a current list of members of their CC on the first page.
Members who are not part of the CC are not supposed to post or like
posts in the thread.If you want to join the CC contact the admin of the
CC for the same. Unless you have been invited or granted permission do
NOT post or like posts in the thread. If found doing so you will be
getting a warning raise without question.
10. Opening New CC Under Lock Down:
It has come to our notice that members open a new CC or reuse an old CC
thread in Chat Club/Other Forums to circumvent , while the current one
is closed down for review. In such case the CC will be given penalty
which would lead to thread being locked further 48 hours.
11. Profanity and Foul Language: Please
refrain from excessive swearing or using profanities by misspelling or
letter substitutions to bypass censoring . Do not post lewd or offensive
content, or links to any such content. India forums is a family
friendly forum and impressionable young minds visit our website.
12. External Forum Issues/Promotion: This
is India-Forum.com hence keep external issues out of this forum and do
not drag in fights from Facebook/twitter/etc over to this forum. We are
not interested in demeaning anyone here neither are we interested in
those fan wars so whatever happens on Facebook/twitter or other sites
should be dealt there only and not here. It may sound harsh but that's
how we operate here.
Do
not promote other sites/forums on I-F. You want to share link of the
site with your friends you can do it via PM. Any site or blog demeaning
the celebrity and link given to the same in the signature or on the
forum is NOT allowed. For more information refer-External Content from Social Networking Sites
13. Multiple ID's (MID): Refrain
from creating MID's purposely to cause chaos and instigate members. If
any member is found doing so the original ID will get a warning level
raise and MIDs will be banned without further question.
14. Spamming and Quoting:
Do not spam with just emotions/numbers/gibberish to increase post
count/pages. However since it is a CC and members don't feel too
restricted we would be allowing maximum 20 pages of spam across 150
pages provided rest has some meaningful content or conversation. Do not
quote long quotes. You can quote three posts maximum and they should be
small.
15. Sharing Personal Information: This
has been brought up time and time again. Do not share your personal
information with others on the net. If you are sharing any information
with an unknown person you are doing that at your own risk. The
conversation that takes place in private messages, face book, messenger
between two people is between them and not to be shared in open forum.
16. Report Button/Response Time: Please
keep in mind that the Moderators are also members like yourself. We
would also want to have the time to make posts like yourself and discuss
with our friends; and we also have a personal life. Meaning, we cannot
be around to babysit the forum 24/7. Please allow a reasonable time
frame of 48 hours before creating a hullabaloo and/or escalating the
matter to the CMs/GMs. We try to address issues and respond to PMs and
Reports as soon as we can get to them, but we request you to grant us
some leverage as well. Instead of mass PMing it would appreciated if one
person PM's the concerned DT with regards to the issue.
Global Moderator(s): *Shruti*, Aahaana, gk_09
Moderator(s): devashree_h , -Deepzz-
Viewbie: -RD-
In addition to the above mentioned section guidelines, at all times India-Forums.com- Participation Guidelines & Rules will be in effect.
We hereby hope that all of you will abide by these newly implemented rules as well as the previous set of rules- * Chat Clubs Rules & Regulations
We hope to have everyone's understanding.
Hello
Friends,
This is to inform all members of the Chat Club Forum that lately this forum has been flooded with many spammer
threads. As a result,as per guidelines stated in one of the Global Rules Announcement by
our Admin (India-Forums.com- Participation Guidelines & Rules ) & the
Amended CC Rules (ATTN:Revised CC Rule/ Amendements - MUST READ (April 3, 2014)) its been decied that all such threads will be thrashed without further question (as per
the excerpt below):
Spamming to Increase Posts: Lately, we have come across way
too many spammer CC threads that simply promote spamming ( posting emos, writing gibberish , numbers , alphabets ,multiple
self quotes - anything which does not constitute meaningful content or any
discussion) with an
intention of raising member's number of posts. All such threads will be trashed
without notice and with immediate effect .
We want to remind everyone that as
of April, 12th, 2014, all the spammer threads on CC section will be locked! Any
new spam threads that get created will simply be trashed without further notice.
We hope to have everyone's understanding.
Thank you, Best Regards,
CC & IF Development Team