General Forum Rules and Suggestions

[Vandread]

While I had thought that this would be obvious to most members by now, however, I have noticed within the last month or so that it apparently has not sunk in for all of you yet. Allow me to re-educate you who are in need of assistance.

When a member posts something off topic, flames, or anything else considered spam, notify a moderator via PM or the Report a Member/Topic thread (which you can find here): http://forums.khinsider.com/feedback...ic-thread.html . That's it; do NOT waste time replying to it. By doing that, you are only adding to the spam, making things worse, which makes my job cleaning up after you guys all the less tolerable. If you absolutely must say something to the person spamming, send a PM or something. Just keep it off the boards. Checking reported posts and only having to take care of one post is far more convenient than having to clean up an entire page or more.

To summarize: If you see spam, just report it and carry on with the topic at hand as if that post had not been made.



Hopefully this little reminder will be enough to get my point across. If not, I may have to find alternative means to do so, which I'd much rather not have to do.

Originally Posted by Steve

I would also like to add this in regards to spam:

If a spam post of yours is deleted, it was deleted for a damn good reason. Don't be a moron and repost the same post. The staff knows, we always know.

[Chevalier Sombre]

Threads asking for friends are something I see often in this section. I'm sorry to say this, but making one sort of makes you look a bit pathetic and might attract people who will simply become your "friends" out of pity rather than because they really like you at all.

Friends are something you'll make eventually without really trying as long as you're active enough here. Just post in threads that discuss subjects you're interested in, have a discussion with the people who post there, PM them, etc. You're bound to grown an affinity towards at least a handful of people. It should all come naturally. And remember: quantity is not better than quality. In my opinion it's far better to have a few close friends than a bunch of "friends" you barely know and that you have solely for the sake of being able to claim you have them.

=/ I'm fairly reclusive in real life, and I've made several friends here (and yes, I know most of them pretty well), so if I can do it, so can anyone else. It's a trial and error proccess, really.

tl;dr quit making "imma so ronery, needz moar friendz" threads and go on with your forum life, you'll make friends eventually.

[Pelafina]

We only victimize people who believe themselves victims.

If you don't like it, do something about it. Don't say 'Oh, the mods are stupid and terrible.' That doesn't help anything. Instead, find out why people don't seem to like you. Chances are good that you have some issue with spelling/ capitalization/ grammar. This is an easy problem to fix, and people will automatically pay more attention to what you're saying. All of those skills are vital in 'real life' also, so you might as well work on them now. Going along with the appearance of your text, don't use a different color, orientation, or font. Bolding and italicizing should be done for emphasis, not as a standard part of your text.

Still no change? Then consider what you're saying. If you're asking a question that's answered dozens of times daily, then of course you're going to get made fun of. Reading the stickies in an invaluable skill, not only will you avoid looking like a fool, but you might even learn something useful. If your post contains nothing but whining and accusations, you're going to be ridiculed. From what I've seen, the mods and those favored by the mods are among the most intelligent people here, and what they do normally makes sense.

So, stand up to the people that are hassling you, but don't be a jerk about it. That only leads to more teasing and lower respect for you. Maybe try to get to know one, most of them are pretty interesting. Try to maintain a balance between contempt and complaining, it'll work wonders.

Also, think before you post. Apparently, it's really important that you become premium/ platinum in as short a time as possible. While I don't understand this, it seems to be true. Now here's a secret that a lot of you don't seem to get. The colors do nothing. Nothing. And most of the time, if you get to premium or platinum in a month, you're spamming. At the very least, you're probably posting everywhere that you can. Try this: Go back and read the last post that you made. Does it say anything important? Does it add to the thread? Can it be discussed? If the answer is no, then you should work on your posts. Instead of post quantity, most of you should aim for quality.

The same thing goes for rep. While you all hated (lol ken) GATTAI, he was absolutely correct. Reputation is a useless system that means nothing. What's really important, what you should really strive for, is respect. Respect over rep, remember that. If you can post intelligently, and strike up a conversation, people will respect you. And that will get you much farther then any number of green boxes.

In addition, realize that you're not the center of the KHI universe, unless you're Silh. You don't need to make a thread celebrating your first month here. And to the people reading those threads, you don't need to rep the person for it. They don't need a congratulations. Also, don't be upset if you're mocked when making a leaving/returning thread and you've been here for less then six months/ have less the 500 posts. And don't be surprised if you're mocked even after that.


tl;dr: Just read the damn thing.

[GRD]

It has come to our attention that there has been an influx of inappropriate 'welcoming' messages in the Foyer. We shouldn't have to remind you of the rules as many of you should know better. Let's show a bit of courtesy towards our new members, so that they can enjoy their time here at KHInsider. Click here for a reminder of the rules.

Regards,
KHInsider Staff