Things we're not allowed to discuss on the forum?

[chopiabin]

I just heard about a member who got banned for pretending she had tuberculosis. Granted, I don't know the whole story, but it makes me wonder what else we can get banned for. I mean, am I going to get banned if I talk about illegal substances, for example?

[pianohopper]

I quote the forum rules: 

"#Any kind of advertising or spamming is prohibited.
 #Any posts that encourage illegal intent will be removed and the account may be disabled. This includes discussion of activities such as music and software piracy and other intellectual property violations.
#  You may not post words or URLs that are censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters, or by any other means attempt to defeat any censors put in place by Piano Forum.
# You may not post content, or in any manner link to sites or images, containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, politically or religiously offensive material, or are determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.

" Take the "Be Polite" rule very seriously! While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive may be banned without warning.

" Political and religious discussions are not allowed in the piano boards."  However there is a loophole.  "Only postings that are objectively discussing the issue with well backed up facts are allowed."

[prometheus]

H.llo, I .m t.yi.g to g.t b.nn.d.


Well, those rules are crazy. If they are applied to the letter there wouldn't be many people left.

[chopiabin]

So..... does that mean we ARE allowed to discuss religion in the "anything but piano" or "miscellaneous areas"? I know we used to be, but I haven't really been here since it changed from pianoforum to PIANOSTREET (as trumpets play).

And can I start a thread called "Pot and Piano" or something like that?

[BoliverAllmon]

send a PM to nils that is the best way to find out. We did discuss drugs a while back.

[llamaman]

Er....isn't this board the Miscellaneous PIANO board? So we cannot post stuff like that?

[BoliverAllmon]

yeah it needs to be moved to anything but piano.

[gorbee natcase]

HA HA HA YOU PEOPLE ARE SO FUNNY 
I think you are give a little leeway or rope but if you bambard the site with ess haych iye tee eee, then you are agressivly degrading the integrity of this nice site, and people can tell the difference between poking them with a stick and wacking them with a branch, once again lol

[Kassaa]

I just heard about a member who got banned for pretending she had tuberculosis. Granted, I don't know the whole story, but it makes me wonder what else we can get banned for. I mean, am I going to get banned if I talk about illegal substances, for example?

She got banned because she fucked everyone on the forum which is not very nice

I understand that we can't talk about illegal software here very openly (we can in the chat though) because Nils might get sued for allowing illegal things posted on his site, so that he is responsible or something.

However, the censoring is bullshit.

[Bob]

All what the rules say is to talk about something nicely.

Talk about something.  Don't post a million little things.  That's not the point of a discussion forum.

Be nice.  Don't attack people or lie about things.

Don't promote or encourage anything illegal.

I don't think anyone is banned unless they're really messing with things.  I think Nils warns people and gives them a chance before banning them.

Otherwise, I think you can talk about anything you want. 

Oh and you should try to put your topic in the right place.  Anything But is a safe place.  To me, Miscellaneous is for music things and piano related things that don't quite fit anywhere else.

It's commonsense -- don't be a jerk.  The people who are breaking the rules know they will get banned.  Nils just has to follow some procedure to be fair about it.

[stevie]

She got banned because she fucked everyone on the forum which is not very nice

what do you mean by that?

all she did was tell a lie that got out of hand, she 'fucked' noone.

[chopiabin]

But how can you get banned for lying?

[llamaman]

Well, how would you feel if I said I was dying, and made everyone feel really sorry for me, and then it turns out the whole thing was a prank.

[dinosaurtales]

OK This will sound like  a dumb question.  But how can you "fake" being sick on a forum when nobody can see you and tell that you aren't sick?  i didn't follow the thread, so maybe it was obvious somehow?  I don't get it.

[stevie]

Well, how would you feel if I said I was dying, and made everyone feel really sorry for me, and then it turns out the whole thing was a prank.

yeah, its very bad, true. but i dont think it calls for a complete ban...
she did absolutely nothing else wrong.

[Floristan]

Hmm.  An Internet version of Munchhausen's syndrome.  I thought she might be putting people on, the way she milked it for all it was worth.  A lot of members responded with heartfelt empathy, regularly inquiring after her well being, responding with great feeling.  I'd be p-o-ed if someone faked me out that way.  Besides, it means she's capable of lying big time.  I think it's definitely ban-worthy. 

[stevie]

i think she shouldve been allowed a second chance, thats all

besides, if she wasnt banned what would she do?

people round ehre generally dont like her for doing that, so she would end up not posting anyway.

[Bob]

But how can you get banned for lying?

I think there used to be something in the rules about misleading statements.


The innocence of the piano forum was shattered and a new age a skeptocism began...

[leahcim]

Well, those rules are crazy. If they are applied to the letter there wouldn't be many people left.

Heh, yeah but that's more or less how "rules" in the real world work too.

9/10 times it's blindingly obvious, until you attempt to spell them out and then you'd get "It doesn't say anything about not pretending to be dying of a disease, does it?...and so and so mentioned religion the other day I thought that wasn't allowed why didn't you ban them" etc, etc.

I particularly like the "People only like that pianist because she's pretty....let's unban this girl because,err well here's a photo of her" duality.

There are probably people who go to police stations and ask similar "will I get banned if..." stuff like "I'm worried about reasonable force, I heard someone got arrested for hitting a burgler. So, if I stab someone who breaks in, is that OK?  Ok, what about punching them, would that be reasonable force?   ..Hmm, I see, but a cricket bat, that would be ok only if I were a cricketer and the bat were, say, in my front room after a practise...ok, but not one with a brick tied to it or 6" nails through it?"

[dss]

what do you mean by that?

all she did was tell a lie that got out of hand, she 'fucked' noone.

       "Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims; the one we think of as the victim and the perpetrator as well.  Each little dishonesty makes another little rotton spot somewhere in the perpetrator's psyche."  Lesley Conger.

[gorbee natcase]

hmmm however i could not give a damn I have better things to worry about and in the grand scheme of things it is not important, worse things have happened at sea, and I am still going to be here tomorow fingers crossed.