Be respectful of
yourself.
Don’t open yourself
up for improper behavior by posting your telephone number, or
email address, physical address in the open room.
Don’t chat drunk or
high.
Don’t tell your
deep dark secrets in the open room to become a topic for gossip.
Be respectful of
others.
Do not Bash other
people, their relatives, their friends, their religious
traditions, their nationalities, their racial heritage, their
ethnicity.
Do not slander
other people, tell lies about other people, gossip about other
people - or their relatives, their friends, their religious
traditions, their nationalities, their racial heritage, their
ethnicity.
Do not copy and
paste large posts over and over again. Do not post porn links.
Do not post links
to hate sites.
Do not copy and
paste copyrighted material beyond the “fair use” point without
permission from the copyright holder.
Do not advertise
other businesses, chatsites etc. unless you have cleared it with
the room owner.
Do not post
violent, obscene, sexually explicit language
Do not call other
chatters names.
Do not use other
chatters real names without their permission
Do not use the
anonymity of chat to do any of the above
behaviors (In the
US it is a federal crime)
Do not stalk
chatters (especially minors)
IF I have been lax
in helping chatters follow the principles of mutual respect,
fairness, and politeness, please forgive me.
Private Messages
are, as much as possible, kept private. They are viewable by the
Gladiators. This is to keep the room safe from predatory people
attempting to abuse the chat room and it's chatters. If you are
rude or abusive to chatters or to the chat room in Private
Message (PM) you can expect to be held accountable for what you
say, and should not protest (beyond the usual attempts at
theatrics) that you have been banned and/or gagged.
The details of why
a chatter has been banned are not open for general discussion.
Even those who are
banned have the right to have their privacy respected.
Speculation as to why someone has been banned is fruitless. If
you accept the word of the person who is banned understand that
you are only hearing that person's side of the events.
If you feel you
have been banned unfairly, the place to protest your ban is to
email chatcoliseum@gmail.com. Using a proxy to come into the
chatroom to protest your ban will be understood as evidence that
the ban was, indeed, necessary, and should continue.
If you feel another
chatter has been unfairly banned, the place to mention that is
by emailing chatcoliseum@gmail.com. Protesting it in the open
room shows disrespect for the room.
There may be things
going on that cause a ban to occur that you may not know and may
not be privy to. (see above) And we will consider your protest,
but will not violate the person banned's privacy by telling you
the details.
