Reminder: Site Rules and Guidelines
by NetsDaily on Mar 8, 2010 11:27 AM EST
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PrintFellow Nets fans, we hope that you are getting used to the new NetsDaily. In our six-plus years of operation, this is our second major overhaul of the site. We're very excited to be a part of the SB Nation family and believe that the new site has many features that you will learn to love.
By the way, if you don't remember what the original NetsDaily looked like, check out this link.
Most important to us, though, is that you get the same things out of NetsDaily that you have since February 6, 2004: Up-to-the-minute news, the most thorough collection of links that you'll find on any sports blog on the web, and quality discussion.
The last part is the reason I'm posting this.
If you've been reading NetsDaily for the last few years, you know how important quality discussion, both on the main site and in the forum, is to us. And one small drawback to the new format is that comments are tougher to moderate. There's no word filter, which held comments up for moderation if they contained profanity on the old site.
For the most part, the discussion has been great, but we have had a few naughty words and personal attacks that we dealt with after the fact.
This is where we need your help. SB Nation has a great feature that allows all users to flag comments that are inappropriate and/or break the site rules.
If you read a comment that needs our attention, please click on the "actions" button at the bottom of the comment, and then click on "flag." At that point, you are asked to give a quick reason for the flag before submitting.
Please re-familiarize yourself with the site rules and guidelines after the jump...
1. No profanity.
2. No content that can be interpreted as disrespectful to a group of people. This includes racial slurs and stereotypes, pornography or anything close to it.
3. No personal attacks. Do not attempt to bait, insult, ridicule or belittle a fellow commenter.4. Do not post links to illegal feeds of games.
And we ask that you follow these additional guidelines:
1. Quality over quantity. One intelligent post is worth much more than eight meaningless ones.
2. Correct spelling, punctuation and capitalization are wonderful things, and they add to your credibility.
3. Don't attempt to state your opinion as a fact.
4. Support your opinion. Writing only "Smith sucks" doesn't add to the discussion or earn you much respect in the community unless you also give the reason(s) why.
5. Have fun. We're discussing sports here. There are far more important things in life than what is said on this blog.
So if you see profanity (even if it is masked with a *), please flag it.
If someone insults a fellow commenter, please flag it.
If someone writes a paragraph without a capital letter or any punctuation, please flag it.
Inappropriate comments will be deleted and those who post them will be warned. If someone continues to break the rules, they will be banned from NetsDaily. It's that simple.
Thank you very much. This is a great community that has stayed strong despite the on-court woes of our favorite team. And it will be stronger if we all pitch in to maintain the quality of the discussion.
Who's with me?
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Man I've never visited the original netsdaily...
I think I’ve been visiting this site for 4 yrs
by Andy. on Mar 8, 2010 11:45 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Am I still allowed to say
FIRE KIKI!!!!!
HOLLLAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
????
by ShawnCarter on Mar 8, 2010 1:34 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Personal attacks and stereotypes
It’s interesting that one of the rules calls for no personal attacks or stereotypes on groups on individuals, but this website has a history of those defying that. On just about any topic talking about the opposition to the Atlantic Yards complex, there has always been personal attacks and stereotypes made on them. Some of them are still repeated lies with next to nothing actually backing those claims such as them being selfish or not wanting developement on the rail yards. I have even asked questions to where those statements were ever found to be ture yet nobody has ever presented them and just either got defensive at me or refused to answer on that, while many others just took a quote from FCR and claimed that was their proof even though it wasn’t. I honestly find that both sides should proove their points and not make any attacks on either side.
For the most part...
public figures are free game.
If you stay within the rules otherwise (no profanity, no racial or cultural stereotypes), you can criticize the players, coaches, front office and anyone else who’s a public figure. That includes those who have put themselves in the spotlight by publicly opposing the AY project.
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Disagreements vs Attacks
NetsDaily, no offense or anything, but there is actually a difference between just saying someone is wrong compared to actually making personal attacks and stereotypes on an individual or a group. It’s one thing to say that a group such as DDDB is wrong for their fight against the project is wrong, but to make some claims on them without backing it is another thing. If someone really believes that they are selfish or just anti-developement, it would be good to see proof on that, otherwise I should have the right to debunk that claim. If the other side cannot proove their claim, it won’t be because of me, it will because of them. For the record, I did show proof on Ratner where his fiscal irregularities and false promises were unlike how others on their claims for the opposition. Think about the WNBA for one minute where a comment on it can go from saying how they find the league to be not worth their time into being something sexist or even making the claim that it’s being forced on them when that was never found to be true. Overall, if you want to make a claim on a person or group, they should provide the evidence for it in order for it to be true.
You always have the right
to disagree with anything anyone else posts.
People make mistakes or are misinformed all the time. As long as you’re respectful, you have the right to tell them why they’re wrong.
And you look at Guideline #4 above, you will see that we definitely prefer that people support their arguments.
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thugs..?
Are posters still going to be allowed to call players thugs without any proof of them being such? I think calling people that based on them having an attitude and tattoos is just as bias and stereotypical as anything else. This was never addressed on netsdaily.
Honestly,
that’s the grey area and will have to be considered on a case-by-case basis, as it was on the old site. Some "thug" references were definitely deleted in the past.
Feel free to flag something that you feel is inappropriate, and we will deal with it.
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In that case, then why should any stories relating even remotely to Atlantic Yards be posted on here ever again?
by diehardNFFLbarnone on Mar 8, 2010 9:14 PM EST reply actions
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