sim !Ep8pui8Vw2 started this discussion 15 years ago#11,401
Please don't:
Complain about reposts. Minichan is dynamic. People come and go, and there are hundreds of subMinichans on the front page. Just because you have seen it before doesn't mean everyone else has, and a link's presence on the front page indicates there are a lot of people who haven't seen it before. If you feel it's been reposted, downvote it. The most repetitive content on Minichan is "This is a repost." Think about that.
Plead for votes in the title of your submission. ("Vote This Up to Spread the Word!", "If this makes the front page, I'll adopt this stray cat and name it Minichan", "Upvote if you do this!", "Why isn't this getting more attention?", etc.)
Conduct polls using the title of your submission. Instead of "Vote up if you're male, down if you're female", say, "Are you male or female? (Vote in the comments)" and then post two comments, "Vote for this if you're (male/female)"
Post someone's personal information, or post links to personal information. This includes links to public Facebook pages and screenshots of facebook pages with the names still legible. We all get outraged by the ignorant things people say and do online, but witch hunts and vigilantism hurt innocent people too often, and such posts or comments will be removed. Users posting personal info are subject to an immediate site wide ban. If you see a user posting personal info, Please contact the admins.
Use the word "BREAKING" or its synonyms in your title, ever.
Send out IMs, tweets, or any other message asking people to vote for your submission — or comply when other people ask you. A link should get points for being good, not because the submitter is part of a voting clique.
Mass-downvote someone else's posts. If it really is the content you have a problem with (as opposed to the person), by all means vote it down when you come upon it. But don't go out of your way to seek out an enemy's posts.
Downvote opinions just because you disagree with them. The down arrow is for comments that add nothing to the discussion.
Downvote opinions just because they are critical of you. The down arrow is for comments that add nothing to the discussion.
Make comments that lack content. Phrases such as "this," "lol," "relevant," "This should be the top comment", "upboat", or "MAN THIS IS SO COOL!!!" are not witty or original, and do not add anything noteworthy to the discussion. Just click the arrow -- or write something of substance.
Announce your votes to the world, even if it is drawn on your nub. We just don't need to hear about it. You can give constructive criticism on a comment, but avoid starting a flame war. Try, "This comment just seems to be attacking the submitter," instead of, "Go back to Digg." Comments like "dumb link" or "lol, upvoted!" are not terribly interesting.
Linkjack stories: linking to stories via blog posts that add nothing extra.
Post hoaxes. If snopes.com has already declared something false, you probably shouldn't be submitting it to Minichan.
Flood Minichan with a lot of stories in a short span of time. By doing this you monopolize a shared resource — the "new" queue.
Complain about too many stories on a particular topic.
Complain about a story being old. Minichan is about interesting stuff, not new stuff only. Just hide the story.
Complain when a duplicate story finds more success than the original. Posting a link to the original is okay, since earlier comments may be of interest.
Complain about downvotes on your posts. Millions of people use Minichan; every story and comment gets at least a few downvotes.
Complain about a link being cross-posted to multiple subMinichans
Moderate a story based on your opinion of its source. Quality of content is more important than who created it.
Write titles in ALL CAPS.
Editorialize or sensationalize your submission title.
Link with TinyURL or similar services. There are few reasons to hide what you're linking to, and most of them are sneaky.
Be rude when someone doesn't follow Reddiquette. Just point them here politely, and keep in mind that these are just guidelines.
Create mass downvote or upvote campaigns. This includes attacking a user's profile history when they say something bad and participating in karma party threads.
Reply to comments when you are really trying to address a sub-section of Minichan. Get a blog or start a new post; don't hijack comment threads to make your point if it's unrelated to the comment.
Take moderation positions in a community where your profession or employment could pose a direct conflict of interest to the neutral and user-driven nature of Minichan.
Follow those who are rabble-rousing against another Minichanor without first investigating both sides of the issue that's being presented. Those who are inciting this type of action often have malicious reasons behind their actions and are, more often than not, a troll. Remember, every time a Minichanor who's contributed large amounts of effort into assisting the growth of community as a whole is driven away, projects that would benefit the whole easily flounder.
Message the moderators or admins to ask why your submission was downvoted.
Copy an image to imgur (or similar site) when the source web site is known. Original authors deserve the ad revenue.
Create a new post as a response to an existing post. (e.g. "No, THIS is the best sidekick of all time.") Instead, use the comments section to provide your response to someone's submission.
Ask people to do your homework for you.
Submit an image that's just text. You can submit a self post with the same message.
Ask people to troll others on Minichan, in real life, or on other blogs/sites. We aren't your personal army.
Correct others' grammar and spelling. It doesn't add to the conversation. Also, correcting one's grammar or spelling is not a valid manner of refuting one's point.
Don't edit the CSS of your Minichan to trick or confuse users. This includes clickjacking, spoofing or hiding a Minichan's name, mods, and the actual text submitted by a user in an attempt to deceive readers. Questionable use of CSS will be dealt with on a case by case basis. In extreme and repeated cases the mods making the changes may be banned.
> Please don't: > Complain about reposts. Minichan is dynamic. People come and go, and there are hundreds of subMinichans on the front page. Just because you have seen it before doesn't mean everyone else has, and a link's presence on the front page indicates there are a lot of people who haven't seen it before. If you feel it's been reposted, downvote it. The most repetitive content on Minichan is "This is a repost." Think about that. > Plead for votes in the title of your submission. ("Vote This Up to Spread the Word!", "If this makes the front page, I'll adopt this stray cat and name it Minichan", "Upvote if you do this!", "Why isn't this getting more attention?", etc.) > Conduct polls using the title of your submission. Instead of "Vote up if you're male, down if you're female", say, "Are you male or female? (Vote in the comments)" and then post two comments, "Vote for this if you're (male/female)" > Post someone's personal information, or post links to personal information. This includes links to public Facebook pages and screenshots of facebook pages with the names still legible. We all get outraged by the ignorant things people say and do online, but witch hunts and vigilantism hurt innocent people too often, and such posts or comments will be removed. Users posting personal info are subject to an immediate site wide ban. If you see a user posting personal info, Please contact the admins. > Use the word "BREAKING" or its synonyms in your title, ever. > Send out IMs, tweets, or any other message asking people to vote for your submission — or comply when other people ask you. A link should get points for being good, not because the submitter is part of a voting clique. > Mass-downvote someone else's posts. If it really is the content you have a problem with (as opposed to the person), by all means vote it down when you come upon it. But don't go out of your way to seek out an enemy's posts. > Downvote opinions just because you disagree with them. The down arrow is for comments that add nothing to the discussion. > Downvote opinions just because they are critical of you. The down arrow is for comments that add nothing to the discussion. > Make comments that lack content. Phrases such as "this," "lol," "relevant," "This should be the top comment", "upboat", or "MAN THIS IS SO COOL!!!" are not witty or original, and do not add anything noteworthy to the discussion. Just click the arrow -- or write something of substance. > Announce your votes to the world, even if it is drawn on your nub. We just don't need to hear about it. You can give constructive criticism on a comment, but avoid starting a flame war. Try, "This comment just seems to be attacking the submitter," instead of, "Go back to Digg." Comments like "dumb link" or "lol, upvoted!" are not terribly interesting. > Linkjack stories: linking to stories via blog posts that add nothing extra. > Post hoaxes. If snopes.com has already declared something false, you probably shouldn't be submitting it to Minichan. > Flood Minichan with a lot of stories in a short span of time. By doing this you monopolize a shared resource — the "new" queue. > Complain about too many stories on a particular topic. > Complain about a story being old. Minichan is about interesting stuff, not new stuff only. Just hide the story. > Complain when a duplicate story finds more success than the original. Posting a link to the original is okay, since earlier comments may be of interest. > Complain about downvotes on your posts. Millions of people use Minichan; every story and comment gets at least a few downvotes. > Complain about a link being cross-posted to multiple subMinichans > Moderate a story based on your opinion of its source. Quality of content is more important than who created it. > Write titles in ALL CAPS. > Editorialize or sensationalize your submission title. > Link with TinyURL or similar services. There are few reasons to hide what you're linking to, and most of them are sneaky. > Be rude when someone doesn't follow Reddiquette. Just point them here politely, and keep in mind that these are just guidelines. > Create mass downvote or upvote campaigns. This includes attacking a user's profile history when they say something bad and participating in karma party threads. > Reply to comments when you are really trying to address a sub-section of Minichan. Get a blog or start a new post; don't hijack comment threads to make your point if it's unrelated to the comment. > Take moderation positions in a community where your profession or employment could pose a direct conflict of interest to the neutral and user-driven nature of Minichan. > Follow those who are rabble-rousing against another Minichanor without first investigating both sides of the issue that's being presented. Those who are inciting this type of action often have malicious reasons behind their actions and are, more often than not, a troll. Remember, every time a Minichanor who's contributed large amounts of effort into assisting the growth of community as a whole is driven away, projects that would benefit the whole easily flounder. > Message the moderators or admins to ask why your submission was downvoted. > Copy an image to imgur (or similar site) when the source web site is known. Original authors deserve the ad revenue. > Create a new post as a response to an existing post. (e.g. "No, THIS is the best sidekick of all time.") Instead, use the comments section to provide your response to someone's submission. > Ask people to do your homework for you. > Submit an image that's just text. You can submit a self post with the same message. > Ask people to troll others on Minichan, in real life, or on other blogs/sites. We aren't your personal army. > Correct others' grammar and spelling. It doesn't add to the conversation. Also, correcting one's grammar or spelling is not a valid manner of refuting one's point. > Don't edit the CSS of your Minichan to trick or confuse users. This includes clickjacking, spoofing or hiding a Minichan's name, mods, and the actual text submitted by a user in an attempt to deceive readers. Questionable use of CSS will be dealt with on a case by case basis. In extreme and repeated cases the mods making the changes may be banned.
> Please don't: > Complain about reposts. Minichan is dynamic. People come and go, and there are hundreds of subMinichans on the front page. Just because you have seen it before doesn't mean everyone else has, and a link's presence on the front page indicates there are a lot of people who haven't seen it before. If you feel it's been reposted, downvote it. The most repetitive content on Minichan is "This is a repost." Think about that. > Plead for votes in the title of your submission. ("Vote This Up to Spread the Word!", "If this makes the front page, I'll adopt this stray cat and name it Minichan", "Upvote if you do this!", "Why isn't this getting more attention?", etc.) > Conduct polls using the title of your submission. Instead of "Vote up if you're male, down if you're female", say, "Are you male or female? (Vote in the comments)" and then post two comments, "Vote for this if you're (male/female)" > Post someone's personal information, or post links to personal information. This includes links to public Facebook pages and screenshots of facebook pages with the names still legible. We all get outraged by the ignorant things people say and do online, but witch hunts and vigilantism hurt innocent people too often, and such posts or comments will be removed. Users posting personal info are subject to an immediate site wide ban. If you see a user posting personal info, Please contact the admins. > Use the word "BREAKING" or its synonyms in your title, ever. > Send out IMs, tweets, or any other message asking people to vote for your submission — or comply when other people ask you. A link should get points for being good, not because the submitter is part of a voting clique. > Mass-downvote someone else's posts. If it really is the content you have a problem with (as opposed to the person), by all means vote it down when you come upon it. But don't go out of your way to seek out an enemy's posts. > Downvote opinions just because you disagree with them. The down arrow is for comments that add nothing to the discussion. > Downvote opinions just because they are critical of you. The down arrow is for comments that add nothing to the discussion. > Make comments that lack content. Phrases such as "this," "lol," "relevant," "This should be the top comment", "upboat", or "MAN THIS IS SO COOL!!!" are not witty or original, and do not add anything noteworthy to the discussion. Just click the arrow -- or write something of substance. > Announce your votes to the world, even if it is drawn on your nub. We just don't need to hear about it. You can give constructive criticism on a comment, but avoid starting a flame war. Try, "This comment just seems to be attacking the submitter," instead of, "Go back to Digg." Comments like "dumb link" or "lol, upvoted!" are not terribly interesting. > Linkjack stories: linking to stories via blog posts that add nothing extra. > Post hoaxes. If snopes.com has already declared something false, you probably shouldn't be submitting it to Minichan. > Flood Minichan with a lot of stories in a short span of time. By doing this you monopolize a shared resource — the "new" queue. > Complain about too many stories on a particular topic. > Complain about a story being old. Minichan is about interesting stuff, not new stuff only. Just hide the story. > Complain when a duplicate story finds more success than the original. Posting a link to the original is okay, since earlier comments may be of interest. > Complain about downvotes on your posts. Millions of people use Minichan; every story and comment gets at least a few downvotes. > Complain about a link being cross-posted to multiple subMinichans > Moderate a story based on your opinion of its source. Quality of content is more important than who created it. > Write titles in ALL CAPS. > Editorialize or sensationalize your submission title. > Link with TinyURL or similar services. There are few reasons to hide what you're linking to, and most of them are sneaky. > Be rude when someone doesn't follow Reddiquette. Just point them here politely, and keep in mind that these are just guidelines. > Create mass downvote or upvote campaigns. This includes attacking a user's profile history when they say something bad and participating in karma party threads. > Reply to comments when you are really trying to address a sub-section of Minichan. Get a blog or start a new post; don't hijack comment threads to make your point if it's unrelated to the comment. > Take moderation positions in a community where your profession or employment could pose a direct conflict of interest to the neutral and user-driven nature of Minichan. > Follow those who are rabble-rousing against another Minichanor without first investigating both sides of the issue that's being presented. Those who are inciting this type of action often have malicious reasons behind their actions and are, more often than not, a troll. Remember, every time a Minichanor who's contributed large amounts of effort into assisting the growth of community as a whole is driven away, projects that would benefit the whole easily flounder. > Message the moderators or admins to ask why your submission was downvoted. > Copy an image to imgur (or similar site) when the source web site is known. Original authors deserve the ad revenue. > Create a new post as a response to an existing post. (e.g. "No, THIS is the best sidekick of all time.") Instead, use the comments section to provide your response to someone's submission. > Ask people to do your homework for you. > Submit an image that's just text. You can submit a self post with the same message. > Ask people to troll others on Minichan, in real life, or on other blogs/sites. We aren't your personal army. > Correct others' grammar and spelling. It doesn't add to the conversation. Also, correcting one's grammar or spelling is not a valid manner of refuting one's point. > Don't edit the CSS of your Minichan to trick or confuse users. This includes clickjacking, spoofing or hiding a Minichan's name, mods, and the actual text submitted by a user in an attempt to deceive readers. Questionable use of CSS will be dealt with on a case by case basis. In extreme and repeated cases the mods making the changes may be banned.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^][v]#205,244
Sim is dutch :3
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 minutes after the original post[^][v]#205,245
What the fuck?
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Keep your submission titles factual and opinion-free. If it is an outrageous topic, share your outrage in the comment section.
Moderate based on quality, not opinion. Well-written and interesting content can be worthwhile, even if you disagree with it.
Look for the original source of content, and submit that. Often, a blog will reference another blog, which references another, and so on with everyone displaying ads along the way. Dig through those references and submit a link to the creator, who actually deserves the traffic.
Post to the most appropriate Minichans possible. If you're submitting an article about U.S. politics, for example, it would be better suited for /r/politics than /r/Minichan.com.
Vote. The up and down arrows are your tools to make Minichan what you want it to be. If you think something is good, upvote it. If you think it shouldn't be on Minichan, or if it is off-topic on a particular community, downvote it.
Use proper grammar and spelling. Intelligent discourse requires a standard system of communication.
Use specific day or dates - "Jon Stewart's rally is in DC Saturday" or "Colbert's rally in DC 2010-10-30"
Search for duplicates before posting. That said, sometimes bad timing, a bad title, or just plain bad luck can cause an interesting story to fail to get noticed. Feel free to post something again if you feel that the earlier posting didn't get the attention it deserved and you think you can do better.
Put the file type at the end of the title if it is something other than HTML or text, like [pdf] or [video].
Link to the direct version of a media file when the page it was found on doesn't add any value.
Link to canonical and persistent URLs where possible, not ephemeral pages that might disappear. In particular, use the "permalink" for blog entries, not the blog's index page.
Consider posting constructive criticism / an explanation when you downvote something, but only if you really think it might help the poster improve.
Report any spam you find.
Browse the new submissions page and vote on it. Regard it, perhaps, as a public service.
Actually read an article before you vote on it (as opposed to just basing your vote on the title).
Feel free to post links to your own content (within reason). But if that's all you ever post, and it always seems to get voted down, take a good hard look in the mirror — you just might be a spammer.
Submit links as links. If your post is in reference to a website, put that URL in the link field rather than linking to it from a text post. This makes it easier for people to see what you are trying to share.
Link to original embeddable content where possible. YouTube videos (for example) can be viewed within Minichan; YouTube videos embedded on your blog cannot. See a list of embeddable sites here.
State your reason for any editing of posts! Edited submissions are marked by an asterisk (*) at the end of the timestamp. Even if it was just edited for spelling, a simple "Edit: spelling" will help explain. This avoids confusion when a post is edited after a conversation breaks off from it. If you have another thing to add to your original comment, say "Edit: And I also think..." or something along those lines.
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