No
Asking Personal Information: Do not ask personal
information to the chat guest. This includes religious
beliefs, sexuality, personal contact information,
dating info, etc.
No
Private Messaging (PM/IM): Do not send private
messages to the chat guest or to other chatters during
a chat night session. If you send private messages
to the chat guest you will be removed from the chat
room.
No
Flooding: Do not rapidly enter text/or images
that tend to occupy multiple lines of the message
screen. Please ask questions one at a time to allow
the chat guest time to answer the question. The chatter
knows everyone says "Hi" so you don't have
to type "hi!" when the chatter logs in.
No
Flaming: Do
not engage or participate in any activities directly
or indirectly which harass, threaten, abuse or intimidate
other users. In other words, don't be mean to others.
Always treat others as you would want them to treat
you.
No
Shouting: Do not use all capital letters
when posting messages. The use of all capital letters
when posting a message is considered shouting and
very poor manners. Here is an example of shouting:
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SHOUTING IN A CHAT ROOM.
No
Offensive Language: Do not post, or attempt
to post by disguise (represent swear words with symbols
or numbers), any words which are "foul",
"obscene", or "cuss" words. Additionally,
explicitly violent talk, fights, racist language,
or other abusive language is not allowed.
Have
Fun: Just have a great time chatting and
if you follow the rules the chat will go smoothly
and you'll be able to join us for future guest chats.
