General Posting Etiquette

**Heat Miser** · 09-23-2007, 10:51 PM

There has been an alarming rate of posting behaviors that are really not the type of behaviors that we want perpetuated by our AM community. These are in no particular order and they are directed at no one specifically and everyone in general.

Homophobic comments: fag, homo, queer and any other derogatory term used to negatively identify someone as one of a homosexual orientation. I hate to break it to some of our membership, but we have a very diverse world and therefore a very diverse community. There is a statistical amount of those who have a homosexual orientation (those that are 'out' and likely more who are not) in our world and therefore I am sure that statistic is reflected to a degree in our community. Bodybuilding, weightlifting, supplements and all that it entails is not exclusive to heterosexuals. This needs to stop now.

Thread hijacking and O/T discussion: there has been a tremendous amount of O/T comments and thread hijacking taking place. In some cases that is all a member contributes to a thread, or the board for that matter. As a community we encourage research. This barrage of hijacking and O/T comments dilutes the quality and content of valuable thread data that could be used for research. If you feel an uncontrollable need to express yourself in an off topic way then please do so using the PM function or Chat Room. Far too many members post worthless comments when they could and should not post at all. Not everyones threads are for your banter. Any member who feels that an other member is hijacking their thread or taking it O/T is encouraged to communicate so in your thread directly to the offending posting member.

Excessive use of emoticons: the above applies to this as well. Quite honestly it is childish but that is just me, and really, some of you are young enough to be my children. Tasteful or modest use of the feature is of course acceptable. When a member posts 20 or more large and obnoxious emoticons that takes up excessive amounts of thread space it dilutes the value and the content of a thread. This also applies to excessively large images as well.

Please understand that I am not trying to take anyones fun or good time away. But there is a time and a place for it. There is a general discussion forum that can be used for this purpose. Keep it there and out of sponsor, supplement and other specific forums as well as other member threads and logs.

Also understand that I am also a member of the AM community. I pride myself in the integrity and quality of the content in our community. As an active member of the community and a member of the staff it is my intention to uphold that standard. The staff cannot do this alone. It is my hope that you will too.

Thanks you for understanding and for your support.

ryansm · 09-23-2007, 10:55 PM

Thanks B for getting this out, If I weren't so lazy I would have posted the same thing.

EasyEJL · 09-23-2007, 10:58 PM

man, three strikes against me there.

rpen22 · 09-23-2007, 11:01 PM

Good post, B.

bLacKjAck. · 09-23-2007, 11:44 PM

Great post! I would've loved to post the same things with maybe a little more..

Ronnie · 09-23-2007, 11:52 PM

Im tired of the homo talk, pictures and emoticons that is in a majority of a newly IBE rep on this site. Its very childish.

**b unit** · 09-23-2007, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronnie

Im tired of the homo talk, pictures and emoticons that is in a majority of a newly IBE rep on this site. Its very childish.

coming from a guy with a signature of an emoticon giving the finger, that's a bit rich don't you think?

Ronnie · 09-24-2007, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b unit

coming from a guy with a signature of an emoticon giving the finger, that's a bit rich don't you think?

Take it for what you want. I was refering to homo talk, homo pictures and homo emoticons (not found on this site like the one in my signature) in excess.

rpen22 · 09-24-2007, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronnie

Take it for what you want. I was refering to homo talk, homo pictures and homo emoticons (not found on this site like the one in my signature) in excess.

So does this fall under "Homophobic Comments" or "Excessive Use of Emoticons"?

Ronnie · 09-24-2007, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpen22

So does this fall under "Homophobic Comments" or "Excessive Use of Emoticons"?

Ultra excessiveness of useage.

TripDog · 09-24-2007, 12:31 AM

*whew* good thing i dont do any of those!!!!......................................... ........i will keep my bantering to my thread......i dont think i hijack too bad....do i?....i support people's theads in a non-dramatic way sometimes.....

~trip

BigCasino · 09-24-2007, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B5150

some of you are young enough to be my children.

Do you mean "young enough" in character / behavior, or actual age, and if actual age, what does that have to do with anything. I agree with your initial post, I think it raises several good points, and applaud you for taking the initiative to bring it up, in what you felt was in the best interest of a web community you love. I'm not trying to nitpick here, I just would like to know what you meant by that, because (and I am *not* saying this is what you meant by it) it is possible for there to be age discrimination as well...

Regardless, thanks for raising the issues!

**Frequency** · 09-24-2007, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigCasino

Do you mean "young enough" in character / behavior, or actual age, and if actual age, what does that have to do with anything. I agree with your initial post, I think it raises several good points, and applaud you for taking the initiative to bring it up, in what you felt was in the best interest of a web community you love. I'm not trying to nitpick here, I just would like to know what you meant by that, because (and I am *not* saying this is what you meant by it) it is possible for there to be age discrimination as well...

Regardless, thanks for raising the issues!

I think you reading a little to deep.
This a great thread. I think the root of the problem is that a lot of us here just get a little too comfortable and forget that there are some that just come here to read.

**kwyckemynd00** · 09-24-2007, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TripDog

*whew* good thing i dont do any of those!!!!......................................... ........i will keep my bantering to my thread......i dont think i hijack too bad....do i?....i support people's theads in a non-dramatic way sometimes.....

~trip

Good post.

**pistonpump** · 09-24-2007, 05:52 AM

great post B!

i always thought this site was great for my research needs etc and ive become fond of the people of this community. AM always had a non homosexual offending stance and off topic stuff was saved for general chat threads that were made for that reason. Things have changed over the last 4-6 months imo and alot of things just get out of hand. Members like myself who know better even fall into the guilty catergory. Its fun and all and a better reason for us to use the chatroom that never gets any play. Ive said it before it just makes it harder to find the information you are looking for when you have to go thru page after page of off topic discussion. I should be a mod haha. Does this mean youll be handing out bans for those things?