Penalty Box

[Proto Man]

As we've had to, over the past few weeks, remove several people's chat privileges both long-term and short-term, I feel like this is a good place to state this.

The staff are here to help you and make this place run efficiently, so I ask that you treat all of them with respect. If you have a beef, whether it is small or huge, take it to the Help Desk or Private Messaging. The Chatbox is not the place for this, and it is too easy for a small issue between a staffer and a member to become this dramatic public thing.

This applies to anyone - Be nice to staff. Staff are well within their rights to temporarily ban you from the website if they feel like you are being purposefully confrontational. And you can be certain that such an action will also result in loss of chat privileges.

Ey, no bans for this, but can we not make autistic jokes in the chatbox? That seems like common sense. We're not 4chan here, and maybe the edge has gotten a little out of control lately, so I'm here to gently remind people that we've got plenty of people on this site on the autistic spectrum (myself included), and that it's mean-spirited ground for jokes. Making fun of people is one thing - I don't want to be so draconic that we can't laugh at each other - but when it comes to naming specific mental illnesses, we're getting into dangerously toxic territory. Steer clear or get a ban, next time.