Where are the forum rules?

[Reynard]

My guess would be they would be stickied in the Meta forum, but I don't see it. And on a site like this searching "rules" is... no helpful.

Maybe the Rules post is by Morrus and since he has me blocked it is invisible?

In any case, I was hoping to look up the rules regarding +threads, since I seem to have gotten it wrong.

 

[Alzrius]

I'm pretty sure it's that "Terms and rules" listing at the bottom-right of every page, between "Contact us" and "Privacy policy."

That said, it has nothing at all about "plus" threads.

 

[Reynard]

I'm pretty sure it's that "Terms and rules" listing at the bottom-right of every page, between "Contact us" and "Privacy policy."

That said, it has nothing at all about "plus" threads.

Thanks. Very small text, I did not see it.

 

[Rabulias]

Here is an old thread from the dawn of Plus threads that has a lot of discussion about the idea:

Thread '[+] Plus Threads'

May 4, 2018

I've seen this come up several times, but the most recent one (today) was more explicit than I had seen before around here.

A user started a thread and put a [+] mark in front of the thread title.

A user then replied to challenge one of the premises of the thread.

The person who started the thread then replied "You need to read up on the concept of "plus" threads if you think I want an echo chamber, or if you don't see the very valid reasons why the site supports such threads. If you want to keep discussing this that's fine, but I will need to ask you to start a new thread to do it."...

• Mistwell
• Replies: 19
• Forum: Meta

Spoiler alert: There don't seem to be any hard and fast rules beyond the usual and obvious rules here.

 

[Deset Gled]

Here is an old thread from the dawn of Plus threads that has a lot of discussion about the idea:

Thread '[+] Plus Threads'

May 4, 2018

I've seen this come up several times, but the most recent one (today) was more explicit than I had seen before around here.

A user started a thread and put a [+] mark in front of the thread title.

A user then replied to challenge one of the premises of the thread.

The person who started the thread then replied "You need to read up on the concept of "plus" threads if you think I want an echo chamber, or if you don't see the very valid reasons why the site supports such threads. If you want to keep discussing this that's fine, but I will need to ask you to start a new thread to do it."...

• Mistwell
• Replies: 19
• Forum: Meta

Spoiler alert: There don't seem to be any hard and fast rules beyond the usual and obvious rules here.

That's a fairly old thread. This post from @Umbran is much more up to date on how + threads are currently handled.

Post in thread 'What do you want to know when joining ENWorld?'

Sep 12, 2025

A (+) thread is for positive and constructive responses only.

That is not quite correct .
A (+) thread is for responses that don't question or deny the base premise of the thread, or otherwise try to shut down the thread's discussion.

There was a time, years ago, when someone starting a discussion, "I think X is cool, I want to talk about X and how you use it in your games," would be met with a horde of posts of the form, "X is badwrongfun, and people who use it are ugly and their mothers dress them funny."

While both are valid opinions, the result was that a longish list of...

• Umbran

• 

Disclaimer: I am not a mod. I am not your mother. I am not Batman.

 

[Umbran]

That's a fairly old thread. This post from @Umbran is much more up to date on how + threads are currently handled.

Post in thread 'What do you want to know when joining ENWorld?'

Sep 12, 2025

A (+) thread is for positive and constructive responses only.

That is not quite correct .
A (+) thread is for responses that don't question or deny the base premise of the thread, or otherwise try to shut down the thread's discussion.

There was a time, years ago, when someone starting a discussion, "I think X is cool, I want to talk about X and how you use it in your games," would be met with a horde of posts of the form, "X is badwrongfun, and people who use it are ugly and their mothers dress them funny."

While both are valid opinions, the result was that a longish list of...

• Umbran

• 

Disclaimer: I am not a mod. I am not your mother. I am not Batman.

That's just what Batman would say....

 

[dbolack]

Disclaimer: I am not a mod. I am not your mother. I am not Batman.

That seems like something someone who was secretly Batman would say...

 

[dbolack]

That's just what Batman would say....

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