Making the rules

how tough are you on making rules for your forum?

 

I honestly don't have a rule page up that the members can see..I have one made that's good but I don't know how to post it.

 

Good question. i find I just try to keep the basics up. Eg no spamming.

I only make more harsh rules when it is needed.

 

yea I agree! No Spamming is key in a forums rule page!

I have rules on my forum, and they are thought through lots, by me... So that there aren't like 50.000 rules... that the member cant be bothered to read!
I hate forums that have a HUGE rule page... I personally never read the looong ones! But this site is straight to the point SO I have read all the rules, and most importantly I understand them... if you see my Into... you will see that I am a Brit who lives in Spain... well I know more Spanish than I do English lol...

 

My rules are based on the rules I had for the chatroom I used to have before I opened my forum.. and I've had to add new rules anytime a new situation arose and caused a problem.. I have had to be quite tough back then because I've had to deal with problems with my old chatroom that most wouldn't have to deal with in running a forum. That was the major reason I decided to run a forum instead.

I simply kept my rules as they were, and made a few changes to work for the forum. I've had the same rules since I opened in 2004.

 

I make guidelines I don't want my users to feel controlled or be like an admin setting down laws, it works well for me and my members generally follow the guides.

 

I just have basic rules in place. No one likes to see a forums with a load of rules stopping them enjoying the forum.

 

I only put basics - I'm not a fan of forums that have to many rules, I think it takes the fun away. I normally just put the basic no spamming, no offending anyone with language, ect.

 

only some basic; no spamming, no text message type; and respect others. I believe those who come and join forums already know that basic stuff.