Posting rules for The Many Faces of Barack
• No personal attacks.
• No harassment or demonization of a particular individual.
• No disruptive behavior or off-topic remarks for their own sake.
• We will not allow users to sign up with accounts impersonating identifiable public figures.
The above are all grounds for revocation of privileges (banning). Banning will be determined by one of the site administrators, directors, editors, moderators or what ever other title we see fit to call our owners, editors and hall monitors and will only take place after a warning.
Banned users are invited to use the contact form to make their case for reinstatement. Reregistering under alternate names, initiating blog wars, emailing directly or otherwise contacting the moderators will not result in reinstatement, and may cause us to snark viciously.
Our site, our rules! Sorry guys, that’s just the way we roll!
Tips and etiquette
Front Page Stories – Stories are written by the editors and appear the main or “front” page.
Comments – comments are open to everyone who signs up for an account and are highly encouraged!
Hat-tips – If you notice an interesting article or issue in the MSM through another blog and then write about the article here, to avoid the appearance of plagiarism it is customary to end your diary with a line such as this: (Hat tip: Jed Babbin)
No Text – n/t, (NT), or another variation on the theme – this is used when posting a one line comment with no text in the body – That was great Gamecock n/t
Some helpful acronyms and terms:
IMO – In My Opinion
IMHO – In My Humble Opinion
WRT – With Respect To
IIRC – If I Recall Correctly
FWIW – For What Its Worth
FAIK – Far as I know
BTW – By the way
IOW – In other words
YMMV – Your Mileage May Vary
Trolls – Trolls are posters who come to disrupt the site. Some are straightforward rabble-rousers who start fights and arguments through snark and disrespect. Others pose as disaffected Republicans and proceed to repeat Democratic talking points or as extremist Republicans proceeding to bother others through racist, sexist, or other unacceptable and offensive posts.
Moby – “a particular kind of troll modeled after our favorite musical artist, Moby, who said that liberals should pose on conservative sites as conservatives and generally make us look bad!
KnownFacts – A repeated “fact” generally from our liberal visitors that reflects partisanship or groupthink from the left more than reality. Spouting of KnownFacts™ often leads to banning. Also PointySticks™, Bushlied™, and Hit-and-Run posts are good way to get banned in a quick!
