This Moderation Policy covers online discussions and posting of content using the Joystream Forum.

The forum is the primary place for community-wide asynchronous written communication about all topics relevant to the platform among members. It is hierarchically organized into a tree of categories, each with designated moderators responsible for policing and encouraging effective and beneficial interactions among members. The moderators are part of a designated forum working group, and the lead of that working group can decide what moderators are responsible for what categories. Categories contain subcategories, and threaded topic-based discussions, called threads, where any member can open a thread, and others can come and make replies in the form of posts. Some threads can also include a poll, allowing any member to weight in on a question. To create a thread an initial deposit is needed that goes into a thread account, all posts also requires a deposit that goes into the thread account related to the post, whenever a thread is deleted the funds from the thread account are transferred to the caller of the delete extrinsic.

This service includes many differing opinions and experiences. You may find opinions that you disagree with. Our aim at all times is to provide a place where the maximum discussion can take place.

We try to be as fair as we can when moderating but in a large community of users, with many different viewpoints, there will always be some people that will not be happy with our moderation policies. While we regret that this happens, we cannot suit all of the people all of the time and have to make decisions based on what is best for the forum overall.

General Rules 👇

You Should Not:

I Don’t Agree With These Policies Then please do not post materials on the Joystream Forum.

Leaving the Forum If you decide to leave the forum, we will not delete your old posts as it makes the discussions difficult to follow for the remaining readers.

Completeness We cannot guarantee to moderate any post or topic completely.

Ownership and Liability of Posts Messages posted at this site are the sole opinion and responsibility of the poster. We have the right to edit, delete, transfer, keep posts at our sole discretion.

The Rules Extend Basic Courtesy to All Users 👇 Always be respectful of other users, the system, and the Moderator.

  1. Commercial Posts The forums are not a venue for unsolicited advertisements of any kind. It will be the sole discretion of the Moderator as to what constitutes an advertisement and will remove these as necessary.
  2. Personal Insults Do not directly insult other users on the forums. Personal insults do not contribute to the discussion. If someone insults you, do not insult them back or you will be given a warning. Please report the abuse instead to the Moderator.
  3. Off-Topic Posts/Thread-jacking Please stay within the topic area of the section you are posting a message in, and within any topic that another poster may have started. A certain amount of straying from the topic can be expected, but we will warn and delete posts that try to hijack a discussion about one topic into another.
  4. Inciting Illegal Behaviour Posts inciting illegal behaviour are not acceptable. This includes, but is not limited to posts discussing places to steal items, to copy or hack software, etc.
  5. Venting About Previous Employers Claims of action, flames, and calls to action against any company or person will be removed. We will remove any direct attacks on corporations and individuals in those corporations, unless they are the topic of the news item.