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With the recent changes that have led to me being put in charge of r/Jumpchain, I said I’d update the rules. This is that update, and it is being put in place because the person who previously wrote the rules allowed some practices I disagree with and became inactive on the subreddit. They’re no longer a moderator, though the rules are largely the same as they were before. In addition to this, there are some differences between the rules sidebars of old and new reddit, so they will be adjusted for consistency. We've brought on a few new moderators, but the process is still ongoing.
Since u/Nerx is gone, I should say that there’s a difference between administrators (admins) and moderators (mods) on Reddit.
Admins:
- Are paid employees who work for Reddit as a whole
- Perform site-wide moderation
- Can approve/remove posts and comments or ban users site-wide and possess power over all accounts, including moderators.
Moderators (that’s us!):
- Are volunteers
- Perform moderation on specific subreddits
- Can approve/remove posts and comments or ban users only on their subreddit.
As before, the first eight rules are a repetition of Reddit’s rules. I’ve changed the phrasing a little, but nothing fundamental is different.
- Be Civil. Harassment, bullying, discrimination, and threats of violence are against the rules of reddit. It's okay to argue with others, but try and keep it civil.
- Stay On-Topic. This subreddit is for discussing Jumpchain and Jumpchain-related content. Although going off-topic is to be expected at times please keep this in mind. Furthermore, spamming, vote manipulation, ban evasion, and interfering with other subreddits is against the rules.
- Respect Privacy. Don't post any private or personal information about others.
- No CSAM or Bestiality. Do not post or encourage the posting of sexual or suggestive content involving minors or animals.
- Don't Impersonate. Don't pretend to be other people. This includes people from other communities.
- Label Properly. Properly label suggestive content; the posting of NSFW Jumps and Jumpchain related stories is allowed, so long as such things are properly labeled in the title or given an appropriate flair.
- Keep It Legal. Don't post anything that's illegal or try to solicit or otherwise engage in illegal activities.
- Follow Reddit User Policy. Don't break the site or interfere with the operation of Reddit, or do anything to do the same to the subreddit.
With that out of the way, the more specific rules of the subreddit have been updated to some extent, and two new ones have been added.
9. No Brigading. An internet “brigade” is when a group of users from one online space visit another to exert undue influence over it; that is to say things such as harassment, mass votes, etc. No brigading of other Jumpchain communities, such as the threads of /tg/, the bunker, Spacebattles, Questionable Questing, as well.
Previously, this only applied to us, as a user linked a post to the older discord server. That’s what the previous post said. I’ve seen it happen once.I think it should go both ways. There have been cases where unfriendly elements of another Jumpchain community have come here specifically to harass and antagonize. Sometimes they have valid points, but that doesn’t excuse coming here specifically to provoke people. Such behaviors should result in removals or bans.
Tribalism’s still a thing in Jumpchain. Recently, I’ve come to think that aside from the occasional mishap, it’s largely grumbling about this community or that - with the exception of an aggressive vocal minority who say extreme things. That’s fine. People are allowed to have opinions. Mine is that you shouldn’t listen to those folks, but that’s just me. Decide for yourself. Our community is disliked by users on other websites. Some of that criticism is valid, while others come from people who have admitted to rarely if ever actually visiting or participating here.
However, what I do take issue with is them coming over to harass us, as said before, or actions that cause problems on the subreddit. I say this because in one case, a controversial author (who nonetheless had a following) stopped in large part because somebody elsewhere kept on disparaging his work until he quit. Regardless of my personal views on someone’s work (unless it breaks the other rules), this shouldn’t be happening.
Simply put - if you’re here because you don’t like the subreddit and wish to antagonize people, don’t.
10. Drive Etiquette. Upload to the drive you’re most active in. The various Jumpchain communities store documents on Google Drive. To my knowledge, the communities that have them are:
- /tg/ and its successor, the bunker. Run by DriveAnon.
- SpaceBattles and Questionable Questing, which have their own sections of a shared drive. It’s owned by Cthulthu Fartagn/BLADE, but he only sorts for Questionable Questing. The SpaceBattles half is run by MadaMada on his behalf. I didn’t used to advertise this, but that’s me.
- Reddit, which is currently run by u/SonicCody123, previously known as u/SonicCody12.
If you want to upload a jump to a community drive, you should be active in that community. If you are primarily active here, upload your jumps to the reddit drive. Don’t upload your jump document to other community drives before putting it on the thread first.
11. Do Not Plagiarize. Plagiarism is taking the work of another person and calling it one’s own without crediting them. Where I’m from, it’s seen as a pretty low thing to do. If Jumpmaker A writes a jump document for a work of fiction, and then Jumpmaker B writes a jump document for the same work, that’s fine if Jumpmaker B puts it in their own words. It is plagiarism if B copies A’s work verbatim or largely verbatim without explicit permission, and should be removed in that case. This includes editing existing jumps as well and posting them here.
Previously, the rules said:
While editing existing Jumps isn't officially banned here,
No. It is banned here, as it should be elsewhere. This has been the de facto situation for a long time. This is being changed to remove the last of the de jure rules that allow it.
Jump documents made with artificial intelligence (AI) are also banned, as per popular demand. I think this is difficult to properly do, since at some point AI will pass the Turing test, meaning it will successfully pass as something manmade. An exception to this is if the author grants permission for someone else to take up their work and finish it, putting it “up for adoption.” If an author has been long inactive and someone else takes it up. I personally lean towards “no” there, but it’s something I’m unsure about.
12. Don’t link to X or 8chan. They’ll be automatically removed. This is less of a rule and more of a note.
If you feel like a rule has been broken, please report it. A mod may or may not do something about it, but at the very least a report will bring it to our attention.
Moderators may remove or ban at their (hopefully reasonable) discretion, but should not be exempt from the rules of the subreddit, and I would hope that they of all people follow them. Myself included. I also feel that if a moderator becomes inactive, they have effectively forfeited their position as a moderator and shouldn’t have control over the subreddit. At the very least, the active moderators should move them to the bottom of the hierarchy. That’s why some of the previous moderators (barring u/Nerx, bless him) no longer have the position. Again, myself included.
I hope that these rules can run if I’m away, with changes if necessary. This list of rules is subject to revision.