Philosophy Forums Rules [IMPORTANT]

[SINGH JAY]

How do you respond when vengeful, spiteful forum users attack you personally for your philosophical positions? You claim to strictly control this forum, but in light of the recent personal assault against me, I do not see any evidence that you actually follow this policy.

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

How do you respond when vengeful, spiteful forum users attack you personally for your philosophical positions? You claim to strictly control this forum, but in light of the recent personal assault against me, I do not see any evidence that you actually follow this policy.

Per Rule G of the Forum Rules, you simply need to use the Report button to report the posts.

[Catalina Isabel]

Thanks so much for having me here. I'm looking forward to some great discussions! I was wondering if some posts are locked for new members? So we can read but not reply? I've come accross quite a few of these instances but have only been here a day so far. If that is the case, then it would be great to be able to know which topics new members can engage in.
Thanks in advance!

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Scott@OnlinePhilosophyClub.com

Hi Scott, thanks a lot for your help with this. I was able to join and participate, but now I've changed my email and it's no longer linked to my OBC email address. I'd appreciate your help linking this account to my new email if possible.

[SINGH JAY]

How do I start a new post?

Go into the Forum where the topic listings are and click on NEW TOPIC in the upper left corner, or click on POST REPLY to reply to a previous post. You have to put in a title when posting a new topic.

Thanks to your suggestion, I think anyone can start a new post. I value your comments.

[Pattern-chaser]

How do you respond when vengeful, spiteful forum users attack you personally for your philosophical positions? You claim to strictly control this forum, but in light of the recent personal assault against me, I do not see any evidence that you actually follow this policy.

Per Rule G of the Forum Rules, you simply need to use the Report button to report the posts.

Thanks for that, Scott.

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While you're here, would you mind responding to my earlier query:

I note that, in the recent past, some contributors have accumulated 'warnings'. I would like to know under what circumstances I might be given a warning ... so that I can avoid getting one, of course. I'm sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere; if it has, I'm not aware of it. TIA

Thanks.

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

I note that, in the recent past, some contributors have accumulated 'warnings'. I would like to know under what circumstances I might be given a warning ... so that I can avoid getting one, of course. I'm sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere; if it has, I'm not aware of it. TIA

Warnings can be issued by a moderator when the Forum Rules are violated. They are usually only issued when a post is deleted for violation of the Forum Rules, and sometimes when a post has to be disapproved from the moderation queue a warning will also be issued.

The most common violation is some form of personal attack or ad hominem argument or other rude off-topic remark.

I'm not surprised at all that you have never even once been warned about such a thing, Pattern-chaser, despite having over 6,000 posts. Thank you for being a member.

[Pattern-chaser]

I'm not surprised at all that you have never even once been warned about such a thing, Pattern-chaser, despite having over 6,000 posts. Thank you for being a member.

Thank you.