Meteor Forum Community Standards

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Hello everyone,

I wanted to update folks on the community standards around posting here on the Meteor forum. Please read below and let me know about any questions.

Community Standards

  • Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.

  • Refrain from creating demeaning, discriminatory or harassing content.

  • Flag content for moderation or message me directly if you think a contributor is not following the spirit of our community standards, or explicitly contains one of the following:

Unacceptable behaviors, which includes: intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning conduct by any online community member.

Harassment, which may include: offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability; inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in posts; deliberate intimidation.

Any lewd or offensive behavior or language, using sexually explicit or offensive language, profanity, obscene gestures, or racial, religious or ethnic slurs.

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Edit: Actually this is good. :thumbsup: Won’t hurt, although I’ve never seen people acting up on these forums.

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I’m quite liberal with my language, and I’ve gotten a warning for my comments on @awatson1978’s views. So yea, this is definitely also for me :smile:

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What’s the real reason you posting this here Nick?

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Or maybe you should just leave her alone.

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Exactly what I was thinking. @mz103 that’s not being “respectful and considerate”.

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I honestly don’t think anything I’ve commented on (in regards to this) that’s considerate nor respectful in the first place. That being said, it doesn’t justify my behaviour.

I do think certain sections of the posts I’ve commented on are sexist. Would it be reasonable to point out the post instead of the author, or is that offensive too?..

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Here’s my suggestion:

  1. Talk directly with the person you’re talking about.
  2. If that doesn’t work, flag the specific posts which you find to be sexist.
  3. After that, contact a moderator / admin if the user still bothers you.
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Here’s my perspective: Almost anything that says a person’s opinions are wrong, is fine. Attacking the specific individual, or something about them, is not fine.

We just want to have a civil and welcoming environment, the goal isn’t to shut down discussions.

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One thing that I would add is to consider the “in-person” rule before posting. I use it whenever I’m interacting with someone from behind a keyboard.

It essentially boils down to this: “I am about to post this reply to another contributor. If I were having this conversation in person, would I be willing to say this to their face?”

If the answer is no, then I’ll rephrase.

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