In order for us to create an amazing community experience, we put together our rules and expectations regarding behavior and interactions. By participating in the Tibles community, you agree to abide by the following guidelines. Failure to do so may result in a loss of app privileges, or an account warning, suspension, or account closure depending on the severity of the incident.
Please note that these rules are not entirely exhaustive, and may not encompass or address all manner of offensive behavior that may require moderating. In this regard, the Tibles teams have full discretion to address any behaviors that they feel are inappropriate for the Tibles community.
The short version:
- Be respectful
- Be kind
- Encourage responsible use of our forums and app, and discourage disruptive behavior
- Encourage the free flow of ideas and discussion while maintaining a civil, constructive, and creative space
All rules apply to usernames, forum posts, profiles, profile blurbs, and all other areas in which users may enter text, images, or otherwise communicate.
Please remember that access to the site and app is a privilege and not a right.
Tibles reserves the right to suspend access to any Tibles’ apps and Webapps for the reasons outlined in our Terms of Service and for reasons that include and are not necessarily limited to your failure to abide by the following rules. Please also note that we reserve the right to evaluate each incident on a case-by-case basis.
Community Etiquette
- NO posting of any content that is abusive, aggressive, personally insulting, flaming, baiting, or threatening.
- NO gloating, boasting, or bragging as a means to belittle, demean, offend, or otherwise unsettle other users for any reason.
- NO posting content requesting or providing medical advice or counseling.
- NO attempting to "mini-mod"
- NO telling a moderator how to moderate.
- NO offering gifts in exchange for moderation.
- NO threatening to report a member (“I’m going to report you”) or informing another member they have been reported (“You’ve just been reported”).
- NO discussion of religion/politics.
- NO spamming any content areas. This includes but is not limited to:
- Posting the same thread/subject across multiple Forums, or the same post/response across multiple Forum threads.
- Not staying on topic in Forum threads.
- Forum threads or posts that contain nothing but meaningless content, gibberish, "l33tsp34k".
- Do not bump threads in the Forums. This includes but is not limited to:
- “Up”, “bump”, “to the top!”, “^”, single emote bumps, etc.
- Bumping a thread and deleting the post that bumped it (“ghost-bumping”)
- NO begging for any assets or services.
- NO soliciting or advertising for monetary donations or crowdfunding campaigns.
- NO posting content meant to "troll". Accounts made to troll will be closed. "Trolling" is defined as:
- Commenting/posting in a manner intended to elicit overly strong negative and emotional responses or for shock value
- Attempting to derail threads
- Personal attacks
- NO engaging in malicious reporting. This is defined as:
- Falsely reporting another user for personal reasons, such as revenge, retaliation, harassment, belligerence, or denigration.
- Reporting a user for a rule violation and then continuing to engage with them after.
- Encouraging other users to report another user.
- Posting content meant to troll or target other users and then reporting the subsequent reactions.
- NO scamming Users. Scamming can result in account actions up to and including permanent account closure.
- Do not falsely advertise or create “click bait” through thread titles or links.
- If a thread, profile description, profile comment, pet description, private message, or signature is found containing a suspicious or potentially harmful link, please send a report ticket immediately so that we can investigate it.
- NO publicly posting grievances without contacting staff concerning user disputes.
- Immediately report the post so that we may investigate it.
- If you have any grievances with another user, please refrain from further interaction and immediately contact Support so that it may be investigated and handled by a staff member.
- NO making threats against any user including reference to violence or death in any capacity.
- Immediately report the post so that we can investigate it.
All community content is permitted or removed at Tibles’ discretion. Based on the severity of the incident, an account may be permanently closed for the following:
General Misconduct
- Impersonating any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Tibles employee, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
- Take any action, upload, post, email, link to, or otherwise transmit any content that contains viruses, malicious software, cheats, or processes intended to automate gameplay. If you would like to report such material, please send a message to staff through a support ticket.
- Transmitting any unsolicited advertising, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other forms of solicitation.
- Attempt to gain access to a password, other account information, or other private information. Remember: Tibles staff and volunteer moderators will NEVER ask for your password. Do NOT reveal your password or sensitive account information to anyone.
- "Stalk" or otherwise harass another member.
- Improperly use the customer support ticketing system or make false reports to TIbles staff.
- Submitting language or imagery that is “not safe for work” (NSFW) anywhere onsite.
- NSFW content is broadly understood as anything that would be reasonably considered inappropriate to view or display in public settings, such as content that is violent, sexual, or vulgar in nature.
- Attempting to solicit romantic relationships through any Tibles features is strictly prohibited.
Real-Life Threats & Personal Information Distribution
This includes but is not limited to clear/masked language OR links to websites containing such language or images that:
- Refer to violence or death in any capacity towards another user, users.
- Release any real-life personal information about TIbles users, non-Tibles related entities, or through any public or private means.
- This includes, but is not limited to full/legal names, addresses, photographs (such as “selfies”), and personally identifying information.
Rule-Breaking Offsite Links & Misconduct
We are unable to moderate activities or posts that happen off of the TIbles website and apps, but please remember that linking to rule-breaking content will be treated the same as if that content was posted directly to the Tibles moderation and will be actioned and removed.
Discrimination, Harassment, & Defamation
- This includes but is not limited to clear/masked language OR links to websites containing such language or images that:
- Are intended to be insulting toward any entity or entities, including but not limited to:
- Users, Tibles staff, groups of people
- Promote false information or attempt to defame any entity or entities
- Result in ongoing/repeated harassment or targeted language to other Users, Tibles staff, or groups of people
- Encouraging other Users to target an individual by proxy
- Result in prolonged, unconstructive flame posts or arguments between two or more opposing parties
- Repeatedly or maliciously use the Tibles customer support ticketing system to target a user
- Attempting to promote hateful, spiteful, or discriminatory views or actions against other users, Tibles staff, or groups of people. This includes but is not limited to:
- Any race, nation, or culture.
- Any aspect or variation of sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Religions or religious figures.
- Physical or mental disabilities.
Please remember that Tibles and their website, webapps, and apps hosts a diverse community, and as such, all users are expected to behave with respect and civility toward each other. Any form of hateful/spiteful/discriminatory language against others will not be tolerated. If you choose to do business or interact with someone, do so politely, or do not interact at all.
Language
- Slurs and/or derogatory terms
- Any text that attempts to circumvent Tibles’ disallowed word filters
Discrimination against Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, or Heritage
- This includes but is not limited to clear/masked language OR links to websites containing such language or images that:
- Promote racial/ethnic/heritage hatred
- Are known or recognized as a racial or ethnic slur
- Allude to symbols of racial or ethnic hatred
- Encourage or promote any type of national hatred
- Are considered or recognized as national slurs
- Allude to symbols of any type of national hatred
Violence
This includes but is not limited to clear/masked language OR links to websites containing such language or images that refer to or imply:
- Violent real life actions; this may include, but is not limited to all forms of abuse, violations of consent, self-harm, etc.
- Depictions/descriptions of gore/mutilation.
Sexual Themes & Nudity
This includes but is not limited to clear/masked language OR links to websites containing such language or images that refer to or imply:
- Sexual acts or themes
- Romantic relationships or acts with suggestive/implied sexual acts or themes
- Inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions
- Pornographic material of any nature
- Pedophilic material of any nature
Illegal Activities & Drugs / Paraphernalia
This includes but is not limited to clear/masked language OR links to websites containing such language or images that:
- Refer to illegal or illicit substances
- Refer to paraphernalia
- Reference substance abuse
- Perform or refer to illegal activities
- Violate any laws or regulations
Cheating and Malicious Programs
This includes but is not limited to:
- Utilizing any form of hacking, scripts, plugins (including browser plugins), or malicious programs to cheat, exploit, or alter features and/or interface.
- Abusing bugs or glitches on Tibles websites, webapps, or apps.
- Discussing or linking to ways to cheat or exploit Tibles’ features and/or interface.
- Discussing or linking to programs that maliciously infect other users' computers or other devices.
- Discussing or linking to third party software or websites that violate the Terms of Service.
If you would like to report any of the above, please immediately contact Support. Do not post about it in the forums.
Public Blacklisting & Cyberbullying
This includes but is not limited to clear/masked language OR links to websites containing such language or images that:
- Identify Tibles users in an attempt to influence the community to divert interaction away from said users.
- Incites a group of users to single out, shame, or ostracize a user or group of users.
Religion / Non-Religion
This includes but is not limited to clear/masked language OR links to websites containing such language or images that:
- Negatively portray religions or religious figures.
- Negatively portrays or harasses users that do not have a chosen belief or no beliefs at all.
Discussion of Disciplinary Account Actions
- This includes but is not limited to:
- Creating posts or threads to discuss specific disciplinary actions taken against a user or account, including chat or email correspondence between users and Tibles staff.
- Posting about the above from a new account to circumvent a suspension or ban.
- Having someone post about the above from their account on your behalf.
- Accounts and/or Threads made for this purpose will be closed without warning
- We reserve the right to remove threads or posts without notification or follow-up.
- Do not post about or discuss thread moderation. Any questions regarding thread moderation should be sent via support ticket.
- Do not post petitions, "I demand an answer" threads, conspiracy threads, or comments about circumventing the rules.
- Do not post on behalf of a suspended or banned user.
You agree that Tibles may take whatever steps it deems necessary to maintain a suitable forum environment at its sole discretion and without notice to you.
These rules are intended to maintain a healthy, creative, constructive space for all of our users & Staff to interact with each other. If you have any questions regarding our rules, feel free to send us a message through a support ticket - we always welcome communication!
Thank you for your support and cooperation. Welcome to the Tibles community, we hope you enjoy your stay!