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Monday, 08/22/2016 10:42:43 AM

Monday, August 22, 2016 10:42:43 AM

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The main three that occur here and result in post deletions:

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Posts with religious or political statements should be removed as "off topic". These inevitably create an avalanche of replies that are off topic as well.
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Putting "ot" at the beginning of a post does not make it acceptable. It is still off topic and eligible for removal.

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Any form of vulgarity directed at another User is unacceptable and should be removed (i.e. "you're a sh*thead", "being an a** doesn't help your case").

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