1. Personal Attacks/Harassment/Private Information (Strict Moderation)
Moderators will no longer automatically be editing out reported personal attacks in a “one-size-fits-all” manner. Instead, we will be looking at the context of the attack to determine the best course of action.
Petty, schoolyard insults such as calling a user gay, stupid, etc. will likely not be edited out, merely receiving an unofficial warning if it becomes necessary. More malicious insults will be edited and face more severe moderation.
Harassment is not tolerated, this does not involve being unkind to another user but is more akin to stalking and repeatedly sending unwanted PMs rather than insulting a user or mocking them. Refer to the Streisand Effect for details on how best to deal with people using painful insults or embarrassing information that was posted publicly which is now regretted.
The release of other user’s personal information, including full names, addresses, social media accounts, images, etc. without their consent is not tolerated. Doing so will lead to the information being edited out and bans being applied.
2. Graphic Content (Strict Moderation)
Sexual/Shock/Gore images and videos must remain in Anarchy only.
War Clips and Images, and similar graphic content with Political/Religious discussion value, must be posted in Serious with a clear NSFW tag in the title.
NSFW responses in safe-for-work (SFW) threads are not allowed, due to spoiler problems on Taptatalk
NSFW threads (including sex role-plays, sex stories, Cheerio threads, etc.) that do not include photos or videos are allowed in The Flood, so long as the thread is distinguished as being NSFW. Responses in these threads do not need to be in spoiler tags.
Avatars and custom nameplates MUST be safe for work, as they cannot be spoilered like post content can.
3. Raids, Impersonation, and Alts (Strict Moderation)
 
Absolutely no organizing attacks, and raids on Bungie.net or any other website or community.
Impersonating other users, or potential future member, through posts, or user profiles is not tolerated. Users caught impersonating others will potentially face a lite-ban for the main account, with a permanent removal of the impersonating alt.
Alternative accounts (“alts”) are allowed, as long as they are not used to circumvent a ban. Users caught doing so will have their alt perma-banned and the ban on their main account extended by 1 to 3 days.
4. Miscellaneous/Casual Rules (Lax Moderation)
 
”Shitposting”, or posts that add little discussion value to the forums, are not encouraged – however, they are allowed under the rules. On the whole we will not be seeking out shitposts for the axe, if you are posting multiple threads with nothing to discuss in them they may be locked. Consider this a relaxing of the shitposting rule for now, please do not abuse it as we can easily bring the harsher rules back.
Spam remains prohibited in the nature of continuous out-of-context submissions capable of hindering or disturbing discussion, namely through excessively long single posts, or repetitive posts. Reaction images and videos do not count as spam, so long as they are only linked once.
Derailment of threads, or purposefully going off topic, is not encouraged and should be kept to a minimum. If you want to discuss another topic or side topic from the original thread, request a split thread from a moderator or report your own post where the side discussion commences.
Report Spamming, or the repeated reporting of a single, or several, posts in a short amount of time, is not allowed and does not solve the problem faster.
Threads should not contain topic titles that break the forum structure.
Creating threads with the sole purpose of communicating with another member (calling out) is discouraged, and the thread in question may be locked, depending on the content and context of the thread. Calling out a user maliciously will automatically earn a lock and may include a warning of 5% to 15%, depending on the severity.
Posting spoilers for any kind of media outside of a clearly marked thread and/or spoilered post is not allowed, equally people must take some responsibility for their own choice to browse the internet in the time approaching or shortly after the launch of an anticipated game/book/film/episode. Please refer to the Septagon spoiler policy below for more details.
Obviously fake spoilers are not considered moderation material, ones intended to be believable and subsequently upset other users are potentially in the firing line.
Editing or adding back a post that a Ninja removes to enforce the rules is not allowed.
5. You Have No Rights. Play Nice.
 
The forum staff reserves the right to remove you, and your content, from the forums for any reason, without warning. This was agreed upon registration to the site.
Ban lengths are adjusted to each case of a rule break. Similar offenses does not equate to the same penalties.
If you disagree with a moderating decision, contact a member of the staff via Private Message, or post a serious thread on the matter in Septagon. Public threads calling out staff members in other forums for their actions will be moved to Septagon. Continuing to do so after the fact will lead to further penalties.
In the event that a warning is given out for a misconstrued joke or prank, if both the person who dished the insult, and the person it was aimed at, contact a moderator to explain that it was a joke, any punishment could possibly be rescinded. This is on a context by context basis, and one should not expect this to occur in all scenarios.
Your posts must be primarily in English. If we can't understand what you're saying, your posts will be moderated.
6. Punishments
Punishments for violating Casual and Strict rules below are basic guidelines - as stated above, punishments for similar offenses may vary based on the situation and other circumstances.
Continued violation of rules considered "Casual" will lead to harsher penalties, in line with a strict rule.