New rule regarding signature/trade messages (please read)

[Tess]

Due to an increasing number of reports and complaints about these types of signature messages, we are introducing a new rule:

We no longer allow messages in signatures/trade rules which promote violence or contain mentions of suicide/self-harm/drug abuse, including jokes that involve wishing death/harm on a celebrity.
This rule includes 'statistics' that describe people attempting suicide, kidnapping/murder/assault of others, self-harm or drug abuse, etc.

Messages/jokes about wishing harm on a celebrity are not appropriate humor for CS. These messages are insulting and offensive to fans, and promote senseless violence. If you don't like a celebrity, change the subject instead of obsessively hating the person you're tired of hearing about.

"Inspirational" copy-pastes about people hurting themselves are upsetting and inappropriate topics of discussion for CS. We do not allow discussion of suicide/self-harm on CS. Using fictional stories of people hurting themselves is not an appropriate way to promote anti-bullying.

If you have a message like this in your signature or trade rules, please remove it immediately.

If you continue to keep a message like this in your signature/trade rules in future, then you will earn a warning, and will have it removed by staff.

[mlm+acc]

ok thank you

[-TheBigBlueBear-]

second post lD
Thank you so much for posting this finally.
It's hard to read things like that on this site because it's just so depressing.

Will this change apply to trade rules as well? Or just signature messages?
Since people have it copy/pasted in their trade rules as well uwu
[I just thought I'd ask for other people]

[Tess]

first post
Thank you so much for posting this finally.
It's hard to read things like that on this site because it's just so depressing.

Will this change apply to trade rules as well? Or just signature messages?
Since people have it copy/pasted in their trade rules as well uwu
[I just thought I'd ask for other people]

Yes, it will apply to trade messages too, thanks for mentioning that

[Dr. Paine]

Thank you.

I don't think I've been so happy to see a rule change on CS since the rp update...

[farewell]

Thank you, Tess. I have been seeing these around lately.

[Panne]

Thank you for implementing this rule! These kinds of messages always put a bad taste in my mouth so its nice to see this put in place!

[just some guy]

FINALLY
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING THESE ANNOYING COPY PASTES
THANK YOU TESS ILU ;>

[PeachFuzz]

Thanks, tess <3 Those celebrity death messages always twist my stomach a little even if I personally don't like the celebrity either.

[Noctyrn]

thank you so much, this is a great new rule and im really happy to see it out in place B^)