New Rule for Signatures - Rule is now actively enforced!

[The Winter Soldier]

anything with anti in it is not allowed as it could offend someone.

[Darastrix]

anything with anti in it is not allowed as it could offend someone.

This is not true. In the original post, Tess says

The kinds of "anti" messages we don't care about are those which don't affect other people, feel free to use anything along those lines:

• "I hate chocolate"
• "I'm anti Mondays"
• "I hate mornings"
• "I hate running"

Thank you for the new rule, Tess!

[Affliction]

yas been waiting for this rule for ever.

[Tabbiecat]

Yay, thank you for this! c:

[NO O O OF OATMEAL]

Great new rules! I don't see too much of "I hate ____," but I know how it feels to be discriminated. Glad you implemented these!

[Denami]

I see way too many cases of people posting these signatures, forum posts everywhere. I think its best that you cleared this up for the site. A lot of users can take offense or undergo a "threat" with these kinds of posts. Thank you for the new signature/forum message.

[MunchiiMoon]

What if, for example, someone put "anti drugs: stand up and fight back against drug and alcohol abuse for a brighter tomorrow!"

[Tess]

What if, for example, someone put "anti drugs: stand up and fight back against drug and alcohol abuse for a brighter tomorrow!"

Would stamps/messages against companies be banned? Like "Anti-Burger King?"

for some anti messages just think hard about the purpose of the message, and who/what will be targeted.

Being anti large corporations (like Burger King) is likely to be acceptable, it's not likely to make any CS members feel targeted or victimized. However it would not be okay to make stamps/hate messages about something closer to us like other pet websites for example, because these sites are like our next door neighbors and there's a good chance that will be offensive to some of our members.

Being anti drug/alcohol abuse should also be fine, by definition abuse is a negative thing and even members who may struggle with drug or alcohol abuse themselves would not be in support of drug/alcohol abuse. If in doubt, contact a moderator and show them what you'd like to put in your signature, before you use it. Some things may just not be appropriate subject matter for a family website anyway, so think about that too. E.g. it's likely to be considered inappropriate if members use pro alcohol/drugs messages in their sigs as this is not age appropriate.

I have a question.

If someone has a signature showing animals fighting viciously, like dogs, and it shows blood, is it surely against the rules? Are we allowed to report them? Because I saw this person who had a signature showing animals fighting and there was blood. If yes, then I'll report this person, because I'm not comfortable with this signature. If you want, you can PM me and I'll show you the link to the person's profile.

if people post images depicting animal cruelty or gory images of injured animals/people etc, then this would be breaking the image posting rules, as images should be safe for kids and not overly gruesome/shocking/upsetting. Report anything along those lines. It's okay to spread a message against animal abuse, but it's not okay to shock and upset other members by putting up disturbing images.

[DaDwarf]

I have a question, would 'i dont support hoarding' or 'i hate hoarders/refuse to trade with hoarders' also fall under this rule? C: i think it does, just wanted to be sure!

I didnt see any comments about this so reposting c: would really like to know as there is quite a lot of hoard hating still going on, specifically in trade rules.

[fairygutz]

I had something like this before I read this and before it was a rule. I would have read it if I got time but instead I got a board warning.. :c