Community etiquette
- Be nice
PokerOrg has been designed as a place where fun and real conversations happen. We would rather have no conversations if they play out like the common modern social media toxicity. This isn’t a place for trolls, social media fights, or instigating anything other than engaging, fun, intelligent conversation. In short, be nice. - Real Room Rules
Our moderators operate under a Real Room Rules philosophy. If you wouldn’t say something to someone’s face while sitting at a poker table, don’t say it here. Our aim is to avoid much of the toxicity of other social media platforms. We prefer our community to interact as if they were in the same room. That’s why we encourage posting using real names. - Empathy and consideration
Think about how your words may impact others before you comment. One of our top priorities is to make this site a welcoming space that encourages empathy and understanding. - Handling arguments
Instead of escalating arguments, flag offending posts and/or notify the moderation team at moderators@poker.org. - Political discussions
Unless you’re talking about the politics of poker, avoid turning conversations here into political fights. - Disagree civilly
There will be times you disagree with others in the community. That’s fine. Keep it civil. - Don’t lie
Opinions are one thing. Lies are another. Opinions inspire discussion. Lies destroy discussion. - Stay on topic
Don’t derail a conversation because you’d rather discuss something else or to serve an outside agenda. - Respect moderation: If a comment is caught in the automod filter, deleted, and/or a request for editing or censoring is made, please be respectful of the decision.
Commenting rules
PokerOrg does not accept posts, comments, or behavior that:
- Suggest harm against anyone.
- Disparage race, ethnicity, religion, gender, nationality, region, sexual orientation, age, physical characteristics, disabilities, or other parts of a person’s identity outside their control, by slurs or any other means.
- Minimize and/or trivialize the impact of bigotry, discrimination, and the lived experiences of others, particularly fellow site members and marginalized groups.
- Include identifying information such as phone numbers, postal or email addresses without consent (aka “doxing”).
- Describe or encourage activities which could endanger the safety or well-being of yourself or others.
- Are considered to be spam.
- Impersonate or represent themselves to be from someone who is not the actual commenter.
- Egregiously and/or repeatedly ignore the PokerOrg Community Etiquette.
- Can be considered harassment of other members of the community.
- Ask for money or otherwise solicit donations from other members of the community.
- Make accusations of wrongdoing about others.
- Advertise or try to sell products or services.
- Violate the terms of service or basic rules of our commenting provider, Disqus.
Important: PokerOrg reserves the right to moderate and/or sanction at our sole discretion in situations not explicitly covered by these rules.
