NationStates Jolt Archive

Ever wondered what godmoding is? Ever pondered upon the subtle differences between trolling and flamebait?

Well, just for you lucky people, here are those answers:

Forbidden Actions

AdSpam: Spamming other people's regional messageboards with adverts for your region. The only places where you are allowed to put advertisements are the Gameplay forum or the regional messageboards of the feeder regions (The Pacifics and The Rejected Realms). And even then, don't over-do it. The same rules apply to sending advertisement telegrams to nations not residing in a feeder region: don't do it. Report AdSpam using the Getting Help Page (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=help).

Events Log Spamming: See Spam.

Flame: Expressing anger at someone in uncouth ways with OOC comments (i.e. swearing, being obnoxious, threatening etc.)though it does to watch what you post IC as well unless the other posters know you're not serious. Flaming in the forums should be reported in the Moderation forum, in the game itself, through Getting Help Page (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=help).

Flamebait: Posts that are made with the aim of angering someone indirectly. Not outright flame, but still liable to bring angry replies. It's in the same context of trolling but with flamebaiting it's just the one person.

Godmoding,Godmodding/Wanking and (puppet) Multiing: Look here: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43557 [line broken, will be fixed soon]

Gravedigging: Posting a reply on a long disused thread; bumping threads that aren't used anymore.

Griefing: Harrassing a nation because of what they did or said. Also see Region Griefing.

Klamathing: See Spam.

Multiing: See UN Multiing.

Nation Hijacking: Stealing someone else's nation by gaining their password. This should be reported using the Getting Help Page (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=help).

Obscenities: Sexually graphic images and posts. Very strictly forbidden. Obscenities in the forums should be reported to the Moderation Forum. In-game (such as an obscene flag) should be reported through the Getting Help Page (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=help).

Post-Whoring: See Spam.

Quote Pyramids: When replies with quotes get quoted and then that reply get's quoted and so on and so forth. It's OK if it's just a few quotes but once they start getting monstrously huge, it is not OK.

Referral Links: Posting links to "personal accounts" on websites (where you get some benefit from having multiple people click the link) is a warnable offense. This refers to Cyber-war, Outwar, plus all other variants, and even such sites as Kevan.org (that dumbass zombie brain thing). They are not permitted in threads, titles, signatures, World Factbook entries, National Mottos, or anywhere else.

Regional Messageboard Spam: Spamming a regional messageboard. Only founders should clear the spam - it helps if you clear it with messages saying '--clearing spam--' or something to avoid being accused of spamming yourself. Nations who keep spamming a particular region are Griefers which is far more serious. Report RMS using the Getting Help Page (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=help).

Region Griefing: Region Griefing is the malicious cousin of "region crashing". Where "crashing" involves moving several nations into a region at once and taking over the delegate-ship, griefing involves less savoury events afterwards. Basically the same as Griefing, only it's a bunch of nations (the region crashers) being griefed. Report this using the Getting Help Page (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=help).

Spam/SPAM: Off-topic, irrelevant and multi-posts that clog the server. This includes posting lots of smilies which is known as Smilie Spam. Also akin to spamming is Post-whoring which is when a player posts anything just to increase the postcount. Going in and out of a region and hence filling up the regional events board with departing and arriving messages is known as Events Log Spamming and is not allowed. Spamming to the point where you get deleted is known as Klamathing. Spamming in the forums should be reported through the Moderation forum, and In-game, through the Getting Help Page (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=help).

Thread Hijacking: Appropiating a thread for a discussion totally unrelated to the original purpose of said thread.

Trolling: Posts that are made with the aim of angering people. (like 'ALL JEWS ARE [insert vile comment here]' for example). Also is used to refer to making obviously silly topics that people nonetheless will reply to. (making a case for the proof that teletubbies exist for instance. There will always be someone who feels compelled to post 'No they don't.' Threads like this should just be ignored.)

Trollbaiting: Posts that are made to attract trolls. First known instance is someone creating a topic for Republicans to gloat in after the 2004 election "So that I could see who to add to my ignore list!" I [Cogitation] had already declared gloating over the elections to constitute trolling. [Added by Cogitation - Nov 3, 2004]

UN Multiing: Primarily someone who has more than one UN nation. Also, in Roleplay, Puppet Multiing is when someone uses their other nations in wars to give themselves an advantage. Not against the game rules, but very likely to tick people off. Suspected UN multies should be reported using the Getting Help Page (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=help), never the Moderation forum.


A Note concerning the NationStates Terms of Service (TOS) and FAQ: While it should go without saying, some players aparently think the TOS and FAQ don't apply on the forums. They do. Don't be stupid.

Edit by MGH for semantic and connotative reasons. Re-edit to note that you aren't to advertise in Lazarus. Edit by UP to include ad telespam. Fris added TOS notice. Fris added Referral Links.

Godmoding,Godmodding/Wanking and (puppet) Multiing: Look here: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43557

The link is broken; what is godmodding?

Trolling: Posts that are made with the aim of angering people. (like 'ALL JEWS ARE [insert vile comment here]' for example). Also is used to refer to making obviously silly topics that people nonetheless will reply to. (making a case for the proof that teletubbies exist for instance. There will always be someone who feels compelled to post 'No they don't.' despite the fact that threads like this should be just left to die.)

As I use the word trolling means posting with the aim of generating a lot of responses, particularly stereotypical and uninteresting responses. A "well done" troll will contain hints to clueful and aware readers that the poster is trolling, thus letting them in on the "joke". Doing this with a minimal amount/size of posts can also be part of the art of trolling. A good example of well done trolling would be Strenwar-da-trub's posts in this (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=85848&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0) thread, which although not a minimum of posts, did generate the expected corrections and points from penguinistas. They completely suckered me (The Cold Highlands).Unfortunately, things like flamebait are the more common forms of trolling.

So, is it gravedigging if you use a thread to refer people who would like to join an organization which was started on the forum to the organization's thread if it hasn't been visited in over a month?

*eyes above post*

Yep, think that makes sense. :wink:

Edit: Also, is it considered gravedigging to add something to the end of a stickied thread if no one has posted there in some time? Because these threads seem never to lose their relevance...

Gravedigging requires a fair amount of Mod descretion. If someone finds an old thread that they think warrents further discussion, they sometimes bump it up. As long as you're acknowledging that it's old, and adding something I, personally, don't have a problem with it.

The other option would be to create a new thread and link to the older one (which is kinda prefered).

However, if you're just bumping it up because it's old, then we (read: you) have problems.

Under what categorie falls posting goatze and tubgirl? Spamming or deliberatly psychological damage?

Posting obscene materials.

Can a founding nation be punished for griefing :?:

Can a founding nation be punished for griefing :?:

Founders can boot all the inhabitants if they want. They kinda rule like that.

Is it okay to threaten forbidden action, such as 'hacking' a regional password? I looked through the rules to see if I should report Much happiness for a post on Conservatopia's Civil HQ ("your wrong you know al of you an invaision is coming we have hackers so the password is futile"), but the rules on threats seem to be about threats against a player.

No rules against threatening a region. I'm sure it wouldn't mind. :wink:

Anyway, as long as the password's not easily guessable and you're careful about who you give it to, there's no way they can 'hack' it.

hate to be a Newbie, but exactly what is a DOS nation? I write the occasional batch file in DOS, but how do I create a DOS nation, or why would I want to avoid doing so. Sorry, it may be a dumb question, but I've not quite figured this out.

A DOS nation refers to nations that frequently cheat, spam, grief etc. until we're sick of them and just delete them when we see them. Thus the term 'Delete On Sight'. You do NOT want to be a DOS nation. ;)

Off-topic and spam posts http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/frisbeeteria/split_sm.jpg to http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=408283



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