The Netiquette of Retrostrap Boards
Welcome, traveller. Wipe your feet, the hit counter has already counted you.
This is a slow forum. There is no feed, no algorithm, no like button, and nothing here is trying to keep you "engaged". There are only people, posts, and time. Twelve rules keep it that way, in truth one rule with eleven footnotes, and the one rule is the oldest on the net:
1. Remember the human. RFC 1855 said it in 1995 and it has not expired. Behind every post is a person with a keyboard, a mug of something, and a day you know nothing about. Write to the person, not at the screen.
2. Assume good faith. Terseness is usually haste, not hostility. Ask before you take offense; it turns away nine of ten flame wars at the door.
3. Search before asking. The search box is humble but hard-working. If you find an old thread that almost answers you, reply to it, which brings us to:
4. Necroposting is welcome here. If you add something new, an old thread waking up after three years is a feature, not a faux pas. We are a slow forum and proud of it.
5. Greet the newcomers. Nobody is "just a Newbie", every Old-Timer's post count once said zero. A hello in "Introduce yourself!" costs nothing and makes a member out of a lurker.
6. Disagree with arguments, not with people. Attack the idea as hard as you like; leave its author standing.
7. Quote sparingly. Trim the quote to the lines you are actually answering. Nobody enjoys reading the same post twice, slightly indented.
8. Stay on the board's topic. Framework talk in Retrostrap Talk, everything else in the Lounge, alles auf Deutsch am Stammtisch. New subject? Start a new thread, threads are free.
9. Keep your signature to three lines. Your post should always be longer than your name.
10. Thank people by replying. There is no like button, and that is not a missing feature, it is the whole point. A written "thanks, that fixed it" helps the next person who searches; a thumbs-up helps no one.
11. Moderation is transparent. Anything removed says so, in public, with a reason. No silent edits, no shadow bans, no memory holes.
12. The Sysops' word is final, and appealable. If you think a call was wrong, write to the Webmaster and say so, calmly. That is not rebellion; that is the system working as designed.
That's the whole law. Pull up a chair, introduce yourself, and remember: behind every avatar there is a human, probably reheating their coffee.
Yours, the Sysops & the Webmaster
Welcome, traveller. Wipe your feet, the hit counter has already counted you.
This is a slow forum. There is no feed, no algorithm, no like button, and nothing here is trying to keep you "engaged". There are only people, posts, and time. Twelve rules keep it that way, in truth one rule with eleven footnotes, and the one rule is the oldest on the net:
1. Remember the human. RFC 1855 said it in 1995 and it has not expired. Behind every post is a person with a keyboard, a mug of something, and a day you know nothing about. Write to the person, not at the screen.
2. Assume good faith. Terseness is usually haste, not hostility. Ask before you take offense; it turns away nine of ten flame wars at the door.
3. Search before asking. The search box is humble but hard-working. If you find an old thread that almost answers you, reply to it, which brings us to:
4. Necroposting is welcome here. If you add something new, an old thread waking up after three years is a feature, not a faux pas. We are a slow forum and proud of it.
5. Greet the newcomers. Nobody is "just a Newbie", every Old-Timer's post count once said zero. A hello in "Introduce yourself!" costs nothing and makes a member out of a lurker.
6. Disagree with arguments, not with people. Attack the idea as hard as you like; leave its author standing.
7. Quote sparingly. Trim the quote to the lines you are actually answering. Nobody enjoys reading the same post twice, slightly indented.
8. Stay on the board's topic. Framework talk in Retrostrap Talk, everything else in the Lounge, alles auf Deutsch am Stammtisch. New subject? Start a new thread, threads are free.
9. Keep your signature to three lines. Your post should always be longer than your name.
10. Thank people by replying. There is no like button, and that is not a missing feature, it is the whole point. A written "thanks, that fixed it" helps the next person who searches; a thumbs-up helps no one.
11. Moderation is transparent. Anything removed says so, in public, with a reason. No silent edits, no shadow bans, no memory holes.
12. The Sysops' word is final, and appealable. If you think a call was wrong, write to the Webmaster and say so, calmly. That is not rebellion; that is the system working as designed.
That's the whole law. Pull up a chair, introduce yourself, and remember: behind every avatar there is a human, probably reheating their coffee.
Yours, the Sysops & the Webmaster