The hypocrisy of the Chris Marquette message board rules

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OK, so the Spam policy seems good, no problems at all with that.

Respect the people around you
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This is the biggest piece of hypocrisy on their message board.
On the face this seems reasonable, but far from it. One of the big problems is that they (the owners of the site) can trash and bad mouth any person they wish. If they don't like a certain actor they will trash them at will. And if you come to this actors defense, they will trash you too.

One of the co-owners is known for this if anyone brings up Shia LaBeouf. She is known on their by the name of TheCentralScutinizer. In the past she has called him childish names as Sheephead. Sure, it's ok to not like an actor, but comments like that aren't constructive or considerate. Fact is that it's an insult.

So the co-owners don't even follow their own rules, that's the hypocrisy.

Go easy on the emoticons
Emoticons (smileys) can be a great way to express what you're thinking/feeling. But use too many, it can get really annoying (especially if they're animated). Please don't use too many emoticons in your threads. Even if you're laughing out loud, rolling on the floor about something, two or three of them in a row will more than suffice. Emoticons are means to underline someone's emotions (hence the name), but they're not meant to spam the board with little smiley faces.

No comment on those since I don't use them.

What to talk about
This is a Chris Marquette board. Thus the subject that we talk about is him and his projects. There is an off-topic area where you can post anything that's on your mind (unless it's disrespectful). We're not limiting the board to any subjects that can be talked about, so feel free to let everyone know the things you want to share. But please pay attention that you post in the right sections. If you have something to say about one of Chris's movies, take it to the "All About Chris" or "Chris On Screen" thread and not the "Joan of Arcadia" one. Of course there might be overlapping here and there (and that's fine), but threads that don't belong will be moved.

Ok, all well and good. However it seems that you must not only be familiar with Chis Marquette but you must also worship him as if he's the greatest actor alive. The rabid fangirls who run this site and the message board expect everyone who wishes to join to be the same like they do. They say that they don't limit the subjects, ah but they do. If all you do is post in another section of their message board and never post anything at all about their adored Chris Marquette you will be punished, perhaps even banned.

Also they bring up being disrespectful, and again here is the hypocrisy. They can be as disrespectful to celebrities, politicians and other users, but dare to utter anything negative about Chris and you will be treated harshly.

Basically if they don't like you and think that you aren't the stans that they are of Chris Marquette they will censor you and ban you.

Throw away the key
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Meaning that if they don't like the subject matter of the thread they will lock it and censor any further discussions of a similar nature.
But I have never seen them lock a thread that one of the co-owners have ever created.

Making yourself look unique
Signatures can be used on this board, and feel free to use one. But, please, we ask you to not make it too big or too flashy. Blinking on-and-off animated banners can be really annoying and those that are too big will have to make you scroll for ages to read the next post. Please think a moment about what you want to say in your signature with as little words/pixels as possible.

But the co-owners post stupid pics of Chris Marquette in their signatures all the time.

BRB, ROFLOL and BTW
We know that in this fast-lived world of e-mailing, text-messaging and IM'ing, acronyms become more and more popular and people seem to care less and less about spelling. However, please consider that we have international visitors here who might not be as familiar with the English language as a native speaker. Not using any punctuation and using only lower case letters and lots of confusing abbreviations might make things hard to read for certain people. Please consider that when you post.

Funny how one of the co-owner is from Germany and demands that everyone post in English. Also strange in that they have an entire section in German.

Disclaimer and Agreement:
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Seems that this portion of the rule only applies to others, and not the co-owners or administrators of the message board.

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Fine.

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Seems ok doesn't it.

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Fairly vague isn't it?

Your administrators domesticelephant, Sisterdebmac and TeeJay

The last two are the biggest hypocrites that I ever had the misfortune of meeting on the internet.