Forum posting rules/etiquette

Just what's said above can suggest that there are unwritten rules, and as far as I understand, CD hasn't been arguing about the rightness or wrongness of this anyway; he's just stating an observation from his own experience on the forum.

Another possible deduction could be that similar situations can result in arbitrary action. And that would be serious.

I myself would argue that such things wouldn't be healthy in any online community.

But I won't, because -to illustrate how a newly active member like myself can be confused- I had read elsewhere that the way to staying a member on the forum requires keeping a low-profile, like for instant that there is an inner circle and that I should never argue with them or diss their products or I could be banned without any reason given.

And to illustrate this further: "I am even afraid that this very paragraph may cause me trouble."

There was a thread yesterday about sharing of WSO's outside the forum like on BH sites. That thread is gone today. I am not sure if it was because a comment there which led the conversation into the topic of racism, or because it was about piracy of WSOs. What I got out of this experience was that I wouldn't be involved in such threads in the future. I feel like 20 minutes of my time has been history. Actually, I had seen my post count go down many times and I have only now figured out that I may never be able to figure out the reason and just guess.

Such can be the moderation here and I accept it as it is (I don't expect to be notified with reasons afterall).
My original question was from my desire to have a long future here in this community without getting out of line with what would seem to senior members as "common sensical". CD's response AND others have been very informative.

I'd like to sum up what I see here.
Nobody is saying all rules should be written down.
What CD calls "unwritten rules", another may see as common sense.
But in any case, it seems like newish active members need to somewhat cultivate this sense common to the established members.
That is, if you will count my experience as a valid example. I thought and still think that asking for advice on a future product should be fair game. But it turns it may be a reason for a temporary ban here.
Now that I know, I won't do that and I will be more common-sensical

You have a benefit you're overlooking: your picture is congruent with your behaviour. You act like I imagine the person in your avatar would act. That consistency counts for something.

This isn't some sort of secret society, you know. It's just the way communities develop over extended periods of time. Unwritten rules begin to proliferate around the three to five year mark.

Well, I might if I can eventually resolve all the ambiguous information that is flying around, and work out what actually can be done and what can't.

Apparently just asking about such things is considered by some people as self promotional, and therefore a banning offence.

cheers,
Eric G.

And it was fair. There's no grudge over here. You'll find that in general, very few people actually have a problem with anything that leads to a ban. They understand why it happened, and it's a fair decision.

Tribal knowledge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Every community has a multitude of unwritten rules.

What word is automatically replaced by "Bluefart" in posts?

Don't tell me - link to the written rule.

It is my understanding that any predictable and reliable behaviour of software constitutes a rule.