The DMC is a great community, and the admin team wants the group to stay focused on dice. We have a few rules to keep the community happy and prevent advertisements from taking over. Rules can be found by going to “About” on the lefthand side and scrolling down to the rules section. On mobile, they can be found by going to the left-most menu called “about” and scrolling down a bit. This blog post will discuss those rules so that everyone understands not only what the rules are but also the reasoning behind these rules. Just keep in mind that for every rules violation we also have some very subjective grey-area situations where it turns into a judgment call. The admin team tries to remain as fair as possible in those situations and do what’s best for the DMC.
Posting Links and Stores
Perhaps the most common question and rules violation has to do with posting commercial content. The basic rule is simple. If you are a business owner, you can’t post links to your store. You can only post news, sales, and new items to the thread provided for you (the business thread we created). This keeps content organized and prevents the DMC from turning into nothing but advertising for products. It also prevents business owners from simply deleting any comments they don’t like.
Well, what if you’re not a business? If you’re not the business owner, you can feel free to link to shops and sales. The only exceptions are 1) eBay links, which began to take over the group for awhile. We ask that those are confined to the Dice Market. And 2) Referral links – referral links are not just showing a member a store. Referral links refer specifically to links where the person posting gets some sort of discount or additional contest entries for posting. We have this rule so that people don’t use the group as their own personal source for contests and discounts. A good example of a referral link is Massdrops – they often have referral links to give the poster a discount for people they get to join the drop. Gleam contests are another good example. Finally, 3) No using “sell something” to sell an item in the group. Individuals can post a picture and say “selling my dice set for $20, pm me!” but cannot create an official listing using the “sell something” feature. The “sell something” feature should only be used in the dice market.
Kickstarters
What about crowdfunding? The same rules apply as above. If it isn’t your KS, you can share it to the group! Just please use the search to see if someone else (like the admin team!) have already posted it. If it has already been posted, we’ll simply post the link and redirect to the previous post to keep all content in the same area.
Keep it Dicey
One of the most obvious rules in the DMC is to keep content dice related. This is fairly straight forward, but every once in awhile we remove a post that’s D&D related or design related but not actually about dice. Please don’t be offended. We just want to keep content on target. Also, to go along with this rule, we try to keep the group free of religious or political conversations. Even if the comments are benign and the people involved are not insulted, it can go off the rails quickly.
Oh, Behave!
Along with the political and religious comments that can derail conversations, we have a few very simple rules to keep everyone happy. Very simply, no fighting! No fighting about dice or anything else. If a thread gets heated, we will remove it.
Admins need to be able to see your posts, and you need to be able to see admin posts. We also need to be able to contact you if we need to. For these reasons, you cannot have a member of the admin team blocked. If you do and we realize it, you’ll be asked to unblock. Remember that it’s policy to contact the Dice Maniacs Club – Fanpage if you have an issue. Even if you’re familiar with who the admins and mods are, we ask that you contact the page. That way the most available person will get back to you; contacting an individual might result in a delay because they’re busy or do not see the message.
Conclusion
Hopefully this cleared up some rules! The admin team is happy to answer questions about rules if you message the Dice Maniacs Club – Fanpage. But please don’t be offended if you have a post that gets deleted or a link that gets removed. You’re a valuable part of the group, and we want you to participate! We just want to maintain the rules so that the group stays full of dicey goodness!
