The past few weeks we have seen more than one thread start with debate, and a few pages later end up with name-calling. We have prided ourselves here at BW on freedom of speech, and lack of censorship. However, I think it's time that a policy go into effect to protect the harmony and attitude of the discussion board. There are some faithful members of BuffettWorld who have stopped posting because of the constant barrage of personal attacks that they have to sift through. There's no place for that. We can all have civilized debates without resorting to name calling.
Here's the new policy:
1st offense - Warning
2nd offense - 30 day suspension
3rd offense - Permanent ban
Now this policy applies to EVERYONE, including moderators, and registered members. No favoritism or animosity will be shown to one person or groups of people.
If any of this is unclear, please feel free to ask questions in this thread.
Use this button --->
to report posts that may be in violation of the policy.
I'm grateful for each and every one of you who post here and have turned BW into the great place that it is. Let's keep it that way!
-Josh
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AMMENDMENTI've had some folks ask me about this and so we've decided to alter the policy with regards to durations.
Once you commit your first offense and you get a warning, that warning remains in effect for 90 days. If during that 90 days, you commit a second offense, you get a 30 day ban. Once that 30 day ban is up, you then have a 6 month period that if you commit another offense, you get the permanent ban. If the 90 days expire without a second offense, then you go back to having zero offenses. Same for if you complete the 6 month period after your 30 day ban without another offense, you go back to have zero offenses.
I reserve the right to take action though against someone who takes advantage of these periods, for example by violating the policy the day after your 90 days is up because you know that you won't actually be given the 30 day ban, you'll just be getting the warning and another 90 day period. So let's not do that
too bad this doesnt seem to apply to the person who said " are you one of the stupid ignorant idiots the other guy was talking about?"
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