Seven Rules

The Seven Rules are required of BoyChat posters to follow in order to keep the board useful for all and remain legal. The current seven rules are:

1. Do not post erotica or overly-detailed sexual discussions.
2. Do not request, offer, or post links to illegal material, including pictures.
3. Do not engage in campaigns of harassment against other posters.
4. Do not reveal identifying details about yourself or other posters.
5. Do not advocate or counsel sex with minors.
6. Do not post admissions of, or accuse others of, potentially illegal activities.
7. Do not request meetings with posters who are under age 18.

The seven rules are complimented by eight guidelines which are:

1. Please refrain from one-line "Me too" or "Kewl dude" replies. Real-time posting should take place on the Treehouse, and threads of this nature may be moved there..
2. Don’t harass, insult, threaten, or impersonate other posters.
3. Please refrain from posting responses outside of the threads to which they apply, unless the thread is deeply buried.
4. No spam posting. Spamming is an attempt to dominate the board by a poster who continually and consistently posts for the purpose of degrading, commercializing, disrupting, or otherwise negatively affecting BC. Such threads may be moved to YCDTOBC, and when warranted, the poster may be banned.
5. If you have a link to include, please place it in the Link URL box to give posters the option of using a proxy.
6. Please refrain from using BC to notify other posters you have sent them email.
7. Try not to make posts specifically aimed at upsetting other posters, sparking flamewars, or otherwise disrupting the board.
8. Don't infringe copyright (see FAQ).

History

During the period of June - August 1996, BoyChat had just moved under the care of Sean007 and he asked some of the regular posters to come up with a set of rules that the board should operate under. These original rules are still very close to the ones that exist today. Encephalon wrote the original seven rules which were:

1. No erotica.
2. No requests for explicit or questionable material.
3. No blatant flames, excessive profanity, or insults.
4. No "me too" or "cool, dude" messages.
5. No overly detailed or prurient sexual discussions.
6. No "You're a bunch of perverts" messages.
7. No requests to meet boy participants in Real Life.

The original seven rules stood until late 2000 when the cogs made some minor changes and In 2002, HoldenC directed a major revision to the rules which included examples of why the rules were required. Holden's changes were based on input from the posters and the cogs.

External links

Current BoyChat Rules