Discussion rules

1. Address the point, not the person

Criticise claims, reasoning, sources, and likely consequences. Do not insult, threaten, shame, dogpile, or speculate about another contributor’s identity or motives.

• Do not name or hint at identifiable people.
• Do not share handles, profile links, contact details, locations, workplaces, or private messages.
• Do not encourage others to investigate or contact someone.

2. Make claims you can defend

Separate evidence from inference and opinion. Explain what a source supports rather than dropping a link without context. Strong claims—especially claims of criminal or sexual wrongdoing—need correspondingly strong, responsibly presented evidence.

• No unsupported allegations against identifiable people.
• No fabricated quotations, evidence, or impersonation.
• Correct material mistakes when they are pointed out.

3. Keep sensitive discussion non-graphic

This is an 18+ text-only space, but it is not a venue for explicit sexual description, fetish material, or content that sexualises children. Use the minimum detail needed to discuss policy, risk, evidence, or safeguarding.

4. Do not game the conversation

One person gets one reaction per point and one vote per comment. Coordinated voting, automation, repeated posting, deceptive account use, and attempts to evade moderation are prohibited. Suspicious activity may be quarantined while it is reviewed.

5. Moderation is risk based

Low-risk contributions may publish immediately. Medium-risk content can publish while entering priority review. High-risk content stays hidden pending review. Critical prohibited content is blocked and escalated. Moderators may redact personal information, lock threads, remove content, invalidate manipulated votes, or restrict participation.

• Report content privately instead of escalating it in public.
• A visible redaction marker remains when moderators remove unsafe details.
• You can appeal a content decision or restriction through the complaints process.