House rules

Short version: argue with the idea, not the person, and leave every thread more useful than you found it.

What gets moderated

• Abuse. Insults, dogpiling, slurs — instant queue, usually a silence or worse.
• Spam. Link-dropping, engagement farming, sockpuppets. Banned on sight.
• Bad-faith flagging. The flag queue is a tool, not a weapon.

How moderation works here

Three member flags hide a post automatically until a moderator reviews it. Every moderator action lands in an audit log with a written reason. Sanctions are time-boxed where possible and lifted automatically when they lapse.

Trust levels

Posting rights expand with participation, not payment. Reading, posting and receiving reactions raise your trust level; the thresholds are deliberately unglamorous. Arcade scores never buy forum privileges.