1. First of all it is against the Terms of Use of this sight that you agreed to when you signed up to call other posters names, insult or attack them if you are confused about this then review the Terms of Use.
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More importantly nobody else wants to read about your little spat so take it somewhere else. If you can't stand to read ideas contrary to your own then you do not need to read and post here. This especially applies to these spats going on over players. It doesn't matter if its Rondo, Pierce, Green, or whoever throwing a fit because another poster criticized your favorite player is not going to be tolerated. So if someone says something critical about your favorite player LET IT GO. Give your defense of the player but leave the poster out of it. On the other hand if you are in a thread, say about a player, and your contributions to the thread amounts to saying the same thing in five different post to the effect of "player X sux LOL, celtics fans are delusional" and make no attempt to defend you position, you will be getting a baiting/trolling warning.
2. Unfortunately the team is struggling, this usually brings two things 1. a lot more to talk about overall and 2. a lot of negativity. If you are a new poster or a poster who is brought out to discuss the team's struggles and what direction the team should take try and respect that there other people who post here all the time when times are good and bad and may not be quite as ready to throw in the towel as you. Ridiculing people for not being ready to give up on the team is not going to be tolerated and neither is calling people out for being negative.
From now on there will be one Ass of Shame thread after the game. Any other threads reacting to a game loss will result in it being locked and you WILL BE getting a warning. If you want to start a separate VERY WELL THOUGHT out negative/positive thread that takes a bigger picture view then that is okay, but these 1 to 3 line threads titled "we're through, Celtics suck, fire doc, fire Danny, trade player X after losses are no longer going to be tolerated, and there are already threads for these topics. This is not an attempt to censor the board, but improve the rapidly deteriorating quality we have been seeing recently. AGAIN, negative posts are fine but put some time into them, make sure there isn't another thread already addressing the topic, and don't call out other posters or the Celtics fan base.
3. Trade threads are a part of the site and with the Trade Deadline looming there is going to more and more to talk about on this. But we cannot have a new thread for every trade idea that crosses your mind. The general rule for starting a new thread for a specific trade idea is that is linked to some rumor, your personal trade ideas belong in the Trade Thread
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If the rumor mill produces something that deserves its own thread go for it as long as no one else already has posted one related to that topic.
4. If you have a problem with another poster, a post, or a topic please use the REPORT BUTTON or PM A MODERATOR. The moderators try to read every post in every thread but even if we do we may miss something. Taking it into your own hands only confuses the situation and makes it harder on the mods to address the actual problem. Posting in a thread that a topic is terrible only makes it rise up to the top of the page. This also means don't start a thread calling out the moderators, or a why did my thread got locked. If your thread is locked and you are wondering why PM A MODERATOR. In many cases a conscientous edit of thread thread could lead to it getting unlocked.
Thanks for reading this and LETS GO CELTICS (really now would be a good time)!
