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- The 30 Commandments of BBSing
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- It has finally happened. Some very intelligent SysOp gave some great thought
- as to how a BBS should be operated and came up with these Commandments. We
- would be very remiss if We kept these from you, so here they are:
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- 1. Thou shalt love thy BBS with all thy heart and all thy bytes.
- 2. Thou shalt remember thy name and thy password.
- 3. Thou shalt not POST IN ALL CAPS!
- 4. Thou shalt use your real name when required.
- 5. Thou shalt call a BBS no more than three times a day.
- 6. Honor thy SysOp.
- 7. Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's password, nor his or her
- real name, computer, software, nor any other thing belonging to
- him or her.
- 8. Thou shalt not post messages that are stupid, worthless, or
- have no meaning.
- 9. Thou shalt use the English language properly.
- 10. Thou shalt spell thy words correctly.
- 11. Thou shalt delete thine own mail.
- 12. Thou shalt delete thine olden messages.
- 13. Thou shalt help others users.
- 14. Thou shalt not post anonymously when offering criticism.
- 15. Thou shalt keep thy extremely foul language to thyself.
- 16. Thou shalt not occupy thy BBS with thine arguments, for
- verily, I say unto thee that thou shalt maketh a fool of
- thyself.
- 17. Woe be unto the user who attempt to crash thy BBS, for he or
- she shalt be cast out from the sanctuary of thy hobby and
- must repent by doing 40 days and 40 nights of penance in
- voice-only communications.
- 18. Thou shalt first dial BBS number during the day by way of
- voice line to assure the correct number.
- 19. Thou shalt not post other users' real names.
- 20. Thou shalt not post messages while drunk.
- 21. Thou shalt confine thy messages to those of friendship,
- requests for assistance, aid to the needy, advice, and
- advancement of thy hobby; and thou art obligated to repel any
- who wouldst transgress upon those commandments.
- 22. If thou doth promise to reply to a message and thou doth not,
- then surely thou shalt spill coffee into thy keyboard and
- burn out thy central processing chip.
- 23. Thou shalt not giveth any false information when applying for
- membership to thy BBS, for verily it is written that
- whosoever shall do so will surely be found out and thy
- welcome on all boards will be thus denied forever and ever.
- 24. Thou shalt log on properly and in accordance with the SysOp's
- rules.
- 25. Thou shalt observe BBS time limits.
- 26. Thou shalt not upload "worm" or "virus" programs.
- 27. Thou shalt not ask stupid questions that are already fully
- explained in the BBS instructions.
- 28. Thou shalt not exchange copyrighted software thru the BBS.
- 29. Thou shalt not violate applicable state/federal/local laws
- and regulations affecting BBS telecommunications, or thy will
- face the wrath of the judicial system.
- 30. Thou shalt not hack.
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