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RELEVANCY: Make sure your comment is relevant to the content. Off-topic comments will be removed, unless itĄ¯s a designated off-topic area.

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EMPATHISE: Be patient with other users. Even if someone posts in a way that annoys you (in txt spk for example), stay polite and light-hearted in any response. (In 10 years they might be your doctor, or Member of Parliament.)


Make sure you donĄ¯t:

(Breaking these rules may result in your suspension)

BAD LANGUAGE: No swearing of any kind is allowed in Channel 4 Communities (even with ***s!).

OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR: DonĄ¯t post in a manner likely to offend users, disrupt the community or just, in general, be mean.

THEFT: DonĄ¯t copy and paste large chunks from other sites or include copyrighted material in your post.

VIRUS RISK: DonĄ¯t link to any kind of media or executable file directly. If you suspect someone has attempted to post one, DO NOT open it. Please note Channel 4 is not responsible for third party sites.

BICKERING: DonĄ¯t get into personal arguments with other users. We do not allow the abuse of other forum members and commenters. If another user is attempting to get into an argument with you please do not rise to the bait. Use the alert button (present on the bottom right-hand corner of every post) rather than getting into personal attacks. If a thread deteriorates into a personal argument all posts will be removed and all parties involved suspended.

SAFETY: DonĄ¯t give out any personal information about yourself or another person, especially contact information. You may think you know the people you are chatting to on the forum, but you do not know the many thousands of casual guests who wander the forums and can read what you post.

ILLEGAL: Do not include anything that is obscene, indecent, harassing, threatening or offensive or that promotes cruelty, violence, vandalism, fraudulent or criminal acts or anything that could encourage others to commit illegal acts or acts that could cause physical harm if replicated.
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SPAM: DonĄ¯t try to promote your website, business, dodgy money making scheme, hamster breeding farm or your lonely single self.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Messages may be removed if posted in languages other than English (we are not an overly educated bunch here).

LINKS: You can link to any website to illustrate your comment so long as it is not:
- Commercially motivated
- A link to content the breaches copyright
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- A link to obscene or unlawful content
- Considered spam or off-topic
If you are a blogger, you may add a link to your blog in the ĄŽurlĄ¯ field where available, (this is not applicable to the forums).