Code of Conduct

CODE OF CONDUCT



The atmosphere at Tacoma World is meant to be welcoming and friendly to anyone who visits. Therefore, the staff of this site have laid out the following guidelines:

Use of offensive and inflammatory language, discussions or content targeting/encompassing an ethnic, political, religion or religious group, gender, sexual orientation, name calling and humiliating or bashing members, this includes targeting threads or tagging members to join in to demean, degrade or detract from the topic, is prohibited in the forums of Tacoma World. Political discussion will result in a 30 day ban. This includes postings of any political memes or gifs. Talk or displays of reckless driving, street racing and excessive speeding are also not permitted on Tacoma World. Discussions, links, pictures and videos of illegal activities are not permitted on Tacoma World

Personal attacks or threats against other members will not be tolerated and generally results in expulsion from the site.

Any link pertaining to affiliate links, self-promoting links including YouTube channels, crowdsourcing, or fundraiser links of any kind are not permitted without prior approval by the staff. This includes personal fundraising through GoFundMe, Patreon, etc. This applies to any fund raising means as well; such as raffles, lotteries, etc.

Fundraising accounts, including GoFundMe links and similar, are not allowed.

Should you have reason to take issue with a thread or post content, please discuss it with the Site Administrator or Moderators. Do not feel obligated or empower yourself to deal with the issue on their behalf. Such action will not be tolerated since it quickly spins out of control and the consequences are irreversible. Such unwarranted action almost never remedies the issue but hurts and brings disrepute to all of us Tacoma owners and enthusiasts.

Images or discussions that are questionable or sexual in nature DO NOT belong on the forum. Images of persons wearing bathing suits are permissible presuming there is no excessive cleavage, buttocks, or other items of that nature deemed that may be inappropriate. "Thread baiting" with use of 'sexy pictures' is not to be conducted.

The word "would" should not be added after a photo as it only asks for unnecessary comments.

A vast cross section of people browse this popular site from their places of work and/or homes where co-workers or family members are in close proximity. These members should not have to worry about potentially embarrassing images appearing on their screen as a result of careless posting.

Links that are not safe for work "NSFW" are also not permitted here, at TacomaWorld.com.
Any violation of the guidelines set out above will be dealt with by the moderators at their own discretion, including permanently banning members who decide to go against the rules and spirit of the site.

Tacomaworld Buy/Sell/Trade rules apply to all subforums and threads on Tacomaworld. Please review B/S/T rules before posting a classified add.

Some useful links regarding the rules and atmosphere here at Tacomaworld:

No Politics Allowed
No politics reminder for Guns/Hunting section
No rick rolling
Don't be creepy with female members
No illegal/immigration discussion

Atmosphere:
Tigerfan00's "halftime speech"
Reminder about fighting/arguing

 

Clarification:

Politics is 30 days. No exception.

All other offenses typically follow an order: 3 day for first or minor offenses, 7 day for more major offenses, and 30 day ban for multiple or obscene offenses. IE: if you have to ask, don’t do it. All major and ‘fine line’ bans are discussed as a group, so don’t think you’re being singled out by an individual moderator. Certain hot-button current and former topics such as Greta Thornberg, Jeffrey Epstein, Three Percenters, Bernie’s mittens, and etc. will be treated as politics due to their inflammatory and negativity-inciting subject matter.