Forum Rules (Updated as of 2018)

The rules at YouChew are simple, concise, and easy to follow. Make constructive, quality, entertaining posts, treat your fellow members with respect, and use common sense, and everything will be alright. More specifically, our rules are as follows:

• No pornography (sexual or erotic images with exposed breasts, genitalia, excessive innuendo, etc.), graphic content (gore, shock images, etc.) or illegal content of any kind. Almost-pornography isn't welcome, either. Staff will use discretion, so don't push your luck.
• Don't make posts that are useless to the topic at hand. That includes spamming, shitposting, thread spamming, status spamming, and "necrobumping" (bumping a very old thread with a useless post). Spamming that serves no value other than to hinder the quality of the site is not allowed.
• Personal abuse, personal attacks, and general mean-spirited behavior are not tolerated at all. If you do this to our members outside the site, it is also frowned upon.
  • In addition, suicide and self-harm venting is not tolerated.
• Forum raids, invasions, conspiracy, malicious planning, and illegal activities are not allowed.
• Refer to pinned threads in specific forums and other parts of the site for supplementary guidelines and information. (Blogs, Tennis, Buy/Sell/Trade, etc.)
• One account per person per lifetime, period. It is only necessary to register once, however you will only be punished if you continue to create superfluous accounts after a warning from a moderator. If someone else sharing your IP or an IP very close to yours wishes to join, it's generally advised to give the staff a heads-up first so we don't confuse it for an alt account. Sockpuppet accounts, spam accounts and accounts used for ban evasion will be banned permanently on sight, no questions asked. Users are also not allowed to share accounts.
• Expect bigger, harsher punishments for collaborative flooding, spamming, and shitposting. We have zero tolerance for that behavior.
• You must be 13 or over to participate.  Anyone under 13 will be suspended until they are at least 13 years old. Current members under 13 who joined before Nov 12, 2015 will be handled on a case-by-case basis.  
  • In addition, it is recommended that you are at least 18 before you join.  This will not be enforced, however certain kinds of discussions that happen here may not be suitable for people under that age.  
• Staff Discretion Policy: Staff is allowed to use discretion when appropriate to determine if somebody has been troublesome enough to warrant a verbal warning, a suspension, or a ban, with or without being required to consult the rest of the staff.
• Moderator Abuse Policy: In the event of a punishment, users are allowed to dispute their punishment or to dispute a moderator and their actions in general. Mistakes do happen and sometimes moderator action may not be necessary after all.
• Common Sense Clause: When necessary, a staff member is allowed discretion to determine whether an act is a transgression or not, and the rules are not limited only to this list of guidelines. In other words, use common sense.
• Agreement Policy: These rules may change in the future with or without warning, in case we removed or forgot something. By joining YouChew, you hereby agree to these rules, to know them, and to follow them. For users who have been here under the "don't be a dick policy", you agree to these new rules by continuing to use the forum.

Failure to adhere to these rules will result in a warning, if they are of a minor violation, and a ban if they are a major violation (temp or perma is up to the moderation's discretion).

YouChew aims to be a safe, fun (and sometimes even funny) environment where everyone does their best to get along and have a good time. We are not a hugbox, but we're also not a dickbox. Use common sense and we guarantee you'll be here for a very very long time.

The rules have been changed.  Please take a moment to read them over, especially if you have not read them in a while, or ever.

List of changes

• To be a more transparent staff, the following rule was removed:
  • Don't start threads asking why people are banned. If they told you they were banned for no reason, they're lying to you.
• Due to the type of content posted on this site, the following rule was added:
  • You must be 13 or over to participate.  Anyone under 13 will be suspended until they are at least 13 years old. Current members under 13 who joined before Nov 12, 2015 will be handled on a case-by-case basis.  
    • In addition, it is recommended that you are at least 18 before you join.  This will not be enforced, however certain kinds of discussions that happen here may not be suitable for people under that age. 

Removed a reference to the Buying/Selling/Trading forums, as they have been retired.