Adult DVD Talk Forum Etiquette
Ideas borrowed from the forums at Facian.com

Smut’s translation:
Adult DVD Talk Forum Manifesto
Ideas borrowed from the forums at Fascism.com

Adult DVD Talk is a Friendly Community
Treat fellow posters as neighbors. Do not antagonize your neighbors. Please be respectful of each other and each other's threads. If what someone has posted angers you, wait until you calm down before you respond. Thinking before posting is a lesson we all learn and re-learn.

Smut’s translation:
Adult DVD Talk is a Community If you Obey
Treat other posters like the mindless sheep they are. If what someone has posted angers, remain silent and let them get away with their stupidity. No thinking, challenge nothing, reprogram yourself or be deactivated.

Adult DVD Talk is a Global Community
Tone is difficult to convey in a message forum and English is not everyone's first language. Please make it clear when you are joking (that's what the smilies are for) or being sarcastic. Racism, ethnocentrism and religious intolerance have no place here.

Smut’s translation:
Adult DVD Talk is a Global Concentration Camp
Truth is difficult to convey here because it will not be tolerated if Steph the Fuhore doesn’t agree with it. No fun and be sure to take this board too seriously. Tolerance of dissent has no place here.

Adult DVD Talk is a Community of Porn Fans and Industry Insiders
Please do not talk about pornstars, directors or producers as if they are not here. We are lucky to have them here, and they are paying attention to your constructive criticism. Insults will get you nowhere and will lead to the deactivation of your forum account. If you work in the industry please be honest about who you are and who you work for. Otherwise your account will be deactivated.

Smut’s translation:
Adult DVD Talk is a Commune of Porn Fanboys and Industry Idiots dumb enough to post here
Please do not talk truthfully about pornstars, they do not care about you anyway and we are lucky to have a few idiotic ones here. We are lucky to have ANYBODY here, they don’t give a shit about your constructive criticisms. Be nice, kiss ass it will get you nowhere anyway because you are just pathetic fanboys and most porn stars generally find you dirtbags repulsive. If you work in the industry, please ignore the ridicule of who you work for. Otherwise your account will be deactivated for anything we don’t agree with.

Moderators
Moderators are wonderful people who volunteer their time to help keep our forum organized, friendly and informative. Please thank them regularly and send gifts occassionally. Moderators control individual forums. They can edit posts in their forums. If you have a question about a particular forum, you should direct it to your forum moderator. If you have an issue with how something has been moderated send a polite email to the moderator or me(steph@adultdvdtalk.com). Posting a bunch of crazed nonsense about democracy and free speech will only lead to the deactivation of your account.

Smuts’ translation:
Moderators here have the dumbest names and it is their job to be self-important. Please pretend they have authority. No questions allowed, but if you're stupid enough to have an issue your account will be deactivated. The following needs no translation: Posting a bunch of crazed nonsense about democracy and free speech will only lead to the deactivation of your account.

All in All
The forum is here so we can help each other answer questions and simply have a good time. We want to have fun in the forum too. We do not want to spend our time enforcing rules and reminding people to be respectful. We're fortunate to have such an interesting, amusing, considerate group of people gathered here who always welcome new faces. Thanks to everyone who participates! Enjoy!

Smut’s translation:
All in Uber Alles
We spend our time enforcing rules and reminding people to obey, and our standards are absurd and up the whim of Steph the Fuhore. We're fortunate to have such a deluded group of idiots gathered here who always welcome new faces if they agree with our doctrine. Thanks to everyone who obeys! Enjoy or be deactivated!

It's funny because it's true

East coast representin baby

You forgot one rule: you must not be Simp.

Well, all of simp's insurgent actions, though brilliantly malevolent, totally original, cleverly covert & absolutely unpredictable at times prolly fall under the stifling "etiquette" that was devised to cover all bases although it seems anything may break the wacko unwritten rules in Steph the Fuhore's deranged control freak brain. Smut could do a basic psychological profile of the intolerant, unrealistic, illogical and downright dictorial mind that devised the guidelines ridiculed above, but instead he will attack through mockery the mentality behind them when he's got nothing better to do.

Chez!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish i had the attention span needed to read it all. Unfortunately God didn't give me that gift so i will have to take the boards word for it.

Good stuff, Smut. That was some spot-on, funny shit.

My advice for those w/ short attention spans is to just read my translations if you even care, but's ok if you don't.

Yeah, that's what I just did. Funny stuff.