Community guidelines
A standard, not a suggestion.
TALE is built for people who take their work seriously and their disagreements honestly. These rules exist so the room stays worth being in.
What this place is for
Publishing work, testing ideas, and finding people to build with. TALE is not a performance space for engagement metrics, and nothing here is ranked by who arrived first.
Disagree with the argument
Critique the claim, the evidence, or the reasoning. Never the person making it. Addresses are not arguments, and popularity is not evidence.
Credit authorship
Publish only work you made or have the right to share. Cite the sources you used. Misattributing someone else's work ends participation.
No harassment, no impersonation
No targeted abuse, doxxing, threats, or accounts presenting themselves as someone else. This is enforced, not merely discouraged.
No spam, no manipulation
No bulk promotion, no coordinated vote manipulation, no engagement farming. Repetition is not emphasis.
Reporting and appeals
Any member can report a post, a response, or a profile. Reports go to a person. Every moderation action is recorded with a reason, and a suspended member may appeal by replying to the notice they receive.
Enforcement
Moderation can remove content, warn a member, or suspend an account. Suspension stops publishing and responding; reading remains open. Every action is logged. There is no shadow banning here.
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