Last night I was looking for a copy of the "no Whispers, no directing" warning that room hosts need to post occasionally, but I had difficulty in finding a copy in the AUP or chatroom rules or in this forum. Eventually Redhot kindly supplied two examples as show below -- many thanks Redhot -- but it would be really useful to have them posted as a "sticky" similar to Sarge's "Emoticon" list. Redhot's samples were:-
This is a NO DIRECTING room. Anyone who wishes to *ask, *request*, *suggest*, *hint*, *beg*, *direct* OR *BE DIRECTED* should move to an appropriate room or risk being BOOTED and BANNED. **That includes cam users encouraging directing in this room**. Please read the chatroom rules here - http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/chatroom/user-rules.html
and
This is a NO directing room. Users who wish to direct or be directed should move to an appropriate room. Directing also includes asking, wishing, begging or suggesting !!!! All users of this room deserve respect whether they are on cam or not so please ensure you are respectful. Please read and understand the site rules - http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/chatroom/user-rules.html
Thanks again Redhot
Thanks for pointing that out Ian -- what I was really hoping for was a "sticky" similar to the "emoticons" sticky full of useful pre-prepared phrases that room hosts could cut and paste to use in their rooms. As it is, we get all sorts of wordings which may or may not be valid (although most do convey the appropriate message).
Thanks
John
The amount of people (yep, usually single guys) who persistently break the no whispering rule and then come back with "I didn't know the rules" is beyond belief.
When I or many of my fellow chatters host a room we tend to post the Rules message when we receive complaint of someone whispering. It's not uncommon to copy and paste the whisper in order to prove the rule-breaking.
In a busy room of 50+ especially with cams on, that may mean the rules get posted a lot more frequently than some people would like but it has to be done.
As always, there's the one or two numpties that spoil it for the rest.
I think the idea about having standard messages attached to emoticon-type buttons has some merit. Here's another suggestion for the new chatroom that might help (taking onboard Ian's comments about people getting argumentative when it's posted by room hosts).
How about some static text that appears permanently at the top of the chat window, which is customisable by the room host when they start a room up? There could be (a) no whispering, (b) no directing, (c) directing allowed and others.
Here's a mock-up to give you an idea of what I mean - these options could be tick-boxes or radio buttons the room host selects when opening a room:
The existing message about not whispering uninvited and no posting of URLs or phone numbers is a good one, but it soon scrolls off the screen. A more visible and permanent reminder would be better.
Yes I see that happening a lot too - perhaps the Create Room box could include a little bit of text reminding hosts that they have responsibilities too.
It would need to be kept short otherwise no-one will ever read it, but could link to the Chatroom Rules and AUP.
the rooms i vist mostely have no directing or uninvited whispers in the room title.
problem is the horny lust driven tend to just be scanning for cams , couple or single fem icons ( in my experience) and do not read the room title.
this is plain when they enter the cornwall room with a id such as lad in berks say ( that is made up) and say anyone want to meet for a shag tonight.
there are the few numpties who will whisper without asking, and continue when requested to stop. one last night infact kept doing it to me and said it was cuse he was a reble, i informed him he was not being rebelious but rude and breacking chat rules.
im often told at this point to get a life lol
any how.... a BIG issue i have is the rooms that are opened by people who dont even look at chat rules let alone follow them.
I often wandered in and had to spend time politely imforming them of all the rules they are breaking. some that are just as simple as saying ok im off now bye, when i say they need to find a op to close the room there oh do i why? they dont boot rule breakers and they even break the rules themselves.
i know chat ops do the job for free, and their time is appriciated, but im starting to feel if chat ( and the site ) is open then considering this site is now making money the owners should ensure there is at least one paid member of staff on duty to deal with issues.
you wouldnt pay your money , enter a night club and then have no staff on hand to deal with trouble makers.
i know issues get dealt with if reported but there is also no follow up to a report, you can never be sure if it was delt with or what action was taken.
im am talking in general terms here, i am not naming anyone.
i have found all chat ops to be excellent, but with the site growing i feel its unfair to load so much work on to them,
maybe you should only be able to open a chat room if you have been granted permission by a op to do so? onec you have shown you HAVE read the rules and you will abide by them. the chat room hosts have a duty here to.
xxxx fem xxx
Mrs GnV says you can come round at 3am anytime Bilky when Mr GnV is on the blink :thumbup:
this is the warning i use when i open a room, seems to work
:shock PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A NO DIRECTING ROOM :shock
:shock Please do NOT direct members on what they are to display
or do, and ASK before you whisper, these are SITE rules.
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/chatroom/user-rules.html
:shock
the smileys tend to grab ppls attention lol
Please be so kind as to ask first, its poilte - We like polite
