| The General Category |
The General CategoryThe General category holds forums that generally all users are likely to use.
The Rules and Announcements ForumThe Rules and Announcements forum is one of the most important forums on the website. Its first function is that it houses the rules that every member of Scripturient is expected to follow. It is important that everyone reads and is familiar with the rules for the website as breaking them can lead to disciplinary action from the staff team. The second function of this forum is a way for the staff team to communicate announcements with everyone who visits the site. It is highly recommended that site members check this forum often to stay up-to-date with the latest information regarding the website and community. It is likely that a staff member will post an announcement at least once a month. Most announcements are left open for members to post any questions or comments they may have regarding the subject of that thread. Some announcements are made with a poll and every site member is encouraged to participate to give feedback to the staff team. Feedback from our members is always welcome! To avoid clutter in this forum, most announcements will eventually be archived after a period of time to ensure that all important and relevant information is front and center. Another thread that site members may find useful in this forum is Troubleshooting and Implementation Requests. This thread is a designated area for any site member to report a technical issue they are experiencing or to make a request for something they would like to be added to the site, such as a new board theme or a new type of forum. If you do not wish to post publicly on this thread, you can always send your issue or request to a staff member via PM. For any technical issues regarding the functionality of the site, the best team member to contact is our Codemaster. Only staff members are able to post threads in this forum. For the privacy of our site members and due to the nature of the content that can be written on this website, this is the only forum where guests are allowed to view threads. The rest of the website requires a registered account to access the full content.
The Introductions ForumThe Introductions forum is mostly used by newly registered members. This forum allows site members to post a thread introducing themselves to the rest of the site's population. It is not a requirement to post an introduction thread. This was a user-requested forum to work as a sort of icebreaker for new members who wish to participate. Site members may include as little or as much information as they like about themselves. We would like to remind everyone to be cautious about sharing personal information on the internet. Most people tend to give a basic summary about themselves that includes their age, pronouns, state/province/country, years of writing and/or roleplaying experience, and their interests and hobbies. Every introductory thread will be welcomed by at least one staff member. Other site members are also welcome to post a greeting if they are comfortable doing so. If you do decide to make an introduction thread, it is only necessary to make one single thread. Any threads posted in this forum that are not introductions will be moved to the appropriate forum by a staff member.
The Connect ForumThe Connect forum functions as the main social forum on the website. This is the designated space for "chat" threads, which are where members can have conversations about any subject matter. The pinned thread at the top of this forum is Colloquy. This is the staff-hosted chat for everyone to participate in. There are a couple of rules for this specific thread that can be found in the first post. Anyone is welcome to create a thread in this forum so long as it is an inclusive social space. On other forum websites around the internet, the threads that can be found in similarly designated forums are chats related to specific interests, hobbies, or fandoms. The person who creates a thread is allowed to make rules for that specific thread so long as they are not discriminatory toward other site members.
We ask that there only be one social thread per topic to avoid too much clutter in this forum. If a thread about your interest already exists, please post to that thread rather than creating a new one. As an example, if a thread about the general topic anime already exists, there is no reason to create a new thread about that same topic. However, it is fine to make a new thread to speak about a specific anime series or movie. Any threads posted in this forum that are not considered social threads will be moved to the appropriate forum by a staff member.
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