
There are certain duties that hosting entails, such as, greeting both old and new folks to the room, making them feel welcome, posting the website address when encouraging folks to join our community, and when someone requests for the address to be put up. And hosting is to protect the room from rude and offensive people.
Our room welcomes everyone, no matter their size, color, marriage status, country of origin or sexual preference. Even though we may not agree with their lifestyle, we will treat them as we would like to be treated..when they realize that our room is not what they are looking for...they will leave of their own accord.
We know that underage, porn sites and pornographic profile pics are to be ousted.
Use good judgement...Just because someone says that someone is being offensive..doesnt always make it so...they may have just had differences. If vulgar and unwanted whispers continue...Kick.
Vulgar language will not be tolerated by the members or hosts. If someone continues using vulgar language after being warned...Kick.
We are there to protect the room...not to be dictators. Simple warnings may be all it takes to discourage those that tend to get out of hand. There should be no ban on the first kick for most offenders...unless they are blatantly vulgar or disrespectful. Most folks will come back without further problems with just a simple warning or short kick.
Crude nicknames can be offensive if extremely bad. Whisper that person and ask them to please leave and return with a less offensive name.
We like to have fun, we may bump up against naughty, but trash will not be allowed. Remember.....we as hosts are examples to the rest of the room as to how to conduct ourselves....We as hosts should never get explicit in our flirting..If you feel the need to do this...Please take it to whisper...What we may perceive as joking around and kidding..others find it to be uncomfortable...and they will leave the room...This is not what our objective is. Our objective is to have a room that all can come to and enjoy being in without feeling uncomfortable.
Ask for asl's and check profiles. Some teenagers will come in and say they are of age when really they are not. And some profiles may not show up if people are in their cups.
Never kick for personal reasons. Work out your differences in a private whisper..NEVER in open chat. That is NEVER the place to do it. Under NO circumstances disagree with a host in open chat. Never speak negatively to a host in open chat. To keep a community strong....we have to show the room and community...that we are a UNITED team.
If we are finding that we are the only host left in the room..and we need the help..use good judgement and make someone you trust, a host with the understanding that they will give up the hammer when a regular host comes into the room to help. This will avoid confusion to our regular hosts.
If you are going to be in your cup for a prolonged period of time....give your hammer to another host who is chatting in the open room and is greeting people. A good rule to help things is...one host to every 5 or 6 people.
Hosting is a privilege. We are no better than the people in the room and we should conduct ourselves accordingly. Even a host can be kicked if they go against room rules.
We have a wonderful chat family here.....lets work together to make it strong. All we need to do is use common sense and common courtesy.
There has been some discussion concerning the hosting rules...we need to be a bit more specific concerning a few things. What one person considers vulgarity may not be to another. We don't kick someone for saying the simple every day cuss words...such as, damn, hell, ass, or shit....unless it was a continuous thing. The obvious vulgarity of "sucking tits, f**king, etc....goes without saying, not permitted. That is where the common sense comes into it.
As far as questioning a host in open chat..........we may ask in open chat about why someone was kicked...but if things start getting heated between hosts...that should be taken to whisper and settled there.....If it is kept in open chat it makes many people uncomfortable and many new ones tend to leave. That is not our goal.
I have noticed here lately that some of the hosts have been making digs at other people in open chat that leaves some of our newcomers uncomfortable and confused. This is so uncalled for and unnecessary. Please..if you have something to say to someone....tell them in whisper..DON'T drag the room into it ...it brings the room down and people leave. We have a good group of people here. We have worked well together...and I think that if we use common sense and courtesy to each other and our chat friends we will continue to have a wonderful room to meet and a great group of friends..both old and new to chat with.