# Guidelines for Discussion on Telegram and Forum **URL:** \ **Category:** Organisation\ **Created:** [25 October 2022 13:20 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/guidelines-for-discussion-on-telegram-and-forum/1373 "2022-10-25T13:20:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aditya\_Sujith\_Gudime](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@Aditya\_Sujith\_Gudime](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Aditya_Sujith_Gudime)\ **Post date:** [25 October 2022 13:20 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/guidelines-for-discussion-on-telegram-and-forum/1373/1 "2022-10-25T13:20:17Z")
## Draft Guidelines for Group discussions ### TLDR: Be nice #### Descriptive guidelines 1. **Be nice** While there will always be disagreements on various things and things can get heated, don’t go out of your way to be rude to someone. 2. **Ask precisely for help** Since there’s a lot of people on in any discussion and not everyone knows what you want, if you’re ever asking for help, stop asking to ask for help. Just ask the question. 3. **Not too much fluff** Hi Everybody (and nothing else), random quotes, completely left field stuff (not related to policy, tech, or related politics) is not allowed. 4. **No horrible content design** For the love of god, do not use a. too many colors in one post. b. 20 different fonts. c. 30 different font sizes or generally attention grabbing stuff. If your content is good, it’ll be upped anyway, otherwise let it die. 5. **Harassing / Doxxing** Don’t do any of the above. Refer to rule 1 as to why not to do so. Also, you’ll probably get banned. 6. **Don’t do illegal stuff** This is self-explanatory. For the most part, if you are planning on doing something illegal, don’t do it in a discussion or in public. (Examples : Threatening someone, etc → As cases arise). 7. **No NSFW stuff (And NSFW usernames / pictures)** Come on people, don’t put nudes in your profile/posts/username for god’s sake. Chill. 8. **Chatbombing** Wait for 2-3 days before posting a duplicate or following up. If there’s a time crunch or anything similar, drop a DM to an admin to find out. 9. **No self promotion** Please don’t. 10. **No cross-posting in multiple topics** Don’t cross-post same content on multiple topics on Telgram group or forum. 11. **No Job Posting** Use the [job board](https://fossunited.org/jobs) if you are looking to hire or get hired. Applicable for admins (and anyone, really). _Note: These guidelines will keep being improved as we learn more about the horrors of humanity online._ Credit : @KaranGandhi, @Aditya_Sujith_Gudime, @fossdot Reference : Odin Project Community Rules ---
**Author:** ![knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/knadh/32/30_2.png) [@knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/knadh)\ **Post date:** [25 October 2022 13:47 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/guidelines-for-discussion-on-telegram-and-forum/1373/2 "2022-10-25T13:47:43Z")
To 3, I would add “no out-of-context one liner chit chat” to avoid annoying message pollution to thousands of users. ---
**Author:** ![aadhav](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/aadhav/32/559_2.png) [@aadhav](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/aadhav)\ **Post date:** [25 October 2022 13:53 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/guidelines-for-discussion-on-telegram-and-forum/1373/3 "2022-10-25T13:53:03Z")
Adding to Kailash’s point; no “one-word questions” should also be added to point 2 - some people tend to ask “is anyone familiar with X? I need some help”. This should not be encouraged, it makes discussions more lazier. Some nice (and commonly shared) guides on asking questions: - [https://nohello.net/en/](https://nohello.net/en/) - [https://dontasktoask.com/](https://dontasktoask.com/) ---
**Author:** ![asd](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/asd/32/1194_2.png) [@asd](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/asd)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2022 00:56 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/guidelines-for-discussion-on-telegram-and-forum/1373/4 "2022-10-26T00:56:41Z")
1. Self promotion is hard to define. Is that why it is undefined? I would think that FOSS related self promotion is encouraged. ---
**Author:** ![KaranGandhi](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KaranGandhi](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/KaranGandhi)\ **Post date:** [27 October 2022 06:31 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/guidelines-for-discussion-on-telegram-and-forum/1373/5 "2022-10-27T06:31:00Z")
Posted an updated draft with Vishal Arya, must be updated soon. ---
**Author:** ![knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/knadh/32/30_2.png) [@knadh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/knadh)\ **Post date:** [28 October 2022 05:22 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/guidelines-for-discussion-on-telegram-and-forum/1373/6 "2022-10-28T05:22:42Z")
> [@asd](#): > > Self promotion is hard to define. Is that why it is undefined? I would think that FOSS related self promotion is encouraged. +1. Sharing personal projects with others is core to FOSS. That’s also “self promotion” in a way. Don’t think this line should be in the guidelines.