Comment Privacy Policy

Posting Guidelines:
1) Determine which news article you want to discuss, then check the Approved/Unapproved news sources list below. 72 hrs old or less. No blogs or videos allowed as a source.
2) Select the “What do you want to discuss” link on the main channel page.
3) Title Box: Copy and paste the “exact” Headline into the title box (where it says, Headline for your discussion)
a. If the discussion is an opinion piece, give the author credit by including his/her name at the beginning of the headline, e.g., Joe Reporter: This is my opinion!
4) Topics Box: enter keywords or phrases that describe your article, e.g. India, Government, Policy, etc.
5) Describe your discussion box:
a. Copy and paste the URL, (link) from the original article.
b. Copy the image link from the Original article and paste it immediately below the article URL. If the article has no savable pic, just find one on Google that fits the article.
c. That is all that’s required to post your article discussion. If you wish, you may add in a paragraph of text from the article, but please keep it short.
d. Do not type in your own opinions in the “Describe your discussion” box, but instead save them for the comment section.
6) Click on “Update Discussion”. Congratulations you’ve just posted your first new discussion. **If you don’t want a million emails you might want to un-check the option box to subscribe to emails about your discussion as well.**
7) The last thing you do is “Recommend”, your discussion by clicking on the recommend button (picture of heart).
8) No changes to a discussion are allowed after a moderator has R&I’d (approved) the discussion unless pre-approved with a mod prior to the changes.

Folks, we are trying to ensure that we provide a quality product for you to enjoy while you are here, please follow our guidelines. Discussions not meeting these guidelines will be closed for non compliance. Please scroll through the existing article discussions before you post since someone may have already posted your article. Duplicates will be closed. If your discussion gets closed, don’t panic! Contact a moderator for help or post a new discussion requesting and explanation on our helpdesk. Cheers!

Rules of Engagement:
– No generalizing about entire groups of people.
– No racist, bigoted, homophobic or misogynistic comments.
– No personal attacks.
– No copy and pasting.
– No posting as “Guest”
– No promotions of any kind unless pre-approved by a moderator
– No “sock puppets”.
– No video links except on the Off Topic thread.
– No baiting of other CP’s into arguments.
– English only.
– Stay on topic.
– Do NOT abuse the flag feature (Result is a permanent ban).
– Threats of harm towards anyone will be dealt with severely, up to and including reporting to the authorities, no exceptions.
Referring to a Politician, must not also be racist, misogynistic, homophobic, sexual or genital-related. Plus the word “retard” is unacceptable on this channel and will be removed without explanation.

A word about moderation:
We have a team of moderators from mixed backgrounds, Country’s, gender and beliefs. When we make moderation decisions, they are applied against the rules of engagement and not our personal bias. We are also volunteers; we do this for you! For the most part it is a thankless job and not without it’s rewards or frustrations. Mod abuse will not be tolerated in any form, if you have been asked to move on, do so. If you feel it was unfair, see our rules, if you still think it was unfair then please start a Respectful thread on our helpdesk. Thank you.