Moderators Protocol

        Guidelines for Moderators

1. Spam, Bait Posts, and Troll Posts: 

• First Offense: Warning and/or One Week Ban depending on the severity of the post. Please Note for the members: If you're a well-known troll and/or have posted tons of spam/bait posts before, you're out the first strike permanently.

        - Please be sure to check the poster's profile and see if they have posted anything against our rules earlier and hence take required actions.

• Second Offense: Two Week Ban or Permanent Ban [If you have already been banned and/or warned do not do it again you'll either receive a Two week Ban if it is your second offense or a Permanent ban depending on the severity of the post]

• Third Offense: Permanent Ban. You snooze, you lose. You've either already been warned or have been on a suspension and should've known better.

Note: It's up to the moderator whether if they want to ban you for a short time or permanently. 

2. Advertisement and Pornographic Content:

• Permanent Ban. You should know better especially posting anything pornographic including all non-approved advertisement [if ever]. No warning what so ever.

3. Regarding Posting in the Spam Catcher and Moderator Zone Category:

• Spam Catcher is a dumping ground for Bots. Try not to post in it. All posts will be removed and deleted continuously [daily clean up you can call it]. If you accidentally posted in this category, tag the mods in the comment section of the particular post. They would move the post or remove it, as per their convenience.
• The Moderator Zone is only for the Owner and Moderators to post in. If you are not a Moderator or Owner then obviously don't post there. All posts there will be removed if you do but if you did it accidentally, contact the moderators to move it.  

4. Regarding Blocking Owners and Moderators:

• Blocking Moderators and Owner is not necessarily a ban, but if the OP has posted something inappropriate and ban you so that you can not reach them, it shall be a permanent ban.

5. Regarding Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Bullying, Threats and General Harassment:

• Instant Ban!
• Please be sure to contact the mods if you see any kind of comments, posts that make you feel uncomfortable. The required action would be taken. Respectfulness and Civility is key

6. Regarding sharing of links to doubtful sites:

• If they are not reliable links listed on the Community Guidelines page, remove them instantly. No Warning.
• Obvious Pornographic and Advertisements links are permanent bans. No Warning
• Sharing Communities/Collections are perfectly acceptable. Just be sure that they do not break any other community rules. More information regarding the same is provided in the Community Guidelines page.
• All posts with links that are reliable including those that have shared Communities & Collections must include a proper description about the same.
• Posting of any kind of videos is against the rules. 

Having trouble with a mod?

• Feel like a moderator is misusing their power? Contact one of the senior mods or the owner.

Rules and Guidelines for Funniest Texts Ever

1. Posting: 

• Please do not post in the Spam Catcher [posting here is bad] Category. 
• The purpose of this category is to serve as a trap for Bots who usually post Advertisement and/or Pornographic content (whatever the purpose of the bot is for) in the first category of any given Community. 
• The Moderate Zone is as its namesake says. Only for Moderators or Owners. Post there and your post will be removed.
• Post description or the content should only be in English language.

2. No Spam or Bait Posts:

• Ie. Reshare or Die, Reshare for this, Reshare for that etc. These are Bait posts also known as Chain posts which everyone hates. 
• Please do no post an obscene amount in short periods of times [this is spam] as your post might get flagged by Google. Wait about 5 minutes if you want to post another post after you have already done so. It does not hurt you to wait a few minutes. 
• Posting any kind of long posts including colored posts, the long "Curvy Girl" or the long text posts aren't allowed here. If you do post these, you will be instantly banned for one week.

• Please do not post the same thing over and over again including an obscene amount as stated above. We get it, Kim Kardashian got more plastic surgery, we didn't care the first time you posted it, why should we care the second or third or fourth time. This is spam.

3. No Inappropriate Trolls:

• By inappropriate trolls, we're referring to trolls that post racist and/or other rule breaking posts/comments etc. Self-explanatory. Posts on sensitive topics such as 9/11 or similar event that can hurt other members feeling are not allowed. Actions would be taken considering the severity of the post.
• Harmless and meaningless trolling is allowed and passable. Just make sure it doesn't break any of the other rules. Something that would be considered 'allowed' trolling is by making silly polls posting rudimentary questions or statements along the lines of ie: 'I wish my daughter to be a girl!'
• "One-sided offensive polls" are strictly prohibited. Member posting such polls would be first warned and banned if they tend to do the same.

4. No Inappropriate Posts:

• Re: gore, nudity, sex, porn, hentai, mutilation, or anything else of that nature. Doing so is an automatic Ban.
• The purpose of bots, of course, is to post those mentioned but your average G+ should know better. Not only are they breaking the rules but they are also violating the Googles Terms and Conditions and the user/bot will be reported, as well. Seriously, people, you should know better.

Google Terms and Policies: https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/+/policy/content.html

5. Do not Block Owners and Moderators:

• Please do not block any of the Owners or Moderators. Some of you might dislike us, but we can still see your post which kind of dilute the purpose of blocking us. Try to not do this.
• Also, note that deleting moderator's warning comments or helpers tag comment won't be tolerated and would lead to an instant ban.

6. Regarding Links, Sharing Communities & Collections:

• Only links from trusted sources would be allowed including Google services like Google+, Forms etc but please make sure that they are appropriate and they do not break any of the other rules! 
• Links to untrusted sources would be removed. The obvious Pornographic links and Advertisements links are a permanent ban. Reliable sites that could be posted are as follows:

1. Obvious News Sources for whatever reason: Including the New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Salon, etc
2. Links to other Google services including from Google+, Google Docs, Sheets, Google Forms etc.
3. Sites like DeviantArt and Tumblr [no Mature content that is Pornographic] are also allowed 
4. Please include a description of the link whether it be a News Source or a Google service.
5. Sharing Communities/Collections is perfectly fine. Just make sure that the community/collection you share is not breaking any of the rules which as you know is a permanent ban.  Your post will be removed if you do not include a description of what your Community/Collection is about! Also, make sure that the description you put for the Community/Collection you share MATCHES what the Community/Collection is about. If the description does not match the Community/Collection, the post will be removed.
6. Sharing of videos- from any source, YouTube etc is strictly prohibited either.

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7. Post Respectfully:

No one likes bullies or trolls and such attitudes will not be tolerated. It is the internet for God's sakes. We get it! You're a big Macho man with an inferiority complex and you hiding behind your screen probably makes you feel more of a man. If you also see something that you do not like, ignore, Report [tag the Mods] and move on. Arguments on the Internet = LAME.

8. If you're banned:

It's the member's responsibility to contact the moderators if they are banned for a limited period. WE WILL NOT COME LOOKING FOR YOU!!

9. About Google Terms of Services:
We also follow Google TOS strictly and any member violating them won't be welcomed in the community -- even if the violation is not in the community.

• Please do not feed trolls when you see controversial flame inducing posts or pictures or anything else you think isn't appropriate. Just tag the moderators if you have any issues regarding the same.