Announcement: Real Life Fashion & Style Forum Rules and Guidelines

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Real Life Fashion & Style Forum Rules and Guidelines

Welcome to the Real Life Fashion & Style forum! Real Life Fashion and Style (F&S) is intended for fashion and appearance related topics. Ranging from the latest trends right off the runway to advice about your hair and makeup, this is the forum to discuss it in!

As a member, it is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the forum's rules before posting. Posting in this forum implies that you read and understand the rules and guidelines and that you accept responsibility for the appropriateness of your thread or post.


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1. Introduction
   
2. General Posting Guidelines
   
3. Rules & Guidelines for Posting in Fashion & Style
   
4. How to Report

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General Posting Guidelines

Please be sure to follow the Terms of Service and Rules and Guidelines here, as in all forums.

Common violations to avoid:

Trolling is Prohibited. While mature and respectful discussions on fashion and beauty are allowed, hateful remarks based on age, sex, race, size, or fashion subculture will not be tolerated. Everyone has personal fashion biases, but these should not form the basis for personal attacks or hateful comments. Do not create a thread or post a comment for the sole purpose of deliberately slandering or flame-baiting a particular fashion culture or group of people.

Excessive Bumping. Please do not bump your thread unless it has fallen off the first page, since this is considered spam. If you wish to spam, please do so in the Chatterbox Forum . Please note that spamming outside of the Chatterbox may lead to warnings or the banning of your account.

Sexually explicit content. Posting, requesting, distributing, or offering sexually explicit material is not permitted anywhere on Gaia. Sexually explicit content includes explicit photographs, text, artwork, video, or cybersex conversations.

Posting in misplaced or TOS violating threads simply to inform the user is discouraged. Instead, please report the thread using the button.

Terms of Service violations may result in a warning or a ban on your account.

If you find Terms of Service violations, or threads that may need moved to a different forum, please use an appropriate report. The procedures for doing so can be found here.

You can find online moderators by following the "View Forum Moderators" link at the top of the forum.


Gaia Staff will NEVER ask for your password! If anyone asks you for your password, report it.

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Rules & Guidelines for Posting in Real Life Fashion & Style

Threads that Belong in This Forum

• Contemporary fashions/Subcultures
  
  
• Traditional/Cultural fashions
  
  
• Designers
  
  
• Careers in fashion & make-up
  
  
• Shows & conventions
  
  
• Make-up brands & tips
  
  
• Hair styling, trends, and products
  
  
• Tutorial-type threads
  

Commonly Misplaced Threads

• Threads about Gaia avatar fashions belong in the Avatar Talk Forum.
  
  
  
• "Rate me", "Hot or Not", "Could I be a model?" and similar appearance validation threads are not appropriate for Fashion and Style. Please post them in the Chatterbox Forum.
  
  
• Discussions on fashion-related shows, such as Project Runway and ANTM, belong in the Entertainment Discussion Forum.
  
  
• Threads about creating clothing and accessories are better suited to the Textiles and Crafts Forum.
  
  
• Threads concerning cosplay belong in the Cosplay and Conventions Forum. Please note that Lolita fashion is only considered cosplay when basing outfits on particular characters or people.
  
  
• Threads concerning personal health issues, such as weight and how to lose it, belong in the Life Issues Forum. Please note that threads that discuss appearance issues such as acne, etc. are permitted.
  
  
• Hangout Threads(HOTs) do not belong in the Fashion & Style forum. While we understand that large threads sometimes get derailed and off-topic chatter occurs, please keep this to a minimum. Threads containing excessive amounts of off-topic chatter may be moved to the Chatterbox or Friends Chat forum.
  
  
• Low Content Threads. Threads lacking sufficient content in the first post will be removed. This includes, but is not limited to, yes/no questions, picture-post threads, simply copy&pasting an article and posts solely compromised of links.
  
  
• Style counseling and similar threads offering advice are not necessary. It's great that you're trying to help, but when people would like advice about their appearance, they can make a thread to address their individual needs. Any threads offering advice will be moved to the Chatterbox.
  
  
• Topics such as: which style..., and posting pictures of your latest fashion purchase, are considered repeat topics . These threads are better suited for discussion within the appropriate Sticky in the forum. Any topic that is a repeat will be moved to the Chatterbox.

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How to Report

Abuse of the report system will result in a warning or ban of your account.

Report a Post

Use the button when an individual post in a topic contains inappropriate content.

Reasons to Report a Post:


• The content of the post violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
  
• The content of the post is off-topic.
  
  
• The member who made the post has a signature which violates the rules.

Report a Topic

Use the Report this Topic button at the bottom of the page when a topic is not appropriate for the forum.

Reasons to Report a Topic:


• The topic violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
  
• The topic is in the wrong forum and should be moved to a more appropriate forum.

If you need to contact a moderator via Private Message, please use the "View Forum Moderator" link at the top of this forum to find a moderator.



Report Hacking, Scamming or Abuse & Harassment?

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Report A Hacking
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Report A Scamming
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Report Abuse or Harassment
Use this form to report ongoing Abuse or Harassment. If you are reporting harassment or abuse that is occurring directly in a thread, please use the "Report This Post" button instead.