Moderators' Guidelines

Guidelines for Moderators

Effective 1/27/2026. Last update 04/16/2026.

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Below are guidelines for Moderators on stock specific boards about what should be considered when reviewing posts. Remember that we promote inclusion over exclusion.

IN ALL CASES, WHEN IN DOUBT YOU CAN FILE A TOS REPORT OR CONTACT ADMIN VIA PM.

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Rules for Content

• Be Family Friendly (PG-13): Tag messages with R-rated vulgar language, insults about race or religion, or sexual images.
• Serious Violations (Zero Tolerance): When these are flagged correctly, they are highlighted at the top of the Admin queue for review.
  • Threats of violence.
  • "Doxing" (sharing a member’s real name, phone number or address, etc.).
  • Any talk about children/minors.
• Politics and Religion: Keep discussions neutral. Sharing news is okay, but attacking a political party or trying to spread a religion is not allowed.
• Spam: Tag messages that are promoting other stocks/companies (this does not include industry comparisons) or posts repeated more than two times per day.
• Personal Attack: Any message that insults other Members should be tagged.
• Off-Topic: Tag posts that are not about the stock/company and/or are about other Members.
• Private Messages (PMs): It is a Violation of Privacy to share or talk about a private message in public without the sender’s permission. Please tag these as Violation of Privacy.
• Author Request: You can tag up to two posts if the person who wrote them asks you to. If the post is older than 48 hours, they must ask an Admin.

How to Moderate Well

• Be Fair: If two people are fighting, moderate both of them. It does not matter who started the fight or if they are a buyer or a seller.
• Links: If a link requires a paid subscription or registration, tag the post. Ask the user to summarize the information/article instead.
• Respect the Moderator: You can tag posts that attack you for your work as a moderator (like your choice of "Sticky" posts or tagging of posts).
• Fixing Mistakes: If a post was tagged by mistake, any Moderator can unflag it. However, only Admins can bring back a post that an Admin removed or tagged.
• Complaints
  • If a Member is unhappy that their post was removed or filtered, they can request an Administrator review via the "Removed" tab in their Mailbox.
  • If a user sees a message that violates the rules, they should use the About/Report link at the top of the post.