Chat Room Rules and Guidelines

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We have an awesome community at live.pirillo.com. We have a lot of fun, and help a lot of people. Here are some tips that Scott sent in to enhance your video viewing experience when visiting our channels. Kat also adds in the top five ways to get yourself kicked OUT of our chat room.

Top 5 Tips to Watching Chris’ Videos (as sent in by Scott Graham):

• Be prepared to be introduced to new concepts about technology. Don’t get yourself caught in the “same old, same old”. Get ready to maybe think outside the box, and learn something new every day.
• What you watch may not be your opinion. However, keep in mind that the video content comes from questions submitted by the community at large… from people just like you. Yes, you! You are a community member, simply because you are watching this video!
• Be a part of the community! Nothing is more rewarding than knowing what you have to say or ask may help another person.
• The show is here to help everyone in the spectrum, from Novices to Power Users. Don’t get discouraged if you feel a particular video is beyond your expertise, or even too “easy” for you. Watch another one, and learn!
• Most importantly, have fun. Have a sense of humor, and realize you do not already know everything. Be respectful and polite.

Top 5 Ways to get Yourself Kicked OUT of the Chat Room (as submitted and read by Kat):

• Be rude and abusive. Come on in, put people down, call them names, say everything and everyone is “stupid” or “lame”… you know what I mean! Being rude is never tolerated, and will get you booted out faster than you can sneeze.
• Repeat yourself over and over! Asking your question six times in a row will actually get you an “auto kick” by our chatroom bot. Elle is picky, and doesn’t really like it when you tend to keep saying the same thing over and over. She’ll remove you pretty darn quick. Ask your question, and if someone can answer it or help you, they will.
• Use all caps, or curse! The channel has people of all ages in it, from around 12 years old all the way up to ones in their retirement years. We have automatic bad-word censoring on. However, that doesn’t allow you to just curse anyway. You will be warned to stop, then made to leave if you continue. Also, typing in all capital letters all the time is considered “shouting” online, and is just plain rude and hard to read. It won’t get you noticed… other than to get you gone.
• Post tons of off topic links. We have auto kicks set up for spamming your Ustream channel, facepunch thread, and others. Please only post links that may be relevant to the conversation of the moment, or links to things of Chris’ at his website or YouTube channel. We don’t mind if you post links to news stories, hardware, or things of that nature. We just don’t want people coming in only to spam their sites and themselves.
• Tick off the Kitty. This one is “sort of” a joke rule, but yet it holds true. Don’t be rude to ANY of the ops, and don’t argue with them. All of them volunteer their time to help keep some semblance of order, so that everyone can enjoy their stay. They work hard, and do not go around having “power trips” or kicking people just for laughs. They deserve your respect and appreciation. Oh yeah… and a word of thanks now and then wouldn’t be turned down, either.

If you’re planning to visit, or to stay in our chat room, you might also want to check out the WyldRyde network rules. WyldRyde is free to use, and it is registered as a not-for-profit corporation. Keep in mind you do NOT have “freedom of speech” on this network. If you discuss illegal activities, share files, try to post links to adult images, or are just disruptive in any other awful way… one of us can and will ban you from the entire network. We strive to make our network safe for people of all ages and walks of life to visit and enjoy.

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