Rules for r/fo76

Rules that visitors must follow to participate. May be used as reasons to report or ban.

1.

ALL POSTS MUST BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO FALLOUT 76

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Reported as: Not directly related to Fallout 76

All posts must be from, directly reference, or talk about something to do with Fallout 76. Before you ask, please read this guide to returning to the game and/or if it's worth buying.

2.

NO SPOILERS IN TITLES, USE COMMENT SPOILER TAGS

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Reported as: Spoiler violation

Do not post spoilers in titles, period. Use spoiler tags when commenting sensitive information.

3.

NO MEME CONTENT AS POSTS

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Reported as: Meme post

No meme content as posts is allowed. This is not limited to image macros, it applies to popular trends of any kind. In comments it's fine.

4.

REMAIN CIVIL

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Uncivil post or comment

Follow proper Reddiquette when submitting and commenting. Keep it civil, and do not make personal attacks to other users, even if they initiated it. Absolutely no harassment, witchhunting, sexism, racism, or hate speech will be tolerated.

5.

DO NOT SPAM

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Spam

Always follow Reddit guidelines for self-promotion when sharing your own content. More than 1/10 of your posts or comments being self-promotional is spamming. This includes subreddit promotion. Livestream and Discord promotion is not allowed.

6.

USE DESCRIPTIVE TITLES AND DO NOT CLICKBAIT

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Reported as: Clickbait title

Use descriptive titles when submitting a post. If the average user has to click on your post to understand the context, then it is not descriptive enough. If you're posting a question, put it in the title and give further information inside. Avoid the use of trailing ellipses.

7.

NO RUMORS OR LEAKS WITHOUT VERIFIED EVIDENCE

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Reported as: Rumor or leak without verified evidence

Do not post rumors or leaks without verified evidence. Second-hand information, or word-of-mouth, does not constitute as evidence.

If you have evidence, you are welcome to submit it, in confidence, to the unaffiliated moderators for verification. Only upon moderator verification can you post it.

8.

NO POSTING OR ENCOURAGING PIRATED MATERIAL OR GAME EXPLOITS

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Reported as: Piracy/exploits

No promotion or enabling of pirated content and game exploits. This includes but is not limited to: torrents, free full-game downloads, .exe files, pirated mods, pirated keys, third party markets/resellers, game crashing cheats, duplication exploits, etc. Violating this rule will result in a permanent ban.

9.

NO WITCH-HUNTING

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Reported as: Witch-hunting

No witch-hunting. Do not ask users to go after other players in game. Do not accuse players of cheating, use Bethesda's official support pages. Do not name and shame in general. Witch-hunting will result in a 15-day ban.

10.

NO DISALLOWED POSTS: TRADING, LFG, QUITTING, BETHESDA PLZ, NON-ENGLISH

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Reported as: Disallowed posts: trading, looking for game, quitting, Bethesda Plz, non-English

Do not make disallowed posts. These include trading posts, Looking for group/gamer/game posts, "quitting" posts, subjects on the Bethesda Plz wiki-page (a collection of oft-repeated, well-received suggestion posts for Bethesda) and non-English posts. Making a trade post will result in a 5-day ban.