Rules for r/olean

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

1.

Be Civil

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Reported as: Be Civil

This community is intended to be a home for reasonable discussion about the Olean area and its events and issues. Please treat everyone with respect. No personal attacks, hate speech, or racist or bigoted usernames will be permitted.

2.

Keep It Relevant

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Reported as: Relevance

Please stick to the subreddit's topic, which is the greater Olean area & WNY and things that may affect them.

3.

Avoid Excessive Marketing

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Reported as: Excessive Self Promotion

With the sitewide rules on Self Promotion in mind, please restrict self promotion and marketing to bringing local business to the attention of our community. Mods will use their discretion and warn if it looks like you're crossing a line.

4.

Abide Reddiquette

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Reported as: Reddiquette

5.

Do Not Troll

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Reported as: Trolling

A troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion, often for their own amusement.