Updating Rule 8

Yes, yet another announcement about a rule. Since making rule 24, we've been in discussions with many of the systems on the site about how to make this a welcoming space for everyone, within reason. We've updated rule 24 to allow mention within journals, and that can be seen in the announcement before this one.


Rule 8, for those who aren't familiar with it, read as such: 8. Only one account per person. You are not allowed to share your account to other people, if they want in they have to sign up for their own accounts. You are also forbidden from creating more than one account for your own use (except temporarily when allowed by a staff member to recover a lost account). When speaking, do not suffix alter names. Speak as you would normally in real life, when meeting a stranger.


This rule was made years ago due to people constantly spamming alter changes, and the same person would also pin blame on their alters for bad behavior. It came off as someone making the whole thing up in order to dodge responsibility.


The updated rule 8 is as follows: Only one account per body. You are not allowed to share your account to other people, if they want in they have to sign up for their own accounts. You are also forbidden from creating more than one account for your own use (except temporarily when allowed by a staff member to recover a lost account). For people who are required to share an account due to being systems the account is treated as one person for moderation purposes and will by subject to appropriate consequences regardless of alter. When speaking, do not suffix alter names. Speak as you would normally in real life, when meeting a stranger. Stating what alter you are at the start of a conversation or when asked directly is allowed, as long as you do not repeatedly suffix every message.
An example: "Hey Susan, how are you today?"
"Oh, it's Alison right now, but I'm doing well"
-they both continue the discussion normally and without bringing it up again-



This allows you to express who is fronting once, to avoid confusion. As per rule 24, you are still not allowed to discuss plurality, DID and such outside of designated spaces, but just mentioning your name is fine.

This rule also changes things to make people accountable for their actions. It does not matter who is fronting if you're a system. I don't care if the main host is Jesus of Nazareth, if someone in your system breaks the site rules and causes a problem, the account as a whole will be punished.

I hope these alterations help clear up issues, making tg a healthy and welcoming environment for everyone.

Thanks for hearing our voices Bagera and other staff that have worked behind the scenes. Us having our voice heard means the world to us.

Thank you to the staff team for listening to feedback, I'm glad things were resolved

I am really grateful for this, although I am not a system I feel like there are enough of them to make the previous rule a bit invalidating. I am happy that people can express themselves, still with certain boundries. Thank you again for hearing us with a cold head.