Guideline Suggestions?

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[Peace]

Full Disclosure: I am a current member of a church associated with GCx.

I thought maybe these suggestions would be helpful at filtering out some of the hurtful banter that has occurred in the past few days.

1.) Try only to post firsthand knowledge/experiences. If you share second-hand information, this opens the door for speculation.
2.) Avoid making generalizations about both GCx and this forum.
3.) Try to separate facts from feelings.
4.) Respect the right to anonymity which includes not demanding specific details.
5.) Agree to disagree.
6.) Realize there is an actual human attached to these usernames. Would you say your post to someone's face? If not, maybe edit or pause before hitting the "post" button.
7.) If possible, state what your intent or goal is with your post. example: "I am posting because I want to have a dialogue with some of you to help foster change/avoid mistakes from the past at my local church."

Again, these are just my suggestions that I have found helpful throughout my conversations here. Obviously, they do not need to be followed by all.

[Linda]

This forum already has rules. Perhaps people haven't noticed them. I posted them with a link as a separate topic.

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[Peace]

Thank you.