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[faq] Diary of faq Updated/Posted: 2002-08-26 14:24:46
User Friendly Comment Board FAQ

So you were perusing the net and came across a comic strip called User Friendly. You laughed over it everyday and finally one day you decided you were going to click on the link that said "Comment on this cartoon". Suddenly you were confronted with a message board full of strange and interesting people talking about all manner of things. Wanting to know more, you clicked on the FAQ link to discover what it's all about, and now here you are. That being the case, we should probably start with:

Welcome to the User Friendly Comment Board. This board was created to let the community of people who enjoy the User Friendly comic strip get together and talk about anything from the day's cartoon to world politics.

We have noticed occasionally comments or questions are posted multiple times on the board by well-meaning newfies (people new to the User Friendly board) so we have created this FAQ hopefully to answer the most common of those questions. If you don't find the answer you are looking for here please feel free to email the moderators, the User Friendly staff or post your question on the board. If you have questions about the User Friendly comic, rules for linking, cartooning, or Illiad himself, you can also look in the general FAQ for User Friendly.

Why an FAQ? Well after a while, you start to see quite a few of the same types of questions being posted over and over and over (hence Frequently Asked Questions) so there seems to be a need to make sure they are answered. Also, there are some general guidelines for the UF Community which do need to be spelled out. Basically, the most important things to remember are:

  1. This is a free comment board (unless you happen to be a paying member, more on that later).
  2. Illiad does not have to do this, but he does. You may not find everything he does funny, because everyone's sense of humour is different, but if you didn't like something he did you probably wouldn't be here.

Finally, in the imortal words of FidoNet founder Ken Kaplan:

Don't be annoying and don't be easily annoyed

Go here for the current FAQ.

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Official FAQ - 8/26/2002 by faq2002-08-26 21:17:47
  <Deleted><Deleted>2011-07-03 21:55:17
    Moderated as it is not part of the official FAQ by Nea2011-07-03 21:56:14
  Illiad's Addendum to The Rules and The Jury by Snate2008-08-29 14:44:36
    Clarification of the 1-Click Rule from Illiad by Snate2013-10-12 23:25:06
      Note: This rules also applies to Plain Text URLs by Snate2013-10-13 01:38:23
        More Examples of Plain URL Moderation/Discussion by Snate2013-10-13 02:03:09
    <Deleted><Deleted>2013-10-12 23:25:15
  DO NOT COMMENT IN THIS THREAD by Nea2005-11-11 00:05:06
  V. Miscellaneous by faq2002-08-26 22:49:57
  IV. Language and Definitions (part two) by faq2002-08-26 22:44:47
  IV. Language and Definitions (part one) by faq2002-08-26 22:41:39
  III. Rules and Moderation (part two) by faq2002-08-26 21:54:55
  III. Rules and Moderation (part one) by faq2002-08-26 21:53:33
  II. General Posting Guidelines by faq2002-08-26 21:36:10
  I. Getting Started by faq2002-08-26 21:23:20
This is the area for faq discussion (n/t) by faq2002-08-26 14:25:20
  The Spoiler rule. by shargo2009-11-06 05:16:07
    Additions by shargo2010-05-02 08:55:40
      Posting the spoiler in diary by shargo2010-05-02 09:27:08
    Daily content by tallastro2009-11-13 07:59:41
      The spoiler isn't only in regards to the comic by Spisefisken2009-11-14 12:17:36
        Other things make sense. by tallastro2009-11-16 07:43:48
    Perhaps also add a spoiler tag in the subject by madjo2009-11-09 03:07:17
    More details on how to write spoiler space? by carl522009-11-06 11:56:02
      Write this by Spisefisken2009-11-07 01:35:28
      Hit the space bar at least 300 times (n/t) by vdp2009-11-06 12:35:45
        and enclose it in <pre> tags :) (n/t) by run.dll2009-11-06 14:29:26
          And then replace ARS with something by hobbs2009-11-10 21:11:33
          Um, I think vdp and run.dll are joking. (Correct?) by Snate2009-11-07 01:13:02
            But if it gets moderated, it has the same by Klaranth2009-11-07 09:53:00
    s/ROT13 Are/ROT13 Is/ by carl522009-11-06 11:54:10
  Illiad's Addendum to The Rules and The Jury by Snate2008-08-29 14:38:48
    Clarification of the 1-Click Rule from Illiad by Snate2013-10-12 23:24:36
      Note: This rules also applies to Plain Text URLs by Snate2013-10-13 01:38:48
        More Examples of Plain URL Moderation/Discussion by Snate2013-10-13 02:03:14
  FLUFFY PINK BUNNIES? by afterburner2006-10-20 09:16:33
  How to delete my/a Account? (n/t) by tzwob2006-09-29 09:20:21
  How come at the top of some peoples' by thejugglingking2006-07-29 08:50:01
    Illiad - Suggestion! by DrSuzi2006-09-27 00:52:35
  The list of moderators needs updating. (n/t) by afterburner2006-02-21 01:39:48
  What's "dark blue in IE" or "green in Safari"? by shreevatsa2006-01-16 00:20:42
    Check the source of those posts by dodrian2006-01-16 06:41:06
  Suggested language addition: "ringing" by andyz2005-07-20 11:55:10
  Max Lines per message for the board, please? by wwill2004-12-23 11:14:39
    I do a lot of ASCII art. by ideur2007-09-22 00:09:11
  Does this break the rules? by OlorinUF2004-11-10 07:21:48
    Must not if it is in the official part of the FAQ. (n/t) by shorty822004-11-22 23:36:18
  The Cthulu FAQ links are dead. -nt- by Mirick2004-07-25 07:43:59
    Here they are by amanshu2006-07-19 03:01:43
      Update (1st link still works), 2nd link changed: by roger G. rapid2018-09-26 14:59:42
  Link to the Tools by duesentrieb2004-06-19 06:10:17
    UF ToolBox and The Indirectotron 9000™ (ID9K) by Snate2008-08-29 14:22:58
      Update (both) by roger G. rapid2018-09-26 15:37:35
  should be a acronym like AYBABTU by Trinity_Quasar2004-03-14 03:17:25
  "classic" view by thenextrealm2003-10-11 09:47:09
  searching for a user's diary-link by ahbtbone2003-04-10 20:05:35
    search for specific cartoon text by ahbtbone12003-05-12 12:35:38
    Already in the FAQ by Nea2003-04-17 00:03:38
  Beating a dead horse. by slayer2003-03-25 06:34:14
  New rules (n/t) by Kickstart2003-03-24 09:40:10
    Do not 'cry wolf' for the mods by Kickstart2004-06-17 15:24:31
    Moderation in diaries by Kickstart2004-04-13 10:47:30
    Don't deep link by Nea2004-03-30 09:50:17
      Deep Linking by Illiad2004-04-01 08:20:19
        or by lysdexia2005-01-05 17:58:08
          they = all people in both parties (n/t) by lysdexia2005-01-05 18:09:55
        I apologize it seems that today is just not my day (n/t) by cristobal2004-04-07 08:29:07
          I even repsonded to the wrong thread (n/t) by cristobal2004-04-07 08:29:56
    Spoofing other UFies names by Kickstart2003-05-29 16:26:15
    Posting private info on other users by Kickstart2003-03-24 09:42:04
      the likelyhood that who you are talking to is a 14 by ajna2004-07-28 09:15:20
        likelihood, their (n/t) by lysdexia2005-01-05 17:58:37
  Question: can we do sotd's? by Dazed2002-12-09 12:53:47
    copyright (n/t) by lysdexia2005-01-05 17:59:22
    It's been done before with no problems by Kickstart2002-12-20 13:20:35
  According to Yohimbe by Nea2002-09-11 21:48:48
    *sigh* by Nea2002-09-11 21:49:35
  Corrections (n/t) by Nea2002-09-11 21:47:36
    The second link to the Cthulhu mythos is dead by skeptic2003-11-25 01:22:52
    NEW MODERATOR by Nea2003-08-07 09:55:28
      Moderator list changed by Nea2003-10-17 11:56:49
        Moderator list change by FAQ2004-10-01 11:03:58
          Moderator List by Nea2005-11-11 00:12:15
            Moderator list by Nea2008-07-01 10:04:25
              Updated Moderator List by Nea2008-07-17 09:55:10
  Suggested additions (n/t) by Kickstart2002-08-28 19:34:45
    unobfuscated e-mail addresses moderated by plblark2005-04-21 08:00:35
      link to Kickstart's original invocation of rule: by plblark2005-04-21 08:32:54
    Linkage to slashdot... by McNutcase2004-08-02 09:18:59
    Do not cry "wolf" to the mods. by FAQ2004-06-17 15:25:09
    New discussion on FYOS rule by FAQ2004-02-22 22:14:15
    DON'T USE PRE TAGS! by ahbtbone2003-06-02 18:55:25
      Use pre tags by fudje2003-08-31 08:19:31
    Godwin's Law explained by ahbtbone2003-05-19 18:06:45
    Usage of ATTN and invokation of other UFies by McNutcase2003-05-16 14:56:36
    we sould add ONQ to FAQ (n/t) by OzanBABA2003-05-14 02:44:53
    Basic HTML tutorial by Nea2003-03-25 14:22:00
      nuther tutorial by gibuu2006-01-05 15:14:32
    drama queen rule by McNutcase2003-03-15 03:06:25
      I've been waiting since by Nea2003-03-25 14:30:25
        What about "I'm leaving because I'm an idiot"? by tnglives2003-10-19 01:09:06
    spamming: by McNutcase2003-03-05 11:39:38
    ken by OzanBABA2003-02-08 13:45:15
    Whats up with Penny Arcade by pecosdave2002-11-13 06:15:30
      Linkies. by pecosdave2002-11-13 07:48:58
        extremely (n/t) by lysdexia2005-01-05 18:03:06
    LOTD linking by Nea2002-10-24 11:51:11
      WHY ? (n/t) by OzanBABA2003-02-08 13:41:49
        Because otherwise by Nea2003-03-05 17:08:56
    A couple more acronyms by Nea2002-08-28 21:50:25
      Illiways' BAS by rikthoff2009-09-13 01:56:57
        Maybe we should officially add "HAC" by kreedah2016-02-04 04:38:52
        More Illiways' acronyms by kreedah2014-10-01 06:19:56
          An extra by hollyberry792014-10-01 07:07:26
      I think a link to the Jargon Files is in order: by jeff_uk2007-10-18 09:02:50
      SSLR = Short Subject Line Rant by IByte2006-08-27 05:31:28
        I think that's an effort to reach the limit exactl by Anonymous Freak2009-11-01 22:14:59
      For the acronyms used beyond UF by IByte2003-05-14 14:30:52
      yet another acronym: GOOSAF by Nea2003-04-22 13:53:44
      Another acronym by Nea2002-12-04 17:06:23
      <n/ti> by whitemalkin2002-12-02 10:45:41
        doesn't (n/t) by lysdexia2005-01-05 18:04:14
      more acronyms by Nea2002-09-14 18:56:29
        One more TOIDGIT by Spisefisken2002-11-24 02:56:23
          Or at least IDGI (n/t) by Yadot2004-07-25 06:35:30
          And yet another: "TTGTBT" by Spisefisken2002-12-20 08:04:58
            psst by Nea2003-03-05 17:10:58
              Hey I was probably tired. by Spisefisken2003-03-24 13:32:24
      Variant of SDP by Spisefisken2002-08-29 05:28:13
    Moderator contact by Kickstart2002-08-28 19:35:09
      whom, an (n/t) by lysdexia2005-01-05 18:05:17
  Why is part two before part one? (n/t) by adiplomat2002-08-26 23:21:31
    Because the comment system... by Nea2002-08-26 23:25:09

 

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