RULES AND HINTS FOR NEW BITMESSAGE USERS

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WARNING
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The technical nature of the Bitmessage protocol draws trolls and
mentally ill persons whose sole aim is to disrupt the quiet enjoyment of
the technology. Such sick people are drawn because there is no
centralized way to hold them accountable or punish them for their bad
behavior. These rules of ettiquette will help you to enjoy a positive
experience free of the weirdness and disruption the trolls attempt to cause.

RULES OF ETTIQUETTE
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1. If posting to a public chan, always post FROM a private address. If
you post from the chan address, almost everyone but the trolls will
blacklist your messages. We who are sane only occasionally check public
channels to see if any new users are in trouble. Do not use the public
chan address as your FROM address when sending. Only do this when using
SECRET chans with friends.

2. Add public chan addresses to your blacklist. This will eliminate a
lot of spam and troll comments. There are a groups of highly aggressive
and mentally ill trolls who flood public chans just to annoy and harass
other users.

3. Never respond to a troll. Some of the trolls here are extremely
mentally ill and highly aggressive. They will take your response as an
invitation, like vampires do. If you and your friends are using SECRET
chans then you never need worry about trolls since they can't post to
your secret channels.

Recap rules # 1-3:
- always post FROM a private address
- blacklist the public chan addresses
- never respond to any troll, ever

4. Do not post messages asking if there are any active chans. The active
chans are SECRET and the groups using them are not going to invite
strangers, who will likely be trolls.

5. Create your own secret chans with your own group of friends. Then you
will have a active channel.

6. Never publish your secret channel name or address in any public chan.
The trolls will come there and ruin your experience and attempt to drive
you away from using Bitmessage. You have been warned. They will come.
They will target you. It's what they do.

Recap rules #4-6
- do not post messages asking if there are any active chans
- create your own secret chans with your own communicants
- keep your secret chan information and passphrase SECRET