The Rules of Vote for the Worst

By posting on this website, you agree that you have read these rules and will abide by them. If you have any questions or need help with your account, registering, or anything, feel free to PM a moderator or administrator (see below) or e-mail mail@votefortheworst.com.

We're a fun, simple site where you say just about anything that's on your mind. Just follow these simple rules and you'll have no problems. Break the rules? You'll probably be banned from posting and Deb will give you a swift kick in the ass. You can use foul language here, we don't care. You can make fun of whoever you want, including the people who run the site, bring it on! Just don't do the following things, which we call the 10 Commandments of VFTW:

1. Don't spam.

You can post a link to your website in the appropriate forum only if it's about American Idol, Canadian Idol, etc. Don't post non-show spam in any forum or else. Also, if you continually post a link to your lame website or keep posting new topics about it, you're gone. You can link to websites, just make sure it's relevant and not entirely self-promotional. Cool?

2. No flooding.

Basically, your posts need to have substance. Don't post 10 times in a row for no reason just to be a dick. We'll ban your ass. If we notice that you're posting nothing substantial, yet you keep posting over and over, don't expect to be here long. In case you don't get the hint, people who hate VFTW, that includes you. Feel free to start ONE new topic on why you hate VFTW or post in existing ones. We welcome you here to share your opinion, but respect the rules. Starting lots of message board topics or jumping in on every page to post the same thing over and over will get you banned. If you bump an old message board thread for no good reason, you’re going to make us angry. If a section of the site starts growing by 10 pages a day with nothing substantial, we’re going to put an end to it quick.

3. Don’t start useless threads on the message board.

In any message board forum except General Chat, we keep the discussions at hand in organized threads. We'll lock your thread if there is already a lengthy discussion about any given topic in another thread. If you're new, reply to some threads before thinking about starting a new one. So if you start a thread called "OMG I DON'T LIKE TIM URBAN," when a thread for Tim Urban already exists, we might smack you. Keep discussions in pre-existing topics if possible. If you need help, this video should do the trick. General Chat, on the other hand, is a free for all. But we’ll still lock your thread if it sucks. Deal with it.

4. No overly racist, homophobic, misogynistic, or prejudiced comments that would be in really bad taste.

You can make fun of someone, but don't act like an idiot. Using hate speech against any group that is in bad taste (such as the word "faggot", "camel jockey", generally any slur against a minority group, etc) is not cool and will not be tolerated. If you have to resort to those tactics, you probably aren't smart. While we’re on the topic, don't talk about raping someone either. It's completely uncalled for. You can call Clay Aiken gay, you can make fun of his choice of significant other, but don't call him a "cocksucking faggot". It's just a respect issue to our members. Got it? If you need to use those terms, chances are you don’t understand this site and it’s not for you.

6. No porn.

That means no penises, no vaginas, no titties. Don't do it. You can link to it with a warning if it's appropriate for the thread you're posting in (for example, if Antonella Barba poses naked in Playboy, you can link to the pictures in the appropriate thread about them with a NOT SAFE FOR WORK warning), but don't post the actual pictures in a thread.

7. No motherfucking fantarding.

No one here wants to know if you find Adam Lambert attractive. No one cares if you're going to buy 300 of an Idol's new CD. VFTW is a board where we make fun of Idol and its contestants, not where we squeal over what they look like naked. If you want to do that, go here or here. Posting one SHORT comment about how you like someone is not fantarding. That’s fine, you are more than welcome to like someone. But if you start crossing the line and obsessing over a given contestant or yelling at people who dislike the contestant that you enjoy, you’re done. Yes, we can ban you for saying you find someone attractive. Don't like it? Get out. The idiot Taylor Hicks fans tried to post that stuff here and we killed them off pretty quickly.

8. Don't bring shit from other boards or real life here to cause drama.

We don't care. If you hate someone on other board or in real life and you attack them on here, your ass is grass. Seriously, use the other board or a simple telephone call to tell someone you hate them. Our board is not the place for you to spill over your feelings. Don't stalk people onto this board either. And don't post shit from the real life of other posters, such as their pictures or anything else attributed them you learned outside this site without their consent. Not cool. If someone isn't a member or they're banned, then it's fine to post stuff about them if it's relevant to the topic, but don't overdo it. We also don’t care what the rules of any other site are. Does Site A let you get away with something we don’t? We don’t care. Go post there instead.

9. Do not post copyrighted material.

VFTW complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright act and other copyright law. So you are not allowed to violate copyright such as posting the American Idol logo or copying and pasting news articles. Fair use dictates that you can post a link to the material and post at most a paragraph or so to get the point across. Anything more than that is considered a copyright violation. Parody is allowed as it is covered by copyright law, so photochops are fine. If you don’t listen to this, you’ll be banned quickly.

If you believe that a user has posted your copyrighted material on VFTW, let us know at dmca@votefortheworst.com

10. Avatar maximum size is 100x100.

Don't go any bigger. You are not special enough to have a bigger avatar for any reason.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the moderators by private message.

Please PM a moderator before you PM an admin, because the admins may have their hands full at the time. Our mods are Insane, Snotty, and Buckshot. Our admins are ItsMeDeb, Slacking, SmarterThanPickler, Smartie and thefunnystone. They will be more than happy to assist you.

If you don’t like our rules, tough shit. Go post somewhere else. But if you can listen to what we have to say here, we guarantee you’ll enjoy your time on the site.

Legal disclaimer, bitches.

By sending email to Vote for the Worst or posting on the site, you grant the owner, host, administrators and moderators of votefortheworst.com the world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, distribute and publish any content (including your name, likeness and email address) you sent or posted, for the purposes of displaying such information on VFTW's site and/or the promotion and marketing of VFTW services. In other words...if you email us or post something stupid, there's a good chance we'll want to make fun of you or have some fantastic gain from your stupid ass. When you click send, new post, or add reply, you agree to it.

By posting on this website, you agree that you have read these rules and will abide by them. If you have any questions or need help with your account, registering, or anything, feel free to PM a moderator or administrator (see below) or e-mail mail@votefortheworst.com.

We're a fun, simple site where you say just about anything that's on your mind. Just follow these simple rules and you'll have no problems. Break the rules? You'll probably be banned from posting and Deb will give you a swift kick in the ass. You can use foul language here, we don't care. You can make fun of whoever you want, including the people who run the site, bring it on! Just don't do the following things, which we call the 10 Commandments of VFTW:

1. Don't spam.

You can post a link to your website in the appropriate forum only if it's about American Idol, Canadian Idol, etc. Don't post non-show spam in any forum or else. Also, if you continually post a link to your lame website or keep posting new topics about it, you're gone. You can link to websites, just make sure it's relevant and not entirely self-promotional. Cool?

2. No flooding.

Basically, your posts need to have substance. Don't post 10 times in a row for no reason just to be a dick. We'll ban your ass. If we notice that you're posting nothing substantial, yet you keep posting over and over, don't expect to be here long. In case you don't get the hint, people who hate VFTW, that includes you. Feel free to start ONE new topic on why you hate VFTW or post in existing ones. We welcome you here to share your opinion, but respect the rules. Starting lots of message board topics or jumping in on every page to post the same thing over and over will get you banned. If you bump an old message board thread for no good reason, you’re going to make us angry. If a section of the site starts growing by 10 pages a day with nothing substantial, we’re going to put an end to it quick.

3. Don’t start useless threads on the message board.

In any message board forum except General Chat, we keep the discussions at hand in organized threads. We'll lock your thread if there is already a lengthy discussion about any given topic in another thread. If you're new, reply to some threads before thinking about starting a new one. So if you start a thread called "OMG I DON'T LIKE TIM URBAN," when a thread for Tim Urban already exists, we might smack you. Keep discussions in pre-existing topics if possible. If you need help, this video should do the trick. General Chat, on the other hand, is a free for all. But we’ll still lock your thread if it sucks. Deal with it.

4. No overly racist, homophobic, misogynistic, or prejudiced comments that would be in really bad taste.

You can make fun of someone, but don't act like an idiot. Using hate speech against any group that is in bad taste (such as the word "faggot", "camel jockey", generally any slur against a minority group, etc) is not cool and will not be tolerated. If you have to resort to those tactics, you probably aren't smart. While we’re on the topic, don't talk about raping someone either. It's completely uncalled for. You can call Clay Aiken gay, you can make fun of his choice of significant other, but don't call him a "cocksucking faggot". It's just a respect issue to our members. Got it? If you need to use those terms, chances are you don’t understand this site and it’s not for you.

6. No porn.

That means no penises, no vaginas, no titties. Don't do it. You can link to it with a warning if it's appropriate for the thread you're posting in (for example, if Antonella Barba poses naked in Playboy, you can link to the pictures in the appropriate thread about them with a NOT SAFE FOR WORK warning), but don't post the actual pictures in a thread.

7. No motherfucking fantarding.

No one here wants to know if you find Adam Lambert attractive. No one cares if you're going to buy 300 of an Idol's new CD. VFTW is a board where we make fun of Idol and its contestants, not where we squeal over what they look like naked. If you want to do that, go here or here. Posting one SHORT comment about how you like someone is not fantarding. That’s fine, you are more than welcome to like someone. But if you start crossing the line and obsessing over a given contestant or yelling at people who dislike the contestant that you enjoy, you’re done. Yes, we can ban you for saying you find someone attractive. Don't like it? Get out. The idiot Taylor Hicks fans tried to post that stuff here and we killed them off pretty quickly.

8. Don't bring shit from other boards or real life here to cause drama.

We don't care. If you hate someone on other board or in real life and you attack them on here, your ass is grass. Seriously, use the other board or a simple telephone call to tell someone you hate them. Our board is not the place for you to spill over your feelings. Don't stalk people onto this board either. And don't post shit from the real life of other posters, such as their pictures or anything else attributed them you learned outside this site without their consent. Not cool. If someone isn't a member or they're banned, then it's fine to post stuff about them if it's relevant to the topic, but don't overdo it. We also don’t care what the rules of any other site are. Does Site A let you get away with something we don’t? We don’t care. Go post there instead.

9. Do not post copyrighted material.

VFTW complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright act and other copyright law. So you are not allowed to violate copyright such as posting the American Idol logo or copying and pasting news articles. Fair use dictates that you can post a link to the material and post at most a paragraph or so to get the point across. Anything more than that is considered a copyright violation. Parody is allowed as it is covered by copyright law, so photochops are fine. If you don’t listen to this, you’ll be banned quickly.

If you believe that a user has posted your copyrighted material on VFTW, let us know at dmca@votefortheworst.com

10. Avatar maximum size is 100x100.

Don't go any bigger. You are not special enough to have a bigger avatar for any reason.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the moderators by private message.

Please PM a moderator before you PM an admin, because the admins may have their hands full at the time. Our mods are Snotty and Buckshot. Our admins are Thefunnystone, Insane, SmarterThanPickler, ItsMeDeb, and Slacking. They will be more than happy to assist you.

If you don’t like our rules, tough shit. Go post somewhere else. But if you can listen to what we have to say here, we guarantee you’ll enjoy your time on the site.

Legal disclaimer, bitches.

By sending email to Vote for the Worst or posting on the site, you grant the owner, host, administrators and moderators of votefortheworst.com the world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, distribute and publish any content (including your name, likeness and email address) you sent or posted, for the purposes of displaying such information on VFTW's site and/or the promotion and marketing of VFTW services. In other words...if you email us or post something stupid, there's a good chance we'll want to make fun of you or have some fantastic gain from your stupid ass. When you click send, new post, or add reply, you agree to it.