# Rules questions **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 16, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-questions/948770 "2021-08-16T04:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-questions/948770/3 "2021-08-16T05:08:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > **Trolls and trolling** _- Do not accuse other posters of trolling or being a troll. If you suspect someone is trolling or is a troll, please report them._ > > There is no exception for this general rule for the Pit? In the rules for the Pit, it is stated that it is where you can complain about other posters. It then goes on to state what isn’t allowed in those complaints; hate speech, wishing harm on another poster, trolling, doxxing, and harassment. It doesn’t contain a restriction about accusing someone of trolling. Most rules about conduct between posters don’t apply there. > **Although _the standards of discourse are looser than in the other forums_, the Pit is NOT a free-for-all - you don’t have to be nice, but you do have to be reasonably civil.** > [@Revised Forum Rules for the BBQ Pit: read this before posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-forum-rules-for-the-bbq-pit-read-this-before-posting/487209): > > The BBQ Pit is the forum for rants about the outside world or quarrels between posters - often the first turns into the second. Although the standards of discourse are looser than in the other forums, the Pit is NOT a free-for-all - you don’t have to be nice, but you do have to be reasonably civil. Please observe the following rules when posting in the Pit: Rants should be suitable for the Pit Cutesy, “I Pit puppies for being sooo cute!” non-Pittings are not welcome here. Put them in MPSIMS. R… But the best way to know that there is an exception to the rule there is because people are allowed to do it. Honestly there doesn’t need to be any more than that. It’s really obvious. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-questions/948770)._