12. CAPITAL LETTERS or boldface may only be used for emphasis, for example if you want to address someone and emphasise his name. If you use these means too frequently, others will react annoyed.

13. Don´t use invectives at all. They only create a lot of annoyance with those who would like to chat peacefully. Remember: glorification of violence and drugs, pornographic material and propagation of racism are a criminal offence and will be prosecuted!.

14. If somebody misbehaves in the chat, please do not start a big discussion with him. This will most likely only annoy the other chatters. Instead, just ignore him. After a short time of being ignored, he will get bored. It is very likely that he will disappear automatically. If it´s a really tough case, notify the person running the chat or one of the guard- or superusers. You should notice the body running the chat in any case if someone commits a criminal offence (compare to paragraph 13). Write them when this chatter has been online and what nickname he/she has been using.

15. Don´t wrongly believe the fairytale that you were anonymous in a chat room. You are not! The chat software records the internet address of your computer (IP) and stores it. Using the IP address, the chat operator can determine your internet service provider and the telephone number from where you are connected. The body running the chat thus has appropriate means to call persons to account who leave a particular bad impression. Most chats log all written text in the chat rooms to be able to prove criminal offences.

If you stick to these rules, there should be no obstacles to a successful, nice, cheerful, freeing and funny chat life :-)