Blatantly stolen from Sleeeve:

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For the S4 season, there are once again a few things that I'd like to make sure we're all aware of...
First:

The official vote thread will be started on Tuesday night by either SherpaDave or Superman. Any vote thread NOT started by one of those two will be locked and/or deleted. Starting it Tuesday night gives people a little less than 48 hours to cast their vote (which should be plenty of time). The rules for the vote thread will be included each week in the initial post... it's easy... works the same way every season.

Second:

The official East Coast feed Thread will be started each week by IceCat.

All play-by-play comments should be placed in that thread. Everyone should feel free to add their comments/observations/analysis to that thread... New threads that contain information about the show that are posted before midnight EST may be locked or deleted at the moderator's discretion. This is to allow our West Coast members to use the spoiler board during the show, without having the actual episode ruined for them. It also allows spoiler access to any West Coasters that just can't wait another 3 hours (and keeps a summary in our archives, should we ever need one). West Coasters should be aware, however, that the mods can't be everywhere at once. Accessing the forum after 8pm EST should be done at your own risk.

After each episode, posts like "I told you that Lindsey was next to go" should be kept to a minimum... Bragging is natural, but our goal each week is to spoil the next episode, not feed our egos.

Third:

Sleeeve will establish a State of the Spoiling schedule each season and the SOTS will be posted on Tuesday or Wednesday of each week. SOTS is provided by SurvivorBlows.com as a service to our readers. The purpose of this post is to consolidate the threads in the Spoiler Forum pertaining to this week's episode. This thread is an excellent way to stay abreast of the discussion that has occurred in a given week. Please use this thread for unified discussion of all topics as we approach the next episode.

Finally:

I'd like to remind everyone that this is a threaded community. The board features allow us to keep related information under the same heading. While we allow our members to start any threads that they want, we ask that your thread contribute in some way to the effort of the board. In other words, if you wish to comment on a subject addressed in another thread, do it in that thread. If you have something new to share, a new thread is appropriate.

There is a lot of leeway on this, because it's hard to define what should be considered "related" and what should be considered "new" (since really every thread is striving to spoil the same aspects of the show)... obvious violations will be taken care of at the moderators' discretion, but our overall goal is to have fun.

Additionally, it should be noted that we have forums for fanatics (praising the contestants) and bashers (making fun of the contestants). There's a lot of fun to be had in this forum (check out fanatics for two wonderful contests -- the PTTE contest, and the anti-bootee contest). Since these forums are readily available, if your post has nothing to do with spoiling the show, you should consider posting it in one of those two locations.

SB has traditionally been a community with minimal flaming and minimal policing by the moderators. The basic guideline should be to respect the members of the community and to try to spoil the show. If everyone strives for this, we'll have no problems at all.

Remember TechNoir's abbreviated version: Read, Read some more, Think it over, and then if you have an idea that is not covered in any of the other threads- Post away!

If anyone has any questions/comments about these guidelines, feel free to post to this thread... we're open to suggestions... this is just how it's worked in the past... Also, if you think I left anything out that our new members should be aware of, add it!!!

Operating on a suggestion from Survivin' Dawg, I created a new thread for this.