Commenting is an integral part of the onX online community—it allows everyone to participate, contribute, and connect, ultimately encouraging our growth as hunters and elevating our experiences in the field. We value the comments on our pages and are constantly looking for ways to improve the dialogue.
The guidelines below, as well as the context in which comments are made, are taken into account when making moderation decisions. We hope this list helps you better understand our evaluation process and why some comments are removed.
Community do's and don'ts
DO: Focus on intelligently discussing topics by furthering the conversation and informing participants with resourceful and constructive ideas.
DON'T: Use profane language or threaten others. Maintain intelligent discussions in the onX community by being respectful and considerate.
DO: Speak from relevant personal experience that adds value to the conversation.
DON'T: Link to personal blog posts, websites, or social media accounts that are irrelevant to the conversation. We welcome links that help further the conversation and reserve the right to remove those we deem unnecessary.
DO: Engage in polite and valuable conversation threads with fellow readers.
DON'T: Attack fellow readers. We understand that you won't agree with everything other community members say—please state your opinions in a constructive and respectful manner. Profanity, hateful speech, prejudice, persistent trolling, and mindless abuse will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to remove any content that might be found extremely offensive or threatening.
DO: Point out positive attributes of articles and let authors know when they've done a good job. We invite you to ask authors questions about their topics if you'd like more information.
DON'T: Attack onX authors. If you find an error, please let us know kindly—we understand that we make mistakes and will do our best to correct them as soon as possible.
This is your community as much as it is ours. Thank you to our readers who are already upholding a high standard of quality for conversation in the onX community—your contributions help make our pages an inviting and intelligent space for everyone.