Start as you mean to go on

• If Big White Wall had a mind, it would be open. However, Big White Wall does not tolerate pornography, abusive behaviour or sexually explicit content under any circumstances. If your intention is simply to shock or upset, don’t bother – people will complain and we’ll just remove the offensive material.
• Bullying, intimidation or harassment is not acceptable anywhere - least of all on Big White Wall. While open discussion and healthy debate are all high on the agenda, please do not cross the line and get nasty. A couple of tips: DON’T USE CAPITAL LETTERS TO MAKE A STRONGER POINT – IT’S LIKE SHOUTING ISN’T IT? NO ONE ON BIG WHITE WALL WANTS OR DESERVES TO BE SHOUTED AT. If you think someone deserves a good ticking off, flag it up to us by clicking the "Report" button next to the brick, comment or Talkabout post and we’ll deal with it. Remember, the written word can seem far more aggressive or confrontational than intended when the person you are "talking" to cannot see or read your facial expressions.
• Do not use Big White Wall with the intention of distributing illegal material of any kind. This includes images, text or graphics. Also, joining or starting discussions about the intention to commit illegal acts is not allowed.
• Some of the conversations on Big White Wall are inappropriate for younger web users. For this reason, in order to join Big White Wall, you must be 16 or over.
• Do not impersonate other people on Big White Wall, either real or fictitious. Tempting as it may be in an anonymous environment to "be" someone else, it’s actually against the law. Nor can you impersonate Big White Wall facilitators or staff members. Facilitators and staff are carefully selected and trained to do the job they do, impersonating them is not only confusing and disorientating for everyone else, but could also result in loss of membership. Just be yourself!
• If you are a journalist looking for a story, we ask you not to approach members on the site directly. The reason for this is that Big White Wall values our members’ right to peace and privacy to get on with whatever they want to on the site without being distracted or put upon. Instead, contact our media team at theteam@bigwhitewall.com and they can help you out.
• Do not infringe another person’s copyright or other intellectual property rights. This means you can only upload material that you have got the right to use. In other words, don’t upload stuff you didn’t make yourself. For more information on copyright, see our Terms of use
• Lively debate and discussion are encouraged, but Big White Wall has an iron-clad, rock-hard, zero tolerance policy on hate speech or malicious stereotyping. This includes sexism, racism or slurs against an individual’s sexual orientation, religion or nationality. You wouldn’t do it offline, so don’t do it here either.
• Don’t use Big White Wall for anything other than that for which it was intended. Don’t create dummy accounts with the intention of spamming or antisocial behaviour, we’ll only remove them and ban you from the site.
• Please do not use bricks, Talkabouts or any other areas of Big White Wall to promote or advertise products and services. Again, we will just remove it. Instead, contact our advertising team at theteam@bigwhitewall.com

When you join Big White Wall as a member, you agree to our Terms of use and you agree to these House rules as part of these Terms of use. Your acceptance helps us to make sure that Big White Wall runs smoothly and safely for everyone. Violation will result in a warning or, in extreme cases, a loss of membership. Once you have been banned, you cannot come back, so enjoy Big White Wall to the full, and be good.