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    Site Rules (Draft/WIP)

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    This is a rough draft of the rules for Caint. This is very bare bones, but should be OK for now. Of course, I welcome all suggestions for rule changes in @Comments-Feedback You must be the age of 18 or above to be a member of this website. We are not catering to children. English is the primary language of the website. Gaeilge is also allowed. Other languages are discouraged. There is to be no homophobia, transphobia, racism, bigotry, xenophobia nor sexism on this website. You may use curse words, but not slurs. Multiple accounts are forbidden. It is expected that users act as adults, this is a website for discussion. Users may not always agree, this is not a reason for flame wars, name calling or otherwise being a git. Be polite and thorough in your posts, if you’re arguing a topic then provide thorough reasoning for your opinion. Do not feed trolls, if a user is flame baiting then use the report functionality, do not respond to the troll. All content submitted by a user must adhere to a PG-13 guideline. All questions and feedback relating to the website may be posted in the ‘Comments and Feedback’ section - https://caint.ie/category/4/comments-feedback No posting of Warez/Serials/Cracks/keygens, or links to sites with said content. Do NOT ask for such things either. Repeated violations of this rule will lead to a permanent ban. No posting of referral links/get rich/get free [insert item here]/online voting links. Search before posting. While posting in topics, make sure to stay on topic. Sometimes conversations may veer off in a different direction. If this happens, posts may be split out in its own thread. Please wait about a day or so before ‘bumping’ your thread. We ask that you please ensure that the content that you are uploading is suitable for a general audience and does not contain any NSFW materials. Any content that is uploaded is of the sole responsibility of the user. Caint is not responsible for content that is posted. If you wish to have something removed from Caint, please email caint@caint.ie including a link to the page that the content is on.
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    Email Address Updated

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    This is just a note that the email address for website communications has been updated from nodebb@mg.39.ie to caint@mg.caint.ie Please whitelist the email address if password resets or notifications go into your Spam/Junk folder.
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    ✅ 🔧 [Maintenance Complete] Caint.ie Maintenance (Septmeber 4th 2025)

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    The maintenance on Caint.ie has now concluded at 22:14 (UTC+1), September 4th, 2025. If there are any issues, please let us know in @Comments-Feedback
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    ✅ 🔧 [Maintenance Complete] Caint.ie Maintenance (Septmeber 3rd 2025)

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    The maintenance on Caint.ie has now concluded at 22:09 (UTC+1), September 3rd, 2025. If there are any issues, please let us know in @Comments-Feedback
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    The Caint.ie Directory

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    With Federation being enabled, you don’t even need to have an account on Caint.ie in order to use Caint.ie If you are using Mastodon, Pixelfed, Pleroma, Lemmy, PeerTube, Sharkey, Iceshrimp, Akkoma, you can create a thread when posting, just mention the category that you wish to post it to. “The Caint Lock-In” is the catch-all for everything. Just mention caint@caint.ie and it’ll be posted in The Caint Lock-In For other topics: Politics - @politics@caint.ie Gaming - @gaming@caint.ie Technology - @technology@caint.ie Music - @music@caint.ie Sport - @sport@caint.ie Regional Connacht - @connacht@caint.ie Galway - @galway@caint.ie Leitrim - @leitrim@caint.ie Mayo - @mayo@caint.ie Roscommon - @roscommon@caint.ie Sligo - @sligo@caint.ie Leinster - @leinster@caint.ie Carlow - @carlow@caint.ie Dublin - @dublin@caint.ie Kildare - @kildare@caint.ie Kilkenny - @kilkenny@caint.ie Laois - @laois@caint.ie Longford - @longford@caint.ie Louth - @louth@caint.ie Meath - @meath@caint.ie Offaly - @offaly@caint.ie Westmeath - @westmeath@caint.ie Munster - @munster@caint.ie Clare - @clare@caint.ie Cork - @cork@caint.ie Kerry - @kerry@caint.ie Limerick - @limerick@caint.ie Tipperary - @tipperary@caint.ie Waterford - @waterford@caint.ie Ulster - @ulster@caint.ie Antrim - @antrim@caint.ie Armagh - @armagh@caint.ie Cavan - @cavan@caint.ie Derry - @derry@caint.ie Donegal - @donegal@caint.ie Down - @down@caint.ie Fermanagh - @fermanagh@caint.ie Monaghan - @monaghan@caint.ie Tyrone - @tyrone@caint.ie If you have an account on Caint, you can simply mention other categories by typing @politics or @sport or @dublin when posting.
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    ✅ 🔧 [Maintenance Complete] Caint.ie Maintenance (August 7th 2025)

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    The maintenance on Caint.ie has now concluded at 00:06 (UTC+1), August 7th, 2025. If there are any issues, please let us know in @Comments-Feedback
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    ✅ 🔧 [Maintenance Complete] Caint.ie Maintenance (July 31st 2025)

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    The maintenance on Caint.ie has now concluded at 22:28 (UTC+1), July 31st, 2025. If there are any issues, please let us know in @Comments-Feedback
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    Caint Finances

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    This will serve as a public document of Caint finances. Everything is including VAT of 23% Caint.ie domain - €7.37 (This for Year 1 only. This will increase to €39.35 in Year 2 onwards) Hosting - €4.98 per month x12 = €59.78 Email - Free* nodeBB - Free SSL - Free Total: €67.15 in Year 1 €99.13 in Year 2 and beyond (Obviously not accounting for potential increases in hosting or domains between now and then) So it costs less than €100 per year to run this entire site for now. For the nerds, the hosting is a Hetzner Cloud server based in Nuremberg, Germany. A tiny 2 vCPU, with 4GB of RAM and 40GB HDD Storage. Nothing too crazy to start off with. * The email is part of my personal server that is separate from the Hosting server.
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    Should Caint have a Political section?

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    @james said in Should Caint have a Political section?: is this an ideal world? Certainly not. It would be boring if that was the case, haha!
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    Sign up before December 31st and become a Mochóirí (Early Bird)

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    As we start out Caint, it would be cool to recognise anyone that joins within the first few months. So from now until December 31st, 2025, anyone who joins will automatically receive a “Mochóirí” label. Mochóirí is the Irish for ‘Early Bird’. Anyone who has signed up prior to this announcement has been granted the label. Share this post! Click the ⋮ and click Copy Permalink and paste it on social media. On the Fediverse? (Mastodon, Misskey, Lemmy, etc) - Follow the @announcements group account @announcements@caint.ie and share this post from there!
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    Accessibility on Caint

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    Accessibility is not only a necessity, but in certain cases a requirement - https://nda.ie/accessibility/european-accessibility-act I am not fully sure if Caint requires following the EAA, but I would prefer to have Accessibility options available, not to comply with any laws… because we will eventually have users that would require them. Now, as this is currently a 1-man-band, it may not be possible to implement everything right away, but it is something that can be worked on. As noted previously, there are various different looks to Caint, that may be more suitable for certain users. See https://caint.ie/topic/11/change-the-look-of-caint for more info. AltText for uploaded images are already here. Once the site is more established, and rules are going to be eventually drawn up, I will ensure that AltText becomes a requirement. Whenever you upload an image, you will see the following text: ![Screenshot_20250714_124132.png](/assets/uploads/files/1752493338920-screenshot_20250714_124132.png) After the file extension (png) and before the closing bracket ()), you can add AltText, by typing "This is AltText" So that it looks like this: ![Screenshot_20250714_124132.png](/assets/uploads/files/1752493338920-screenshot_20250714_124132.png "A screenshot of Caint with the option to select different themes.") If there is anything else that should be adjusted to improve accessibility, please reply and let me know.
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    Change the look of Caint!

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    By default, there is a light theme applied to the website. If you prefer a dark mode, or add a splash of colour, you can change the colour scheme. On the bottom left of the screen, you will see a paintbrush , click it and choose a look. The icon will pulsate letting you know it is being applied, and the page will refresh with the new look. If you have any questions, feedback or suggestions, please let me know! [image: 1752935561965-screenshot_20250719_153218.png]
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    New 'Regional' Forums added.

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    If you would like certain forums/categories to be created, or if you wish to help out with the site. Please register and drop me a ‘Chat’ on here I am happy to announce the creation of the ‘Regional’ forums. @regional This will allow for localised topics. It is broken down into provinces and then counties. From the home page of https://caint.ie, you can click directly to a province, and then click into a county. If you click on “Regional”, you can see a full list of provinces and counties. [image: 1752492889183-screenshot_20250714_123217.png]
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    Two-Factor Authentication

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    It’s always good practice to look after the security of your accounts, even for discussion forums like Caint. To enable it, go to the following Click your profile picture/icon on the top right >> Click your username Select “Two-Factor Authentication” at the bottom. If you lose your 2FA device (hardware token, mobile phone) and you cannot recover it, please email caint@caint.ie from the email address that is associated with your account and the 2FA can be removed. If you have any issues, please let me know.
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    Welcome to Caint! 👋

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    Welcome to Caint. If you have any questions, please let me know.