14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has updated the Live QnA Code of Conduct, indicating that the changes introduced were necessary in order to make the resource easier to understand to users. In this regard, the QnA CoC now offers additional information on using multiple accounts, on dealing with mature content and introduces the Conversational tag.
“One of the first changes we made was to make it clear that the QnA Code of Conduct Supplement is just that - a supplement to the standard Code of Conduct. In order to understand the guidelines for QnA you need to read both the Code of Conduct and the QnA supplement. We also changed the formatting and the wording to make the QnA supplement easier to read and understand,” revealed a member of the Live QnA team.
Microsoft has informed that, per the QnA supplement, all conversational questions now have to be tagged appropriately, namely Conversational. At the same time, the Redmond company no longer allows users to use multiple accounts in order to play a self-sufficient QnA “game” (asking a question under one account and answering from another).
“In keeping with Microsoft Policy, we are narrowing the type of mature content that is allowed on the site. In fact, most content of [an adult] nature is not allowed even if it’s tagged as mature content,” the QnA team representative added. “You should use the mature content tag when it is suggested automatically by QnA and/or the question is something that would be inappropriate to discuss with children.”
When it comes down to moderation, the software giant informed that content would only be removed if it is reported as abusive by the community. Users will receive an “inappropriate tag message” for content that lacked a conversational tag and which was pulled down by a moderator.
“Please be aware that attempts to hide a profane word by replacing one or more letters of the word, using additional spaces, etc … is not allowed. Common examples include replacing an 'i' with '!' or an 's' with '$',” the QnA team member added. “Due to the large amount of content on the QnA site, the QnA team, the Moderation Team and the MVPs do not have time to review disagreements regarding a single piece of content.”