Posting Comments, Using Forums

• Before posting anything on our site, please read the Community Guidelines. The basic rule is: please don’t harass anyone or be a jerk. We’re all here to support each other. Thanks for being respectful and kind.
• You must be registered and logged in to post comments anywhere on the site.
• If you’ve lost your password or forgotten your user id, please look at the Accounts and Passwords page.

Posting New Threads and Comments

1. Make sure you’re logged in.
2. If you want to post in a forum, locate the forum, click on its title, and scroll down to the form that says “Start a New Thread.” 3. Fill in your comment and hit “Save My Comment.”

Responding to Comments

In order to make it a little easier to navigate through the tangle of posts on any given thread, we’ve built in a little option that allows you to “nest” your comments — which basically means you can indicate exactly which post you’re responding to (was it the first post on the thread, or a subsequent post), and whether your post is a question or an answer, and then this information allows your post to be displayed in a way so that it’s easier to find.

Formatting Your Comments

If you want to use special formatting in your comments, like making text bold or making it italic, you will find instructions at the bottom of each posting form in a little box that says “How to Format Your Post.” If you want to preview what your text looks like after you apply these formatting codes, click the button that says “Turn Preview On” and your formatted text will display below. If you want to include an image with your comment, you can reference the url where the image is saved on another website. You cannot upload images onto our server. If you post porn we will kick you off The Icarus Project and ban your computer’s I.P. address. Don’t do it.

Flagging Questionable Comments/Moderators