Frequently Asked Questions

Ahh, the good old trusty FAQ section. If you’ve got questions, then we’ve got answers. And if we don’t have the answers then that’s because the bears outside have stolen them (in which case try contacting us directly).

We’ve also included a section about your personal information. We don’t exactly like the practices of groups such as Facebook or the bears outside, so we’ve tried our darnedest to be as open and as up-front as possible about how we use your data. Aren’t we nice?

We will be adding more to the FAQ as soon as we start being asked questions frequently.

General

Why is this site called “The Choad”? Doesn’t “choad” mean…?

…Yes, yes it does. Find out more information here.

Are there any plans to make a mobile version of your site?

Absolutely. We know that a couple of things (like the credits at the bottom of every page) don’t look right on mobile devices.

That’s why we already have a rough alpha-build of a web-app currently in development – including an iPad-optimised version. This will be a future addition to the site. It’s a lot of work, so thank you for your patience.

What the hell is with the whole “bears outside” thing?

Shh! Don’t let them hear you! They’re out there, lying in wait for the opportune moment to strike.

Bears have been at the heart of many disasters throughout the ages. For years they have been domesticating humans to ignore and forget the danger they pose. Parents regularly give stuffed teddy bears to their children to comfort them during the times that they are sad and alone. Children are raised to believe that the bears are warm and fuzzy and huggable and soft and gentle and safe.

But the true reality of the entire situation is that if you hug a bear it will bite your frakking head off.

And that is why we do not trust the bears outside.

Are we going to die from a Robot Apocalypse or a Zombie Apocalypse?

We think it’s more likely that it will be a mixture of both, despite a couple of the team hoping that we’d die from a Radioactive Minge Apocalypse instead.

We feel that once nanobots are created, they will be the genesis of our future enslavement to our robotic overlords. Assimilating us like the Borg, they will undoubtedly turn us into the zombies which we fear most.

But let’s face it; it’s apocalyptic robot bears that we really have to worry about…

Posting Comments

Do I need to register to post a comment?

Not in the traditional sense, no. You will find that your first comment is your registration. Allow us to explain;

We hate websites where we have to register just to post a comment. Even worse is when you have to remember a password and log in to post another comment when you next visit the site.

We also hate captchas. They’re awful. Not only are they terrible to read but we hate being made to feel as though we have to prove that we exist (we found that hard enough to do first-time around at high school).

We also don’t trust anything that requires a Facebook connect login. Because it’s Facebook.

Sites that require registrations and captchas just to allow you to comment are a really bad experience. But it’s commonplace and they do it because they don’t want their site to be covered in spam. Neither do we. So what do we do different?

When you post your first comment it serves as your registration.

You can continue to post comments throughout the site, but they won’t become visible until your first one has been personally approved by Al. After you’ve been approved, you can continue to post to your heart’s content and all of your comments will be immediately visible to everybody.*

As such, you will need to continue being consistent with your name and your email address when posting.

You won’t receive any emails as part of your registration and we won’t spam you. Your email address is used simply to identify you on our site and is not publicly visible to anyone else.

We believe that this will give you the best experience possible. No sign-ups, no logging in – just post. It’s as simple as that.

* Posting spam, hurtful comments or embarrassing yourself by acting like an obscenely rude douchecanoe will result in your approval being revoked. Just use common sense and play nice.

How do I get my own picture/avatar?

The comments support two types of avatar; Gravatars (short for Globally Recognised Avatars) and Twitter avatars. If you don’t have either, then by default you will just see the silhouette of the bear’s next victim.

Because Gravatars are based on your email address, simply using the same email address that you registered your Gravatar with will display the picture for you.

Alternatively, if you have a Twitter account you can enter your username in the Twitter field. Doing so will result in the picture that you use and cherish on Twitter to be displayed instead.

Please note: If you enter your Twitter name, then that picture will take priority over your Gravatar (if you have one).

Data

What information is stored in my cookies?

Yay COOKIE QUESTION! Om nom nom nom…

If you don’t know what a cookie is in computing terms, find out more at WhatAreCookies.com.

Like most sites, we use cookies purely for convenience. They are used so that you don’t have to re-type all your information every time you want to post another comment. There are four cookies that are set for commenters:

Your name
Email Address
Website URL
Twitter username

The commenter cookies are set to expire a little under one year from the time they’re set. You can always delete these cookies manually if you wish (which is useful if you’re using someone else’s computer).

What is your data and usage policy?

Coming soon. But a quick summary is that we only collect the data (as mentioned above) from your cookies. We also have visitor site stats, search result stats, spam stats, popular post stats and if you’re a mean old busy-body leaving nasty comments then we can and will revoke your access to continue to post comments.