To connect to IRC manually, open your favorite irc client and type: /server irc.prison.net .. and once that's completed, type /join #wtf.com .. or click here.

* Do not taunt happy fun ball.

* Don't ask to ask a question. Just ask the question. If you feel this is rude, incorporate your introduction into the question. i.e. "hi, I'm new to WTF, can somebody tell me why I can't login?" instead of "hi, can I ask a question?"

* Don't ask a question without first attempting to figure it out for yourself, via research.

* Staff members are not obligated to discuss reasons for banning, site policies, or anything else in the chat room if they do not wish to.

* Don't repeat yourself/scroll constantly. It's possible that everybody in the channel is simultaneously not paying attention, and will see what you said when they look back.

* Don't use bold colors, mIRC colors, blinky text, or ANSI codes. They are considered to be obnoxious and are generally abused.

* Set autoaway off. We don't care that you've been idle for 5 minutes.

* Don't run a script that posts irrelevant things into the channel. We aren't interested in which mp3 your computer has just queued up.

* Don't initiate file transfers without the other user's consent.

* Rules are subject to change without notice, bitch!