Press
Welcome to the TalkSpar press portal.
Logo
Use the primary logo on light backgrounds, and the alternate logo with dark backgrounds. Logos may be uniformly resized but may not be redrawn, rotated, recolored, distorted, or otherwise altered.
Do not display logos against a textured background.
Mascot
The Sppeech mascot, named Syzzie, is derived from the original Ruqqus mascot.
Terminology
TalkSpar is broken into numerous smaller messaging and commenting boards focused around a variety of topics. These boards are called "Guilds". Guild names always start with a + symbol, and are usually (though not always) named after their topic of interest. For example, +news is a Guild focused on sharing and discussion of news and current events.
The users who create and moderate Guilds are called "Guildmasters". Guildmasters are regular users, and have no affiliation with TalkSpar beyond having a talkspar.com account.
Users can submit posts to Guilds. They can also can add comments as replies to posts or other comments.
Guildmasters cannot hide or remove content. They can "kick" off-topic posts out of their guild. Such content then appears in +general, an unmoderated Guild that functions as a catch-all area. Similarly, Guildmasters can "yank" content from +general into their own guild. When a post is kicked or yanked, all of its comments move with it.
When referring to the TalkSpar social media platform, use "TalkSpar" or "talkspar.com".
When referring to the operators of TalkSpar, use "TalkSpar staff", "TalkSpar owners", or similar phrasing.
Users of the TalkSpar platform should be called "TalkSpar users".
Coloring
The name of the TalkSpar color is "Porpl". Its RGB hex code is #1B1B1B.
Licensing
The assets on this page ("brand assets") may be used for the following purposes, under a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free license ("the License"):
- To link to TalkSpar, enable sharing to TalkSpar, or refer to your presence on TalkSpar.
- To indicate the presence of a TalkSpar-powered embed of content from TalkSpar.
Use of brand assets for the following is not permitted under the License:
- Placing TalkSpar name or brand assets on apparel or merchandise, without written approval from TalkSpar.
- Using the TalkSpar name or brand assets as a name, or part of a name, of a company, product, service, application, website, domain name, or social media account.
Terms of the License. A violation of these terms shall automatically terminate your License.
- Do not modify the brand assets or use modified versions found elsewhere.
- Do not use the TalkSpar name or brand assets in a manner that implies a partnership with, or endorsement by, TalkSpar.
- Do not use the TalkSpar name or brand assets in connection with material that violates the TalkSpar terms of service or content policy.
- Do not use the brand assets in connection with content that disparages talkspar.com, or TalkSpar staff.
TalkSpar may revoke your License at any time and for any reason.
A failure by TalkSpar in one or more instances to insist upon your strict adherence to these licence terms, shall not be construed as a waiver of any continuing or subsequent violations of these license terms.
Content
The following requirements must be met when attributing any TalkSpar content within ediorial content:
Do:
- Explicitly state and cite TalkSpar. (Logo assets may be helpful here.)
- Capitalize "TalkSpar", except when using it as part of "talkspar.com" or within links
- Embed or link to the original TalkSpar post, comment, or community if it appears online.
- Use the full text of the post or comment.
- Respect the displayed capitalization of TalkSpar guild names and user names.
- Refer to guilds as "+guildname"
- Refer to individual users as "@username"
Do not:
- Screenshot TalkSpar content to use within digital editorial content. (Embed it instead!)
- Alter posts, comments, username identification, or any other content found on TalkSpar.
- Quote a TalkSpar user without properly attributing the quote to them and providing a link to the comment.
- Omit part of a comment or post text.
- Capitalize "talkspar.com"
- Leave outdated versions of content up. Changes or deletions to content should be reflected in a timely manner. (Use of TalkSpar-powered embeds is the best way to accomplish this.)
Verbal rules:
- Explicitly state that content is from TalkSpar
- Do not alter the title, text, or meaning of the content.
- Read content in full. Do not excerpt content. Do not attempt to quote content from memory.
- Sppeech is pronounced like the Greek word συζητείς
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