Rules
Everyone has to have them to keep order in the world. We have a clear set of rules that sometimes have to be added onto due to events. We will let you know of any updates when they come around.
Insta-ban Offenses: - No inappropriate images (porn/morbid/violent)
- No bullying or harassment
- No spamming, advertising (outside the advertising forum) or chain letters
We may, at our discretion, choose to forewarn individuals we feel have made innocent mistakes. Please note that your IP address is logged. This means that we can trace who you are if you break the rules or do something illegal.
Banned Visuals
Pornography, including
Images of sex (drawings or photos)
Nude shots (full or partial, including bared breasts, drawings or photos)
Violence, including
Morbid images (images of death, suicide, or dead people)
Violent images (abuse, injury, wounds, blood, sadism)
Self-harm (images of cutting or needles, masochism)
Animal cruelty (including anti-cruelty campaign visuals depicting cruelty)
Threatening images, including
Individuals posing with guns, knives or other weapons
Adulterated images of other members (nasty graffiti, voodoo representations)
Threatening or offensive images or writing
Any other image that invokes a strong sense of disgust, distress, or fear
Copyrighted images from other websites
You may be banned if you upload/post offensive images. Moderators will exercise their own discretion with borderline images. If in doubt, don't post.
We request that teenagers do not publish suggestive images of themselves in sexy poses or in skimpy outfits (e.g. bikinis, underwear). We will remove any pictures we consider suggestive. Again, this is for your own safety.
Banned Content
All discussion of suicide
Discussion encouraging:
Self-harm
Anorexia
Bulimia
Written content that is gratuitously:
Pornographic
Violent
Morbid
This includes all "cybering" or "cyber-sex" chats
Threatening and intimidating behavior including:
Bullying
Stalking
Grooming
Unwanted flirting
Racism, sexism or homophobia
Judgementalism
Religious fundamentalism
Threatening suicide or self-harm
Blackmail including emotional blackmail
Telling certain groups to get off the site or make their own site
Scamming and phishing, including:
Appealing for money
Appealing for blood
Claiming to be a real otherkin for nefarious purposes
Lies, rumors, slander and propaganda which bring the moderators or the website into disrepute
Discussion of banned members
Copyrighted material or material copied from other websites
Spam and chainletters, including those sent by private messages
Advertisements for other social networks, commercial websites, or money-making schemes
Individuals who post inappropriate content may be banned at the moderator's discretion. Individuals who get banned by the moderators have all of their content deleted automatically. This is not reversible.
The Rules of Netiquette Are:
- Remember you are talking to other human beings who have feelings and if you say nasty things you could hurt them - more than you think
- Behave online the way you would if you were talking to someone in real life - don't be rude or aggressive.
- Know where you are in cyberspace - don't insult people for being or wanting to be different here!
- Make yourself look your best, check your spelling, make sure what you say makes sense.
- Share your knowledge, if someone has a question you know the answer to - answer it!
- Keep flame wars under control, be friendly, be polite, smooth over differences.
- Respect other people's privacy. Don't try to pester them if your attention isn't wanted.
- Don't abuse your power. Knowing more than others doesn't give you the right to take advantage of them.
- Forgive other people's mistakes. Don't make them look stupid or humiliate them, if it's important, let them know, preferably by private email.
- Take responsibility for what you say online
- Forewarn people of your tolerance level for abusive or rude comments
- Ignore trolls
- Talk through arguments offline if you can, or find an intermediary who can help
- Tell people when they are behaving badly so they know where they stand
- Don't say anything online that you wouldn't say to them in person