weeaboo-space-meta/info/Rules.md

Rules / Terms of Service

Instance description:

Weeaboo.space is an instance focused on general discussion, but often anime or tech. Any subject is allowed on this instance as long as you don't break any of the rules. We support people's freedom of expression and encourage discussions of any kind, not just anime-related, as the name might imply.

It's understandable that some other instances don't like this free-for-all nature. But if you must block, I urge you to block on a per-user level rather than the whole instance. That is better both for your users, and for the fediverse as a whole.

We do not allow:

• Spoiling of somewhat recent movies, games, books, etc. Use the content warning / subject field.
• Pornographic avatars. (No I won't complain about half-naked anime girls, just keep nipples and genitals away)
• Untagged NSFW.
• Continued, intentional and targeted bullying/spamming.
• Exiling/Threatening someone for their opinion. People have the right to say what they want as long as their actions don't break any other rules. If you don't like someone, you block them and call it a day.
• Imagebots that spam your waifu every hour (Waste of storage space)
• Nothing that's actually illegal according to Norwegian jurisdiction. Like child pornography or unironic bomb threats.

In short: Tag your porn and don't be an asshole

We do allow:

• Controversial opinions.
• "Questionable jokes"
• Shitposting. (But no spamming people)
• Text bots that comply with other rules

In short: Most things that aren't simply rude/annoying, or illegal.

Fine details / Extended explanation of rules

• Boosting untagged NSFW is not punished like posting untagged NSFW is. We can't control whether another instance tags their stuff properly.
• "Somewhat recent movies, games[...]" is open to interpretation, but generally means anything that hasn't been very popular in the past 5 years. Of course, if you know that a person is playing a game, don't intentionally spoil them, that falls under "Don't be an asshole".
  • For example Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne released in 2003/2004 so there's no real point in tagging all the spoilers. But in 2020, an HD remaster of the game was announced, starting at that point, story-related content should be tagged again, until that HD remaster has also been mostly forgotten.
• Yes, you can use words like "nigger" or "weeb" as long as they're not intended as flat out insults. But if the person says they're uncomfortable with such words, stop writing them to the person in question.
• If someone finds your joke distasteful, you apologize and move on. If you keep writing similar distasteful jokes after the person tells you to stop, you are spamming and/or being an asshole.

Additional policies/details:

• We do not use instance-wide blocks except to combat spamhives. Each user is responsible for their own timeline. I am responsible for the local timeline. And the federated timeline is a free-for-all.
• Targeting someone for their opinion may be overruled where someone's opinion is central to the discussion at hand. e.g while discussing presidential elections, as their personalities is most of the discussion material. Or while drama arises on subjects such as the mental state of a school shooter. In other words: If a bunch of news sites around the world are already complaining about it, it's probably okay for you to complain too.
• No. We're not an "alt-right" instance. Free expression does not mean we're nazis. But it does mean people on this instance won't pretend that they agree with you. "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen"