A strange object in space and a space for strange objects

A strange object in space and a space for strange objects

strangeobject.space is shutting down at the end of 2024!

More details in our blog.

Fediverse instance run by @esther and @james

• Blog - Updates from admins and mods
• Status - Information on availability and outages
• Donations - Help us keep the lights on

strangeobject.space is running on glitch-soc, a fork of Mastodon.

Rules

We acknowledge that rules will never be comprehensive or cover every possible situation. Our instance rules are meant to be respected closely in cases that they do cover and to inform how we act in cases where they aren't explicit. Always try to act in the spirit of these rules.

This instance is hosted in Germany. All content posted on strangeobject.space must abide by German laws and regulations regardless of our own rules.

General

Members must be 18 years old or older.

As members of strangeobject.space we accept these rules and commit to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for ourselves and others.

We do not tolerate oppression of people on the basis of who they are. This includes but is not limited to: gender, race, ethnicity, language, body size and shape, religion or spirituality, nationality, age, disability and sexual orientation.

We define oppression as any language or action that expresses, reinforces, upholds or sympathizes with any form of systemic social domination.

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

• harassment, both individual and coordinated
• insults and derogatory language
• trolling (trying to deliberately provoke someone)
• threats
• doxxing (publishing of personal information without consent)
• spam

Bots, Automation and Organizations

Accounts on strangeobject.space are intended for human beings. Bots are generally not allowed on this instance. Exceptions must be explicitly allowed by the admins of the instance.

Tools that post on behalf on humans, like cross-posters that mirror content from other social media sites, are permitted but should be used with care and only replicate content that their owner has posted themselves (e.g. no retweets). All rules still apply in full to content that is posted through such a tool.

Organizations and institutions should generally not have accounts on strangeobject.space. Exceptions are possible but rare and need to be decided on by the moderators/admins.

Accessibility

Visual media that is posted to the public timeline should always have a text description that conveys its content accurately to someone who cannot see the image.

We avoid large clusters of non-text characters (e.g. Emoji and "glitchy text"), and refrain from using them in usernames at all unless we have actually tested how they are pronounced by a screen-reader and that it doesn't inhibit reading the timeline.

Nudity, Sex and Sex Work, Kink

Discussion and depiction of sexual, erotic, kinky and sex-work related content is explicitly allowed on strangeobject.space as long as it's not illegal in Germany.

Anything that falls into these categories should be posted with a content warning (CW) and media marked as sensitive when the post appears on a public timeline.

Other users should only be tagged in these posts if they have consented to it.

Content warnings

In addition to previous mentions of content warnings (CWs), the following types of content should be posted with a CW when they appear on the public timeline:

• violence (depiction and graphic description)
• self harm and suicide
• dieting and eating disorders
• citing/quoting content that would violate any of our rules, including screenshots of such content
• visual media with rapid flashing/blinking

Creative Works

When posting works created by others (e.g. photos, artworks, comics, music, video, etc.), include attribution for the original artist/creator. If possible link back to their original post.

This rule does not apply to the citing of popular media, for example a screenshot or GIF from a movie, or things like memes.

Crypto

We don't tolerate promotion of any cryptocurrency, NFTs, de-fi, and related projects.

Violations, Conflict and Appeals

We strive to own our mistakes and to learn from them. When we receive feedback on our behaviour that we disagree with, our first reaction should be to listen. Many conflicts can be resolved by trying to see them from another person's perspective.

When directly engaging with each other isn't possible for any involved parties, the moderators/admins of strangeobject.space can intervene and will act in accordance with our rules.

Severe or repeated violations of our instance's rules can lead to freezing, limiting and suspending of a user's account.

Moderation decisions can be appealed to either via DM to @admin@strangeobject.space, or if that's not possible (e.g. after suspension) via email to mail@strangeobject.space. Appealing via the personal accounts of moderators or admins on this instance is unacceptable and will result in suspension.

Emoji attribution

Unfinished, further attributions to be added!

Asemoji - ScrumpDiddley Animated Spoons - @tiarel 35mm - @MattMaber Blobfox - Volpeon FediPact - FediPact

1. This is the short version of our rules, please read the full text on https://strangeobject.space/about/
2. We do not tolerate oppression of people on the basis of who they are.
3. Bots are generally not allowed on this instance. Exceptions must be explicitly allowed by the admins of the instance.
4. Organizations and institutions should generally not have accounts on strangeobject.space. Exceptions are possible but rare and need to be decided on by the moderators/admins.
5. Use descriptions for visual media on public timeline posts.
6. Sexual, erotic, kinky and sex-work related content is explicitly allowed as long as it's not illegal in Germany.
7. Use content warnings and sensitive media markers where appropriate (see above for details).
8. Provide attribution for creative works, memes or citations of popular media are excempt from this rule.
9. We don't tolerate promotion of any cryptocurrency, NFTs, de-fi, and related projects.
10. Severe or repeated violations can lead to freezing, limiting and suspending of a user's account.
11. Members must be 18 years old or older.

1. anarchist.au: suspension
2. convo.casa: suspension
3. emeraldsocial.org: suspension
4. gender.systems: limitation
5. social.cutiecluster.cc: suspension