Quick Reference LinksWeirder Earth GuidelinesWelcome! Please feel free to join us here, but if you do know that we ask everyone to keep a few things in mind. The following list is not exhaustive, and will be modified and expanded over time. Look, if you get it and you're good with it, great. If you don't get it, figure it out - we can help! If you don't want to get it, maybe find somewhere else to hang your hat.
We have an extended page of
full rules and etiquette that we expect all our users to abide by.
Own Your Weird This is a space to celebrate our diversity. Be true to yourself and let others do the same.
Share Your WeirdTalk about the weird shit you're into! Talk to other people about the weird shit they're into! Make weird shit together! Post your art! Bots welcome!
Cultivate the WeirdHarassment will not be tolerated, oppressive behavior will not be tolerated, and while failure to recognize the boundaries of others may be met at first with a gentle attempt to educate you, repeated failure will not be tolerated.
Keep weirder.earth Weird!No brands, no marketing, no data-miners. You're here to use it for its social function, not to exploit it for some other purpose.
Banal Bullshit UnwelcomeThere's nothing interesting about homophobia, transphobia, racism, antisemitism, sexism, ableism or any of the other unexamined default settings some people grow up with. Being a nazi isn't weird, it's shitty and aggressively boring - take it somewhere else. You can feel free to disagree somewhere else where none of us have to hear you. Enforced strictly.
QueriesIf you run into registration trouble or have any moderation-related queries, contact questions [at] weirderearth.de or
@WeirderAdmin for help.
For information on moderation duties and policy, see
Moderator GuidelinesInstance blocksAs you might know, Mastodon is made of many instances that 'federate' with each other to deliver you users and toots from many different places. However, not all of these instances actually do federate with each other and sometimes, instances actively block other instances, like we do.
We do this because there are instances that shelter people who have negative or threatening ideologies or behaviour. It's to protect our users from hate, harassment and general bullshit when we can't cooperate with an instance's administration on moderation issues.
There are also other reasons that we block, like to make sure we're not breaking the laws that other instances may not share with us.
We started out following
BLOCKchain (apart from corporate instances), but we have continued updating our block list since that project stopped being actively maintained. Most of our blocks are suspensions.
For a list of basic blocks we suggest for any well-moderated instance on the fediverse, see our
suspension recommendations.
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