Biodiversity.social is for anyone working in, studying, or with general interest in areas of biodiversity. The server is managed by the GBIF Secretariat.

Welcome to biodiversity.social: free and open access to social media for all!

The server is intended for anyone with a professional or personal interest in biodiversity and particularly biodiversity data. This includes everyone in the GBIF community including nodes, data publishers, data users, researchers, professionals, students, etc.

We welcome anyone who has an interest in biodiversity, but screen applications to avoid spam.

IMPORTANT: When applying for an account, please provide a short explanation of why biodiversity.social is the right server for you. Requests with no or generic explanations without any connections to biodiversity will be rejected.

We are dedicated to providing a safe, hospitable, and productive environment for the our community. Interactions on this server must be professional, respectful and harassment-free for all participants.

In addition to specific rules of the server, the GBIF Code of Conduct applies to all users of this server. Breaking the rules or not adhering to the code of conduct may result in penalties, including warnings, content removal and account freezing/suspension depending on the severity of the offence.

We acknowledge IFTAS and Fedi.Tips for providing examples and guidelines for server moderation rules.

1. No explicit content
2. No hate speech or discrimination
3. No impersonation
4. No sock puppets
5. No trolling
6. No spam
7. No copyright infringement
8. No defamation
9. No misinformation
10. No glorification of violence or terrorism
11. No threatening behaviour
12. Synthetic media
13. Accessibility
14. Content warnings
15. No AI agents