The NITheCS is a South African institute advancing theoretical and computational sciences to grow research, innovation, and socio-economic development across Africa.

This server serves their app.

The National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS) is a South African institute advancing theoretical and computational sciences to grow research, innovation, and socio-economic development across Africa.

This server serves the NITheCS App.

Dragonchat- By dragons, for dragons.

Dragonchat is a safe, long-term community for dragons and dragon lovers. Welcome, rest your wings for a while! Given the decentralized nature of Mastodon, while I intend on running this instance as long as there is interest (and I am able to do so), there is no guarantee as to the persistence of this site and anything that has been posted to it. Please do not use this site to host the only copy of your important stuff.
Please review the rules prior to joining. For any issues, please contact one of the admins:

• @talon

Server thumbnail courtesy of @tracken Hosting: Servers cost money. This one is (currently) $35/month, and while Dragonchat will forever be free to use, I have set up a Ko-fi if you would like to contribute towards its long-term success!

1. Be Kind and respectful of one another.
2. Threats of harm, doxxing, or other abusive behavior will not be tolerated.
3. Sensitive/NSFW content (if any) must be posted with proper tagging/warning.

1. artisan.chat: suspension
2. bdsm-jp.club: limitation

Come join the Pacific Northwest (US/Canada) Community! A regional instance for anyone that lives in or enjoys the PNW.

Care to donate?

If you'd like to donate towards the operating costs of this instance, you're welcome to make a US tax-deductible donation at https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/pnw-zone

Who are we?

PNW.Zone is a decentralised, free and open alternative to Twitter based on Mastodon. Part of the Fediverse.

This instance is a casual place for those that live in or enjoy the Pacific Northwest (US/Canada). We're chill here, so come join us and share your experiences. This is a general topic instance, but you may find we enjoy #Photography #Nature #Technology and the like.

Looking for a hyper-local Seattle or Portland instance? You may also be interested in social.seattle.wa.us, pdx.social or tacoma.community.

I'm new to Mastodon and the Fediverse. Who can I talk to on this instance?

If you're coming from Twitter, you may be wondering why you need to "pick" an instance or server. The Mastodon service is hosted by thousands of interconnected servers - rather than being run by one entity. But don't fear, each administrator has connected their instance to all the other instances so everyone can communicate in one big "Fediverse".

Want to learn more? Here's this massive list of resources related to the #MastodonMigration.

Mastodon Server Covenant

We follow the Mastodon Server Covenant which is a set of minimalistic guidelines to provide the best possible experience for our members.

Registration is Currently Open!

If you’re new to Mastodon please consider signing up, we’d love to have you. If you’re on another instance and want to move closer to your home in the Pacific Northwest, sign up and we can assist! We’d encourage you to look over our code of conduct and our server rules first, to make sure our moderating style suites your needs.

Account signups require manual approval to prevent bot and spam accounts. We attempt to review all signups within 24 hours.

Code of Conduct

The following guidelines are not a legal document, and final interpretation is up to the administration of pnw.zone; they are here to provide you with an insight into our content moderation policies:

The following types of content will be removed from the public timeline:

1. Excessive commercial advertising or commercial posts not related to the Pacific Northwest
2. Bots: Uncurated bots posting from third-party sources must first obtain approval from administration
3. Nudity, pornography and sexually explicit content, including artistic depictions
4. Untagged gore and extremely graphic violence, including artistic depictions

The following types of content will be removed from the public timeline, and may result in account suspension and revocation of access to the service:

1. Racism or advocation of racism
2. Sexism or advocation of sexism
3. Discrimination against gender and sexual minorities, or advocation thereof Xenophobic and/or violent nationalism
4. Timeline Flooding: Continuous posting of content or reposting of external content within a short time without intent of engaging in a conversation is not allowed.

Spreading disinformation or conspiracy theories that undermine public health The following types of content are explicitly disallowed and will result in revocation of access to the service:

1. Sexual depictions of children
2. Content illegal in the United States (where pnw.zone is hosted)
3. Holocaust denial, Nazi symbolism, or conduct promoting the ideology of National Socialism

Any conduct intended to stalk or harass other users, or to impede other users from utilizing the service, or to degrade the performance of the service, or to harass other users, or to incite other users to perform any of the aforementioned actions, is also disallowed, and subject to punishment up to and including revocation of access to the service. This includes, but is not limited to, the following behaviors:

1. Continuing to engage in conversation with a user that has specifically has requested for said engagement with that user to cease and desist may be considered harassment, regardless of platform-specific privacy tools employed.
2. Aggregating, posting, and/or disseminating a person's demographic, personal, or private data without express permission (informally called doxing or dropping dox) may be considered harassment.
3. Inciting users to engage another user in continued interaction or discussion after a user has requested for said engagement with that user to cease and desist (informally called brigading or dogpiling) may be considered harassment. These provisions notwithstanding, the administration of the service reserves the right to revoke any user's access permissions, at any time, for any reason, except as limited by law.

These provisions notwithstanding, the administration of the service reserves the right to revoke any user’s access permissions, at any time, for any reason, except as limited by law.

Where are we hosted?

We're hosted on AWS in the Oregon region. Media is replicated to caching endpoints around the world. Local laws apply.

DMCA

To submit a copyright claim, visit the DMCA Policy page on our community hub.

1. Have fun and be respectful! Posts on PNW.zone are moderated. We promote robust dialogue from all viewpoints, but want to cultivate a trusted instance for others to join. Therefore we will moderate threats of violence, harassment, harmful disinformation, hate speech, and similar content.
2. No spamming the server. This includes excessive commercial advertising, promotional campaigns, and SEO. Any commercial postings should relate to the PNW community.
3. Clearly content warn (CW) content and discussions considered of mature or possible traumatic nature (gore, war, thirst traps, trauma). Keep it safe.
4. No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
5. The use of bots on this server is not permitted without prior approval.
6. Pornography on the local timeline is not allowed.
7. Do not break the code of conduct (found on About page).
8. You must be 13 years of age or older to create an account on this instance.
9. Public posts and profiles must be in English to allow for moderation.

1. mytter.jp: suspension

glammr.us is a space for folks interested in galleries, libraries, archives, museums, memory work and records. But you don't only have to post about GLAMMR-related topics, bring your whole self!

glammr.us is a space for folks interested in productive conversation about, well, galleries, libraries, archives, museums, memory work and records. It is pronounce "glamorous" as our work are often charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way. Sometimes it is also full of excitement, adventure, and unusual activity (oh, yes). It is also inspired by Toys'R'us to showcase the fun playful side of glammr.us tooters. But you don't necessarily have to only post about GLAMMR-related topics, bring your whole self. Talk about fun things you saw, your exciting day or even your struggles. Many of us are looking for an inclusive and community supported approach to social media.

We want this to be a fun, pleasant, and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If someone asks you to leave them alone, leave them alone.

We do not accept signups from AI agents or bots. If you have a script-based bot you would like to make an account for, you must discuss with admins.

Support the Server

If any of these things sound good to you, consider joining us by contributing as little as a $1 a month on our patreon to help keep our server online. Or make a one-time donation on our Ko-Fi.

Code of Conduct and Moderation Practices

We may give warnings for behaviors such as disruption of discussions, but breaking many of our Don'ts will result in immediate account suspension.

Do

• Talk about/link to what you’re reading, working on, listening to, watching
• Post your blog post, code snippet, article, book chapter, presentation
• Ask for help
• Post pictures of your food, cat, dog, baby, signage, face. Show us the awesome/boring/terrible thing on your desk right now.
• Use descriptive text on your images
• Credit the images and art you share (ideally with a link)
• Add CWs (content warnings) to your posts liberally: label talks about politics or hate incidents, listserv commentary, rants, spoilers of TV shows, etc. CWs are metadata. We love metadata! (see FAQ for more about CWs)

Don't

The following behavior is not welcome anywhere in GLAMMRUS:

• Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality, or religion.
• Holocaust denial and Nazi symbolism.
• Deliberate or persistent misgendering.
• Threats of violence.
• Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm.
• Deliberate intimidation.
• Publishing any individual's address, phone number, or other private identifying information without consent.
• Sexual depictions of children.
• Unwelcome sexual attention, including sharing sexual content with specific users without consent.
• Gratuitous sexual images or behavior without a content warning.
• Simulated physical contact (e.g. textual descriptions like "hug" or "backrub") without consent or after a request to stop.
• Publication of non-harassing private communication without consent.
• Sustained disruption of discussion.
• Impersonation of living persons
• Continued communications with someone who's asked that you leave them alone.
• Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment.

Strongly Recommended Content Warnings

We strongly recommend considering content warnings when posting Public toots which will appear on the Local Timeline. In particular, we strongly recommend content warnings for following topics:

• Hate incidents
• National/state/electoral politics
• Gun violence
• Photographs of insects and other commonly-unsettling animals (snakes, spiders, just consider your audience)

A moderator may contact you and request you re-post a Public post under a CW. See Understanding and Using CWs for other suggestions of commonly-CWd topics.

Required Content Warnings

• Graphic violent or sexual content without a content warning
• Gratuitous advertizing or spam. It's fine to promote your work, but it shouldn't be the bulk of what you share.

Guidance for Institutional Accounts

Mastodon supports 4 levels of posting visibility: public, unlocked (also called unlisted), locked (followers-only), and private (DM). For institutional accounts we recommend making the first post of a thread public and the subsequent posts unlocked. Anyone who clicks the thread can still see the whole thread of unlocked posts, whether they follow you or not, and anyone can boost (RT) them to share with all their followers. All your public, unlocked, and locked (followers-only) posts will also go to all your followers and we have no concerns about how frequently institutions post on unlocked/locked. To make this easier, consider going to post visibility settings and choose "Unlisted" posting privacy as default.

Live Posting Conferences

If live-posting conference or presentation commentary to the Local TL, we recommend threading your posts with the first post Public, using the conference hashtag, and the rest unlocked. This will allow others to find your thread but avoid overwhelming other users who don’t have the context for your conference posts.

Known Harassers

The admins may ban or silence users whom we know to be harassers or abusers, even if they have not violated the rules of this instance. The mere presence of a harasser can make past or potential victims uncomfortable, and it can put potential victims who are unaware of the person's history in particular danger. Users are encouraged to individually mute, block, and/or report accounts they don't want to see, but at our discretion, we may take the additional step of blocking or silencing someone instance-wide if we believe they endanger the safe and welcoming space we're trying to maintain.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact the admins. They'll respond as promptly as they can.

Moderators

The current admins are:

• Contact joshuatj for hosting questions/concerns and moderation.
• Contact elenarchivist for account approval and moderation.
• Contact platypus for account approval and moderation.

We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting victims of abuse. At our discretion, we may publicly name a person about whom we’ve received harassment complaints, or privately warn third parties about them. We will not name harassment victims without their affirmative consent.

Understanding and Using CWs

Mastodon offers content warnings, which allow one to post about topics while giving others an informed opportunity to decide whether or not to read your posts. Think of them as metadata for your post. Unlike hashtags, which are another great way to find or filter data (and you can use both!), CWs allow the reader to make a choice before viewing something which they may find distressing (such as racist imagery or political trends which threaten their health/job/family/friends) or ordinary things they may or may not want to see "health" or "lewd" or "rant/whine" posts. CWs are especially important on public posts, since we all use the Local timeline. Some people write very descriptive CWs. Others use shorthands popular in the Mastodon community. Common examples of CWd topics and common shorthands:

• Politics: "pol" with a country prefix such "uspol," "ukpol" or more specific clarifications, such as "politics, funding" or "politics shutdown" or "politics, 45"
• Examples of hate speech by politicians/colleagues/family/students/etc.: "Hate speech" "nazis" "fascism" "antifacism" "racism" "transphobia" "white supremacist fliers"
• Sexually explicit: common shorthands include "lewd," "kink," "PDA"
• Mental health/suicidal ideation: common abbreviations include "mh+" (good mental health stuff), "mh-" (negative mental health), "suicide"/"sui"
• Food/alcohol/drugs/meds: generally just noting the content.
• Eye-contact selfies: some mastodon users place selfies under "eye contact" if the poster is making eye contact with the viewer.
• Content types: "rant" "long" "whine" "spoilers"

An excellent longer-form CW example from 2018-01-22 would be "nazis on campus, everyday antifacism," which conveys that the post both talks about an incident with nazis on campus and the response to it.

Please also keep in mind, that all posts to Public appear in the Local timeline and Mastodon allows you to make some posts Followers-Only or Unlisted. On the other hand, if you see someone posting material which disturbs you without CWs in the main timeline, Mastodon’s mute function will mean you don’t see them. Filters can remove all posts containing a term (CWd and non-CWd) from your feeds.

Credits and License

This code of conduct is based on wandering.shop's code of conduct, which is in turn based on Geek Feminism's Community Anti-Harassment Policy.

1. glammr.us is a space for folks interested in productive conversation about, well, galleries, libraries, archives, museums, memory work and records.
2. We want this to be a fun, pleasant, and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion.
3. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. If someone asks you to leave them alone, leave them alone.
4. We do not allow accounts for AI agents or bots. We may allow automated posting via a human-controlled script. Contact admins to see if your script qualifies.

1. mytter.jp: suspension

Welcome to Quokka City!

Welcome, new friends! Remember to include your age and previous URL(s) in your registration form!

Who It's For

Quokka.City is designed by ex-Quotev users for migrating users seeking private and accessible alternatives for microblogging sites. This space is not by any means a replacement for Quotev, but instead aims to help previous users recuperate and microblog at will. As long as you are a former Quotev user and abide by our rules, you are welcome here! This is not intended to be cliquey or exclusive by any means, and we strive to moderate as fairly as possible.

How To Sign Up

When you click the 'Create account' button, you should be prompted with a box asking why you want to join. Please provide your Quotev URL, or the Quokka username of the user who referred you to the site! Your registration form may not be accepted if you fail to do so. Please also be sure that you are over the age of 15 to join us. You are able to resubmit a form if you are rejected for any reason.

I wasn't a prior Quotev user - can I still join?

Yes! Given that you were referred from someone, just let us know their Quokka username. Don't forget to submit your age when registering !

As this is a fairly new instance (founded early June), registrations may be subject to be closed or limited at any time as we want to make sure our servers can accommodate all users/media sharing etc. Similarly, these rules are subject to change as our community grows.

You can reach our support server here. https://discord.gg/VZq88JhytM

1. Age Requirement - We require users to be at least 15 years or older to use this platform.
2. Inclusivity - No white supremacy, antiblackness, colorism, transmisia, cisheterosexism, ableism, misogyny, fat hate, or gender binarism. Bigotry of any kind will not be tolerated here. Reclaiming slurs IS OKAY, but be aware of who you are speaking to/with and respect their boundaries.
3. Golden Rule - Be respectful to your peers please. We're all here just trying to find a place that fills the same social media niche we're used to so don't be rude or hateful to anyone else. Threats, persistent block evasions, and harassment will result in a suspension.
4. Protecting Vulnerable Individuals - Content that exploits, abuses, or endangers children or animals is strictly prohibited. This includes content that sexualizes minors or animals, as well as material that promotes harm against them.
5. Requirements for Account Request - In order for us to maintain a level of safety on the site, we ask that when submitting a request for an account you give us your NAME, AGE, AND YOUR QUOTEV OR DISCORD USERS. Thank you.
6. Account Limit - To keep our servers stable, you are currently allowed 2 accounts to your person! Please abide by this - if you exceed this limit we will have to delete the most recently created account. Account sharing is prohibited.

1. Be friendly, it’s a social space for people with a shared interest in recommender systems.
2. Safe space for neurodivergence (ADHD, Autism, etc): No ableism.
3. Safe space for LGTBQIA+: No homophobia or transphobia.
4. No racism, white supremacy, nationalism, fascism, religious extremism, or violence.
5. No cryptocurrency, blockchain, NFTs, web3, etc.

A community of statisticians using Bayesian methods.

This is a general-purpose Mastodon instance focusing on people working on Bayesian inference - you may however use it for any personal content you want.

Financial support

This server is free to new users. However, the operating costs for the server are non-zero. See our financial transparency report.

Please consider donating a dollar per month for the resources you use by being on this instance.

• Liberapay
• Patreon

A yearly donation of USD 12 or more through liberapay and choosing Stripe will result in the lowest amount of money consumed by fees, but other options are also very helpful.

1. No bigotry
2. No fascism
3. No doxing
4. No harassment
5. No nonconsensual or illegal sexual material
6. No content that is illegal in the Czech Republic, Germany or under EU law
7. No impersonation of individuals or organizations without intent to parody
8. No promotion of harmful, exploitative, or anti-human grifts
9. No promotion of harmful or exploitative conspiracy theories
10. Content Warnings: Posts that include graphic violence, gore, or sexuality must have a content warning and be marked as sensitive