Whitespashe is named after the admin's first coding project, which replaced spaces within a Word document with non-printable characters, fooling plagiarism detection sites such as Turnitin.

This is a mastodon instance that allows users to share ideas and participate in discussions.

Why are you called Whitespashe?

Whitespashe is named after the admin's first coding project, which replaced spaces within a Word document with non-printable characters.

This would preserve readability, but would fool plagiarism detection sites such as Turnitin.

This site was named after this project, as it represents a desire to create whilst simultaneously sticking it to the Man (or in this case, the hellscape that is Twitter).

To pronounce it correctly, say it in your best Sean Connery impression!

Code of Conduct

• Don't harass anyone
• If someone is harassing you, report it to a moderator
• Have fun
• Be excellent to each other

Handling harassment

If you are being harassed, please report the user using the "…" button and then "Report." For urgent concerns, please DM a moderator.

If you engage in harassing behavior, the moderator may take any action they deem appropriate, such as a warning or an expulsion.

The above rules may change at any time, and you may be banned at any time based on the moderators' judgment.

Understand that this instance is run by myself, and (as is the case with all Mastodon servers) I potentially have access to your data, including DMs.

For truly private data sent between two people, Mastodon offers no end-to-end encryption. So use an encrypted messenger for the things you really want to be private.

1. No commercial accounts, advertising, or excessive promotion.
2. No bots, unless they're cute, funny, or useful. Bots should avoid posting to the public timeline.
3. No gore or graphic violence
4. Content that is NSFW should be put behind a CW (Content Warning)
5. No racism
6. No sexism
7. No discrimination based on gender, sexual minority, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or national origin
8. No xenophobia or violent nationalism
9. No sexual depictions of children
10. No holocaust denialism, Nazi symbolism, promotion of National Socialism, or anything that is illegal in the European Union
11. No stalking or harassment
12. No fake accounts, even celebrity joke accounts. Note this rule does not necessarily apply to remote accounts.

1. nothing.tacowolf.net: suspension
2. religion.masto.host: suspension