LGBTQ+ friendly furry instance🦊🐺🐶🐯🐱🦝🐉
Show off your canine pride at bark.lgbt. A alternative to meowing at meow.social
Credit for custom emoji's:
File a DMCA complaintReport the post in question or send a email to admin@bark.lgbt. We take these claims very seriously and will come back to you within a day
bark.lgbt teamAnnouncements:
@barkAdmins:
Moderators:
@wesleyote
You? - reach out to admin today if you would like to help us moderate this instance.
📜 RulesWe want everyone on this instance to feel comfortable expressing themselves. That being said there are limits. We have zero tolerance for any blatant homophobia / transphobia / trolling / hating and in general just people that are here to ruin the mood. We are lgbt+ run and supportive.
Registering an account on this instance means you are at least 18 years old. Additionally you agree that browsing the timelines from this instance might expose you to not-safe-for-work and other unwanted material. This is due to the nature of the fediverse. You agree to report these posts so our moderator team can take actions against the violating instance or user.
If you are uncomfortable with certain types of content we highly recommend making use of filters
https://bark.lgbt/filters to filter out commonly used hashtags that you would like to avoid.
If your account is identified as being younger than 18 years old and you are seen posting NSFW content your account will be suspended. This falls under illegal content.
We accept the posting of NSFW content however to protect other instances feeds we require not safe for work (NFSW) content to be tagged appropriately. Use both a content warning (CW) and blur media if any media is attached. If this is violated your post may be removed and repeated violation of this rule will result in a ban.
Profile pictures and profile headers MUST be PG-13 and cannot be NSFW / explicit. If your profile is found to violate this rule our moderators will remove your profile picture and/or header. You are then free to upload a alternative that does adhere to this rule.
Zoophillia is not accepted on this instance, nor any mention of it.
This is not a exhaustive list of rules and by registering to this instance you agree that we can add, remove or modify rules without prior notice. If you are in breach of one of our rules our moderator team will contact you and attempt to resolve the situation. If you are uncooperative we may choose to suspend your account on this instance.
🐺 Acceptable contentWhile we are (canine) furry focused everyone is welcome to join in the howl! No matter your species. Non-furry content is allowed as well, do keep in mind to CW your posts if they include anything you don't want to see in public, Especially NSFW!
See something? Say something! Use the report feature to report posts and our team will review them on a case-by-case basis. All reports will be handled fairly for all parties involved.
💬 LanguagesWhile we are a primary English speaking instance we do offer translations using our libretranslate server. This is integrated in Mastodon.
When you create a post you can specify which language you are typing your post in. Choosing one of the above languages will offer users of this instance a 'translate' button to automatically translate your posts content into English
📢 Fediblock policyOur team regularly monitors the #fediblock hashtag and acts accordingly. Additionally if we identify a malicious instance our team will announce this to #fediblock.
We obscure the names of all instances that are suspended/silenced. If you suspect we have blocked your instance and you want to appeal then please contact our team via email [admin@bark.lgbt]
🖋️ GDPR PolicyIf you own a account on our instance you have the ability to export all the data this instance has of you, as well as request complete account deletion.
💰 DonationsAre you feeling generous? Did we do an amazing job with something? Or are you just enjoying the service we're offing?
We are private individuals operating this instance not-for-profit. We will never sell your data and never show advertisements on our instance.
Donations are always most welcome as these will assist us with paying monthly infrastructure fees. Donations are not mandatory but are greatly appreciated. Donations will be shared on
@bark as well. We want to let everyone know the money we receive is being put into the instance, be it infrastructure improvements or compensation to our moderators (instance owner excluded)
🔍 Information we store about youWhen you choose to register an account on this instance we keep minimal information needed to make the site function for you on our systems. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Your IP
- Your email
- Language
- Most recent activity
- Statistics about your account, namely:
- Amount of posts
- Media storage usage
- Reports made and reported by others
- Follower information
This information is collected to assist our moderators and create aggregate instance usage data.
System logs are only stored for up to an hour for troubleshooting purposes.
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