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Content Guidelines

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

1. The following types of content will be removed from the public timeline:
   
   
   1. Excessive advertising
   2. Untagged pornography and sexually explicit content
   3. Untagged gore and extremely graphic violence
   
   
2. 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
   4. Xenophobic and/or violent nationalism
   5. Content in violation of US law
   
   
3. 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.

1. The safety of yourself, of others, and of property should have highest priority.
2. Safety is more important than getting boosts and faves.
3. Be subtle: leave no evidence you were here.
4. Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent.
5. Leave things as you found them or better. Cause no permanent damage while on this instance. If you find something broken, contact an admin.
6. Do not steal anything; if you must borrow something, leave a note saying when it will be returned and remember to return it.
7. Do not drop things without a ground crew to make sure no one is underneath.
8. Shitposts are not graffiti and should not be seen by the general public. Shitposts exhibit one's pride in having had an interesting thought and should be seen only by other fedizens. Keep shitposts small and respect other posters' shitposts.
9. Never drink and post.
10. Never post alone. Have someone who can get help in an emergency.
11. Know your limitations and do not exceed them. If you do not know how to boost a post, send a DM, etc., then learn from someone who knows before trying.
12. Learn how not to get caught, but if you do get caught, accept gracefully and coöperate fully.
13. Share your knowledge and experience with other posters.
14. Above all, exercise common sense.

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