General InformationMastodon instance for furries of the larger, tubbier persuasion. Generally focused on fatfur and related content, while also just being a place to post whatever you want (within reason naturally).
In an attempt to curb spam accounts the site has been set to require approval for registration. These will be reviewed ASAP.
This is a federated server and is relayed to several other furry Mastodon instances.
Any servers reported as abusive/trolling will be blocked to maintain stability of this instance.
Moderation TeamWobbl.xyz is moderated by:
Content WarningsMastodon/Wobbl.xyz does not force the use of content warnings (CWs); however, using them is a cultural norm of the platform. On Mastodon, the words "content warning" don't automatically mean that a post is NSFW and they're not synonymous with "trigger warning." They're just tags which tell people what kind of content is in a post, and they can be better thought of as "spoilers" or "content notices." Mastodon also allows users to filter posts on keywords contained in CWs to avoid certain content, and it indexes CWs for searching. The goal of CWs is to prevent surprises and make posts easier to discover.
Posts from Wobbl.xyz are sent to other federated instances through boosts and the Federated Timeline. An excess of posts without CWs or with vague CWs may cause other instances to defederate (block) us, so please use CWs where appropriate.
Here are some content warning tags that you can use as a starting point:
SFW, NSFW
Body types like: Fat / Fat Fur, Muscles / Muscular, Thin
Sizes like: Blob, Immobile, Hyper
Kinks like: Healthplay, Slob, Sweat, Weight Gain, Transformation, etc.
Nudity / Genitals (and additional specifics like Bulge, Vagina, Penis, etc.)
Furry Art, IRL, Belly Photo, Gainer Talk
Example Content Warning:
Furry Art, Fat Fur, SFWWe also ask that posts seeking financial help or donations (such as GoFundMe campaigns) are tagged with the content warning
Financial Aid Request or
Mutual Aid Request.
This is not an exhaustive list. Fun/silly tagging is allowed and so are other tags not listed above; we just request that you are descriptive about the contents of your posts and be mindful of people who use filters.
AI ArtWobbl does not allow the posting of AI generated art.We define AI art as art that is fully or primarily generated by a neural network AI art generator (i.e. DALL-E).
The reason we are choosing to ban AI art is because these platforms generally use scraped art assets and images for their data models without proper copyright attribution or compensation to the original artists. We polled the Wobbl community and received a large response in favor of the ban.
The Wobbl team considers the current iteration of these platforms as theft and plagiarism of copyrighted works of artists, and currently there does not appear to be a way to mitigate this glaring issue. We value the importance of artists in the furry community and choose to support them against this major threat. As technology is always changing, this policy will be updated as necessary.
Notes
Our moderation approach for AI art will be to ask the poster to remove it themselves. If further action is needed, we will keep record of such. Multiple infractions without cooperation with the moderation team may lead to suspension.
We cannot police the posts of other instances when it comes to things like this. Please don't report posts from other instances with AI art to us.
We do not consider the use of AI tools in the creation of art to be an issue (i.e. artists using tools to generate backgrounds, fill spaces, etc.). This ban applies to art that is primarily/completely generated by AI models.
As with any other rule or policy, we ask our members to refrain from going after those who do post AI art. If you see it posted to Wobbl, feel free to report it, but there is no reason to demonize people. Doing so is against Rule #5.
We understand there is value to AI generated art, the technology does have benefits. We apologize to those who may be impacted by this policy decision, however we refuse to host such content.
Impersonation and Art TheftIf you believe a Wobbl member is impersonating you or uploading your art without permission, please report this to the Wobbl mods using the on-platform Report function. If you do not have a Wobbl account, please email admin@wobbl.xyz with your concerns and we'll investigate. Follow-up steps may require contact off-platform to verify information as best we can.
Because it would be impossible for Wobbl mods to proactively verify the "true furry identity" of every user on Wobbl, please understand that we strongly prefer that the impersonated person or artist to contact us DIRECTLY (through a report or email) rather than have someone report the art/impersonation on their behalf. We cannot, out-of-the-blue, proactively reach out to each and every impersonated person or artist to ask for more details.
FAQ - CW Policy FAQs
- "Why is my topic not listed?"
- This is a short list of tags most common for this instance, it is not exhaustive. Please feel free to use any other tags that you feel are appropriate to your post.
- "XYZ shouldn't have to come with a warning, why is it on there?"
- Please keep in mind that these are for describing and tagging your content more than "warning" about it, this allows users here and elsewhere to view what they specifically want to more easily and filter out what they don't.
- "What if I don't want to use CWs?"
- Wobbl.xyz and Mastodon in general don't require CWs, however they are expected and appreciated. If you would rather not tag your posts at all, one option is to change your default posting privacy setting to "Unlisted", so your posts don't get pushed directly to the global timeline.
- "What if I see a post from Wobbl.xyz that isn't properly tagged?"
- Please keep in mind this is a community, and behind each user is a person. If you want to civilly and kindly point it out to them, there's nothing wrong with that. If you are not able to do so for whatever reason, or would rather not, you may report the post and the site's admin team will investigate instead. Otherwise you are always free to mute/block them and move on.
- "What if I see a post from a different instance that isn't properly tagged?"
- If it bothers you, mute/block and move on. We are all adults on this instance (per the rules), and should be able to compose ourselves as such.
- General Instance FAQs
- "What does it mean when you say you're "federated with multiple furry servers"?"
- Mastodon allows servers to connect to each other so we can interact with people on multiple servers. Federating with furry servers means we have it set up where the public posts from those servers we're connected to, as well as public posts from Wobbl.xyz, all go into a shared "Federated" feed.
- "Who can I reach out to for assistance?"
- Anybody listed under the Administered By: section above can assist.
- "Do I have to sign up to Wobbl.xyz to be able to interact with people on this instance?"
- No! As long as you have a Mastodon account on a server that we haven't blocked for some reason, or haven't blocked us, you should be able to interact.
- "If this is just some small community space, what's stopping you from suddenly disappearing and shutting down one day?"
- Sadly, very little, however Wobbl.xyz has made a committment to offer at least a 30-day warning if we do choose to shut down for some reason.
DonationsThe instance is, and will remain, free to use. If you would like to, feel free to help support the instance's upkeep! Any donations go directly to funding the site.
Ko-Fi PatreonThe instance's costs and infrastructure information can be found at
@transparencyAttributionsUtilizing the Modern theme from
this Git page.
For emoji, this instance uses:
Mutant Standard emoji and
Dragn-Emoji - Licensed under a
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License.
Blobhaj emojiBlobfox by
@volpeon@mk.vulpes.one - Licensed under Apache 2.0