a little Mastodon service for people who miss when the most social we got was carefully choosing song lyrics for our AIM away messages

Away Message Club is a little Mastodon service for people who miss when the most social we got was carefully choosing song lyrics for our AIM away messages. These rules are based on the policies and goals of other instances such as queer.party, aiming as much as possible to be a safe space for its users. The rules pretty much boil down to "be good to each other", but a few rules I'd like to explicitly list out are as follows:

• Any content or postings which may be illegal under German or Scottish law are not permitted.
• Any content or postings containing Nazi symbolism, ideology and the promotion thereof, are strictly forbidden and seriously uncool.
• Racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia and any other discriminatory conduct which attacks any individual or group of individuals based on what they are or what they believe in, is strictly forbidden and also seriously uncool.
• Any conduct which abuses this Mastodon instance, or which causes harm to other Mastodon instances, and/or the users thereof, is strictly forbidden and seriously uncool.
• While essentially all posts not violating the above are welcome on this instance, you are asked to be considerate and respectful of others - for example, tagging a post about a controversial subject or a commonly-held phobia using content warnings.
• Basic parts of your user profile, such as username/display name, profile picture and banner, must not be explicit in nature.
• Explicit/NSFW content is allowed, but must be appropriately tagged using the sensitive media and content warning tags.

This is not Twitter. Reporting posts that make you feel uncomfortable, or that you feel should be brought to our attention, is encouraged. Your reports will not be ignored, and will be dealt with (usually) within a few days. Due to timezone differences or just the fact that I have a full-time job, it may take more than a week. When filing a report, please include information about why you are making the report.

As this instance, and the fediverse in general, has grown, so too have the moderation demands -- in complex cases, I will reach out to you regarding your report, either to explain the moderation decision taken (if any) or to ask for more information, but for more obvious cases, I unfortunately no longer have the time to notify you as to the status of your report. If your report involves a user or post on another instance, you have the choice of sharing your report with the administration of that instance as well, but the report will always be sent to us.

No moderation actions are automatic whatsoever. Nothing happens without human review, and I try my utmost to do right by the users on this instance. For anything that isn't covered by reporting things in Mastodon, or if you have any questions, concerns or other thoughts, please either direct-message @stoppableforce@awaymessage.club, or email the queries address posted above - this goes directly to my inbox.

1. Be nice. No racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or any other form of discrimination. In absence of clarity, assume positive intent.
2. Punch nazis, trebuchet terfs. Any posts or usage which contain nazi symbolism or ideology, or which contain "gender-critical"/"just asking questions" tripe will get you banned immediately and without recourse. Weird pizza toppings are "unpopular opinions", human rights are not.
3. Be considerate. Respect others that use this service, and keep in mind that any public post you make might show up in the public timelines of this and other instances that federate with awaymessage.club. Use content warnings, use NSFW tags, don't be a jerk about it.
4. Don't be (outwardly) horny. NSFW isn't banned, but your profile (avatar, header, display name, bio, etc) must be completely safe, or they will be removed. Be courteous with content warnings and don't make them overly explicit.
5. No monopoly money. You may not use this service to recruit victims to your bitcoin scam. No NFTs, no cryptocurrency peddling, no blockchains, no investment bullshit.
6. No misinformation. COVID is real, putin is a warmonger, trump lost. Do not use awaymessage.club to spread unverified or false information. If you are joking, use the "misinformation" content warning.
7. Don't ruin it. awaymessage.club is a freely-provided service. Don't abuse it, don't use it to abuse federated instances, don't try to break things. Don't post or use this service for anything illegal in the US, Scotland, Germany or the EU.

1. ba*.*t: suspended
2. detro**********.com: suspended
3. freesp************t.com: suspended
4. ga*.**m: suspended
5. nicec***.***ital: suspended
6. po*.*t: suspended
7. post**.**ace: suspended
8. shitposter.world: suspended

1. nothing.tacowolf.net: suspension