Devoted to furries who love big things, puffy things, and puffy things getting bigger!

Welcome to Blimpstodon

Blimpstodon, at blimps.xyz, is a Mastodon instance for inflation, inflatables, and generally swell critter lovers!

Blimpstodon is not a commercial group or entity, and currently is funded by myself (Kay) with help from donations from users like you. Every bit is greatly appreciated to help towards monthly infra expenses! 🎈🧡 You can donate at the Ko-Fi ^.^ I hope y'all have a good time!

If you know someone on here already, feel free to ask them for an invite! You may also request an account, with a reason supplied! Likewise, if you're an existing user and want a friend on here, feel free to invite them!

We try to be lighthearted, literally and figuratively, but in order to do so, we need to lay down a few rules to make sure everyone has a swell time.

Rules

1. You must be 18 years of age or older
   While we don't only serve adult content, this side of online communities has a strong adult focus. To ensure everyone's safety and well-being, minors are not permitted an account on blimps.xyz and if we find out you're lying your account will be suspended. You MAY be granted access again once you turn 18. If we find out you're dodging through another account, or lie that you're 18 after being reinstated, you will be permanently suspended from access.
2. Be respectful
   Treat everyone on this and other instances with respect. We're definitely on the furrier side of things, so while I won't say "treat others like (I hope) you'd treat your mother", you get the idea.
3. No bigotry
   Like "Be nice", racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and any and all forms of bigotry will not be tolerated, period. The furry community is meant to be welcoming to folks, not exclusive.
4. Tag NSFW content as such
   While there is plenty of NSFW/adult content that this community can encompass, I expect everyone to use the Content Warning features of Mastodon to flag it as such to prevent automatically loading on others. If you will post it quite frequently, and don't wish to use the flags, you must set your account to locked when registering. We will use a three strikes system.
5. Zero tolerance for attacks
   Repeating, there is zero tolerance for bigotry and personal insults. First offenders will have their toot moderated and given a final warning. Second offense is a ban from the instance.
6. Report inappropriate behavior
   One of the great features for Mastodon is the ease of moderation in communities. Blimps.xyz expects all users to report any activity that violates the rules using the features built in to Mastodon for moderation and review. Use it!
7. No spam
   This is somewhat self-explanatory but is also further outlined below. We have a zero tolerance policy for any spam or abuse of this instance and will restrict or remove your account for spam. Don't blast messages like crazy, restrict advertising to legitimate recommendations only.
8. No doxing
   This counts as a personal attack and will not be tolerated. Blimps.xyz only collects information as outlined in our privacy policy, and will not release IPs or private information about users. You may not either. This is a zero-tolerance policy.

Thank you for working together to help make Blimps.xyz a fun place for all!

Keeping the fediverse federated, decentralized, and free of corporate interests is a community effort brought about by the numerous admins of instances. We each spend a little of our own time to help make the internet hopefully a more-fun place. If you can, a small token to my ko-fi can help keep this place going a bit longer.

Anti-spam policy

1. Introduction In the context of electronic messaging, "spam" means [unsolicited, bulk or indiscriminate messages, typically sent for a commercial purpose]. We have a zero-tolerance spam policy.
2. Credit This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com).
   You must retain the above credit. Use of this document without the credit is an infringement of copyright. However, you can purchase from us an equivalent document that does not include the credit.
3. Spam filtering Our moderators can review all toots and filter out messages that appear to be spam. We may also report incoming email as spam. This can result in IP addresses and domain names being blacklisted.
4. Spam filtering issues No message filtering system is 100% accurate, and from time to time legitimate messages will be filtered out by our systems. If you believe that a legitimate message you have sent has been filtered out by our systems, please advise the message recipient by another means or contact a moderator for assistance. You can reduce the risk of a message being caught by the spam filters by:
   
   
   • avoiding the terminology and text styling typically used by spammers
   • ensuring that your messages do not contain attachments or links to malware or infected websites
   
   
5. User spam We provide a facility that enables users to send federated messages (toots) to others. Users must not use our messaging facility or any of our other services to store, copy, send, relay or distribute spam.
6. Receipt of unwanted messages from us In the unlikely event that you receive any message from us or sent using our systems that may be considered to be spam, please contact us by reporting the toot in question or messaging one of the moderation team.
7. Variation We may amend this policy at any time by publishing a new version on our website.

1. You must be 18 years of age or older. No exceptions will be granted for "age of consent" or similar for your region. If discovered a minor, your account will be suspended.
2. No bigotry is permitted. We do not tolerate hate speech of any kind, including transphobia, homophobia, Islamophobia, or any other facet of one's being.
3. Be respectful: Treat others with respect. Assume good faith with everything. Text has limited ability to convey intent; be kind with yours.
4. NSFW or kink-driven content must be behind a CW giving a short summary of the content (e.g. "NSFW Art, inflation"), while ensuring media is marked as 'sensitive'
5. Zero tolerance for attacks. Harassing other users, whether on this instance or another, is cause for immediate suspension of your account.
6. Copyrighted content may only be shared in fair use contexts. Basically, if it would earn a DMCA takedown request filed against us, don't post it directly.
7. Take care in sharing sensitive information. While the admins here simply don't have the time nor interest to pry in the database, law enforcement could still have access as your messages are not encrypted at rest, same as nearly all other platforms. When in doubt, use a private messaging platform.

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