A queer and cozy instance for therians, anthro & feral furries, pups, and fans of animal fiction such as TLK, Warrior Cats, Felidae... Well federated via 4+ furry relays. Run by staff of yiffit.net

Awoo, fellow traveller

Packmates.org is a welcoming and friendly fediverse instance for everyone, but especially created by and for:

• Therians, Otherkin, Weres...
• Furries
• Fans of animal fiction and media (Warrior Cats, Plague Dogs, Tailchaser's Song, TLK, etc.)
• Fans of animal roleplay (e.g. Meadows MUCK)
• People interested in SFW and/or NSFW petplay, pupplay, etc...
• People interested in Shamanism and other forms of spirituality involving nature
• People interested in environmentalism, ecology, biology, zoology, wild animal conservation, etc.

Are you ready to join the pack?

Instance features

• Increased character limit (2000)
• Well federated with most furry/therian instances via 4+ relays.
• LGBTQ+ positive.
• Posting NSFW allowed for fictional media (including feral art) & irl photos of yourself.
• No account lock-in. You can leave and take your account with you at any point.
• Daily off-site backups.
• At least 3 months notice (as is recommended by Mastodon project) in case of having to close the instance, allowing you to migrate your account.
• Friendly and easy-going management.
• Safe but non-overbearing federation:
  
  
  • 1) We aim to be good fediverse neighbors. Content created and shared by our users will be well moderated, free from abuse, harassment, toxicity, hate speech, etc.
  • 2) We will suspend remote instances that are actively harmful due to harassment, illegal content, malware, etc.
  • 3) Regarding any other remote instance, for example with controversial content such as politics, NFTs, etc... we might mute them from public timelines (especially divisive topics) but will give our users full freedom to block any remote instance they don't like for their account.
  
  

We understand that overbearing server-wide remote instance blocks are problematic and, instead, give our users the choice whether or not to block any remote instance for themselves, provided they refrain from sharing any remote content which would break our rules.

Instance status

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  Registrations: Open (with manual approval)
  
  
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  Staff: @Wander
  
  

Reports & coordination with other instances

Instance admins are encouraged and welcome to reach out to @Wander via DM to discuss any issues, concerns or ideas. If you or someone from your instance have submitted a report, we will attempt to resolve it as soon as possible but please keep in mind that this is a small instance and it might take a while before we can get back to you.

1. You must be at least 18 years old.
2. Do not post NSFW content of characters that are underage or which could easily be mistaken as such.
3. Your account handle, name, avatar and profile must be SFW and not include shocking, disturbing or controversial content.
4. You may not use packmates to post or share content that glorifies, advocates for or supports content such as: racism, hate speech, LGBTQ+ phobia, bigotry, authoritarianism, nazism, etc...
5. Flag and add a content warning to media and posts that are NSFW, triggering, controversial, divisive, etc.
6. Packmates users can post real photos and videos with NSFW content as long as they are related to themselves in some way and any third parties who have not given consent are blurred out. Yes: naked selfie. No: irl porn found on the internet.
7. Do not use packmates for: call-outs, finger-pointing, uncivil discussion, trolling, accusations, expressions of hate, etc... Especially targeting other people, collectives, or small projects. Example: "People who do petplay are fucking disgusting", "FYI @xxx is $*%#, block me if you talk to them"
8. An exception to the above rule can be made for statements that are not truly hostile ("ahrg, I hate this new XYZ, so frustrating") or which are very general, broad or target major publicly known individuals. Eg. "I hate spaghetti", "I hate Elon Musk", "I hate capitalism".
9. If you don't like something or feel triggered, consider just blocking or filtering instead of engaging with unsolicited replies. Block and report if it violates any rules at packmates or the originating instance.
10. Do not post or share details, locations, photos or other personal identifiable information about someone without their consent.
11. Do not use packmates to post / share content that is illegal (jurisdiction: Germany) or to encourage, plan / hint at breaking the law.
12. Parody accounts are currently not permitted. Please message @Wander first if you want to create a non-personal account such as for a bot, your guild, your clan, your organization, etc.
13. Personal accounts can be used to announce and promote your small and personal business in a reasonable frequency and without using hyperbole, alarm or overly emphatic sales-speech. Eg. announcing commissions, announcing a new release of your app, announcing your etsy creations, etc.
14. Above all: be kind and enjoy your stay! At packmates we value kindness, being mindful of others and using your account in a constructive manner (eg. sharing your art, interacting with friends, talking about your projects and hobbies and avoiding toxic drama or disruptive behavior).
15. IMPORTANT: when signing up, please explain why you would like to join. Account activation might take much less but could take up to 24-48h.

1. ascyltos.social: suspension
2. jubi.life: suspension
3. koehlercode.dev: suspension
4. mastodon.koehlercode.dev: suspension
5. simcha.lgbt: suspension