KITTY.TOWN
*founded May 1, 2017*

CODE OF CONDUCT

As a resident (user, member) of Kitty.Town, you agree to uphold an environment of respect and empathy for all users.

Any conduct that is deemed oppressive is grounds for removal from Kitty.Town. Any language or action that expresses, reinforces, upholds or sympathizes with any form of systemic domination is considered oppressive and is grounds for removal at any level deemed appropriate by the admin.

This Code of Conduct applies online and offline, and your behavior outside of the community can be considered in the eligibility of your membership.

The admin and mods reserve the right to revoke any user's content on or access to Kitty.Town, at any time, for any reason.

Post Etiquette:

We ask that you put the following topics behind a content warning (CW). Photos must be marked as sensitive with the eye symbol -- after uploading, before posting:

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  Graphic violence or gore
  
  
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  Sexual content or nudity
  
  
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  Spoilers
  
  
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  Mental health topics, including but not limited to: depression, suicide, self harm
  
  
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  Flashing video or gifs
  
  
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  Drug or alcohol use
  
  
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  Food, dieting, or weight talk
  
  
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  Medical things, included but not limited to: medical appointments, shots, cancer, abortion, miscarriage
  
  
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  Religion
  
  
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  Politics
  
  

When in doubt use a CW. Our goal is to create a space where we have the option of consent with certain topics and are not bombarded by the 24 hour news cycle. This does not apply to posts on oppression that you experience.

Residents are free to post about their work and ask for support (crowdfunding links, etc).

No-Nos:

The following types of content (including posts, messages, imagery and/or usernames) will be removed from the public timeline, and may result in a ban from Kitty.Town:

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  Unapproved bots
  
  
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  Plagiarism (see definition)
  
  
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  Posting other people's work/photos/art without credit.
  
  
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  Corporate advertising
  
  
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  Untagged pornography and sexually explicit content
  
  
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  Untagged gore and graphic violence
  
  
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  Racism, misogyny, transphobia, heterosexism, ableism, antisemitism, xenophobia or any other oppressive language or imagery
  
  
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  Intentionally posting or disseminating libel, slander, or other disinformation.
  
  
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  Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and/or personal attacks
  
  
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  Inciting users to engage someone in continued interaction or discussion after a user has requested for said engagement to cease and desist
  
  
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  Continuing to engage in conversation with a user that has specifically requested for said engagement to cease may be considered harassment, regardless of platform-specific privacy tools employed.
  
  
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  Any of the above even when presented as "ironic" or "joking"
  
  

The following types of content are explicitly disallowed and will result in a permanent ban from Kitty.Town:

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  Sexual depictions of children
  
  
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  Promotion of fascism in any form
  
  
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  Promoting the oppression of any group based on gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, class, or other identity*
  
  

*Any attempt to present "reverse-ism" as examples of oppression. Examples of reverse-isms are "reverse racism", "reverse sexism", "heterophobia", and "cisphobia". You can tell cishet dudes and white people to fuck off all day long.

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  Any conduct intended to stalk, harass, or intimidate other users, or to impede other users from utilizing the community
  
  
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  Aggregating, posting, and/or disseminating a person's demographic, personal, or private data without express permission
  
  

No creepy crawlies (robot.txt set to disallow).

No secret crypto-mining operations (yes, that's a thing people do now).

Enforcement:

If you see a Code of Conduct violation, you can let the person know that what they did is not appropriate and ask them to stop and/or edit their message(s).

If you are uncomfortable speaking up for any reason, or the other person does not immediately correct the issue, please contact an admin or moderator by reporting the post(s).

When reporting, please include any relevant details, links, screenshots, context, or other information that may be used to better understand and resolve the situation. Screenshots and other communications involved in disputes should only be shared in a private setting with the appropriate admin or moderator.

Admin: @gingerrroot

Our founder is: @ginny

Attributions:

This instance uses Mutant Standard emoji, which are licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License

This instances uses Freepik Emojis.

1. Please follow our Post Etiquette guide for topics to wrap under a Content Warning, and mark images related to those topics as sensitive. This does not apply to posts on oppression that you experience.
2. No participation or promotion of oppression of any group based on gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, class, or other identity.
3. No attempt to present “reverse-ism” as examples of oppression. Examples of reverse-isms include, but are not limited to “reverse racism”, “reverse sexism”, “heterophobia”, and “cisphobia”.
4. No promotion or participation of fascism in any form.
5. No sexual depictions of minors.
6. No conduct intended to stalk, harass, or intimidate other users, or to impede other users from utilizing the community.
7. No aggregating, posting, and/or disseminating a person’s demographic, personal, or private data without express permission.
8. Do not continue to engage in conversation, or incite others to engage, with a user that has specifically requested for said engagement to cease which may be considered harassment, regardless of platform-specific privacy tools employed.
9. No trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and/or personal attacks.
10. No unapproved bots, no scrapers, and no crypto-mining operations.
11. No corporate advertising. Residents of Kitty.Town are free to share their work, and ask for support (including crowdfunding or mutual aid links).
12. No plagiarism or posting other's work or creations without credit.
13. No untagged (no use of the CW function, and/or no images marked as sensitive) pornography or sexually explicit content.
14. No untagged (no use of the CW function, and/or no images marked as sensitive) gore or graphic violence.

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