Hachyderm is a safe space, LGBTQIA+ and BLM, primarily comprised of tech industry professionals world wide. Note that many non-user account types have restrictions - please see our About page.

Welcome to Hachyderm.io

Pronounced hack-a-derm like pachyderm 🎧. (What is a pachyderm?)

About This Instance

Hachyderm is a curated network of tech industry professionals from around the globe, focused on building a respectful community. We're a safe space for LGBTQIA+ folks, we support Black Lives Matter, and we welcome anyone who follows the rules and needs a home or fresh start.

We're hackers, professionals, enthusiasts, and we're passionate about life, respect, and digital freedom. We believe in peace and balance.

Our community discusses: Safe space topics. Tech Industry. Economics. OSINT. News. Rust. Linux. Aurae. Kubernetes. Go. C. Infrastructure. Security. Black Lives Matter. LGTBQIA+. Pets. Hobbies.

Staff

Moderation and Infrastructure teams can be reached at admin@hachyderm.io

Moderation and Community Safety

Hachyderm is actively moderated to protect our most vulnerable members. Our primary rule is Don't Be A Dick and all other rules capture common "whataboutisms" that we want to clearly state are included.

Our moderators follow our Moderator Covenant as a promise to our community for how we will handle moderation interactions.

For the full breakdown of our rules, see our Rule Explainer.

Need to report something? Check our Reporting and Communication page.

Federation

While we are open-by-default, this does apply to other instances as well. Instances that are identified as being, or that regularly federate with instances that have been identified as being, indifferent to, permissive of, or actively encouraging abusive conduct, illegal content, or other conduct and/or content that is otherwise in violation of our Code of Conduct, will be blocked.

Moderation Questions

We are happy to answer moderation questions either from our own members and other instance moderators. In general:

• We will only discuss a moderation decision with the person who was moderated or their instance moderators.
• We will only discuss instance-wide moderation decisions with the instance moderators of the impacted instance or our own members.

There is room for flexibility, but we will on a case-by-case basis always balance transparency and safety. If we have reason to believe that transparency will result in undo harm either to the moderated person or instance, or if they were targeting a person or instance and we believe transparency will result in harm to either, we will err on protecting the most vulnerable in that situation.

General User Accounts

Creating an account for personal use? Great! Here's what you need to know to be a good Fediverse citizen on Hachyderm.

Getting Started Start with our Community Docs to learn about Hachyderm culture and expectations. Key areas to familiarize yourself with:

• Accessible Posting - Learn how to make your posts more accessible to everyone, including adding alt text to images and using proper hashtag formatting.
• Content Warnings - When and how to use content warnings to help others opt into potentially sensitive content.
• Protecting Your Mental Health Online - Managing your own mental health and personal boundaries online are important aspects of being online safely. We also write about this frequently in our blog.

Being a Good Community Member Part of being on the Fediverse means taking care of yourself and others. We encourage you to:

• Use content warnings for topics that could be triggering (violence, food/eating, substance use, politics, spoilers, etc.)
• Add alt text to images so screen reader users can participate fully
• Be mindful of your mental health and use filters, mutes, and blocks to curate your experience
• Remember that your public posts can be seen by anyone on the Fediverse, including vulnerable community members

Your wellbeing matters. The Fediverse should be a place where you can engage meaningfully without sacrificing your mental health. Take breaks when you need them, use the tools available to you, and remember that healthy boundaries are good for everyone.

For more detailed guidance, explore our Hachyderm documentation.

All Other Accounts (Important!)

Many accounts that are not for personal use are restricted or invite-only on this server. This includes companies, businesses, events, publications, projects, agencies, bots, and similar accounts.

Before creating an account for anything other than personal use, email us at admin@hachyderm.io.

Here's what you need to know:

• Corporate accounts are invite-only. Unofficial corporate accounts will be suspended. Contact admin@hachyderm.io first.
• Bot accounts are allowed with restrictions (see our Bot Account docs).
• Open Source Project accounts and Community Event accounts are allowed if they meet requirements (see our OSS Project and Community Events docs).
• NSFW/18+ accounts, dedicated fundraising accounts, and unofficial company accounts are not permitted.

For complete details, see our Account Types documentation.

Unrecognized specialized account types will be suspended. When in doubt, reach out to admin@hachyderm.io.

Technical Issues and Outages

Report technical issues, outages, or features not working correctly via our GitHub Community Issue Tracker.

To check if Hachyderm is up: https://status.hachyderm.io/

Funding

Hachyderm is funded through donations via our GitHub Sponsors page and other sources. See our Funding and Thank You page for more ways to support us.

Community Links

• Community Docs
• Blog
• GitHub Community Issue Tracker
• Current Emojis 💞🐘

FAQs

New to Mastodon?
Check out Mastodon.Help's brief explainer about what Mastodon is and isn't, and visit fedi.tips for how-tos.

Is Hachyderm down or just me?
Visit https://status.hachyderm.io/ to check our status.

How do I pronounce "Hachyderm"?
Hack-ah-derm, like pachyderm 🎧

Can I create an account for my bot or project?
Maybe! Read the "All Other Accounts" section above or simply email admin@hachyderm.io and ask!

About Nivenly

The Nivenly Foundation is Hachyderm's parent organization. Nivenly is a 501(c)4 non-profit co-operative.

Credits

Our logo was designed by the lovely Ashton Rainbows. Thank you Ashton!

1. Don't be a dick.
2. No hacking.
3. No violence.
4. No fascism.
5. No colonialism.
6. No white supremacy.
7. No religious extremism.
8. No nationalism.
9. No racism.
10. No homophobia.
11. No transphobia.
12. Safe Space: LGTBQIA+
13. Safe Space: neurodivergent (ADHD, Autism, etc.)

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