Below is a summary of rules you need to follow if you want to have an account on this server of Mastodon:
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We respect and support free speech, even when it may be personally disagreeable.
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No illegal activity or activity which might be construed as fostering illegal activity.
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No personal or ad-homenim attacks against other users, both local and remote to this server.
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Do not engage in behavior which will likely result in this instance being banned or blocked entirely.
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No overtly disparaging acts or comments which server no other purpose other than to denigrate a person based on their traits or characteristics. Witty memes and jokes are generally acceptable unless their sole purpose is to belittle or demean.
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No Pornography. This is a private platform with limited public seating. Fine line here, but let's just say there are plenty of places for porn on the internet, this isn't one of them.
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Spam or unsolicited commercial posts will be deleted and the offending accounts will be removed without warning
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Anything not covered by other rules above should be covered under our first principle, "This is a benevolent dictatorship" but ideally none of this will ever even matter since we fully expect people to behave as adults.
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This is a benevolent dictatorship. The administrators of this site are donating their time and money to provide this platform, and as a result, reserve the right to delete, dismiss, silence, purge, or remove anyone at any time without explanation or justification.
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All Bots, parking account, parody accounts, or other similar activity is prohibited without express approval from an administrator.
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Accounts which are created and never used, aka, "parking accounts" will be terminated without warning after 30 days of inactivity.
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Accounts which are not used within one year will be terminated without warning.
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." Thus begins, George Orwell's "1984". The expression of the clocks striking thirteen, pre-dates Orwell as an adage meaning, to ignore, reject, or discount everything that's come before, a pretty accurate representation of current events. So pull up a seat, fellow traveler. There are stories to be told.