Please share your thoughts and feedback on the following draft terms of service for the piefed.social instance.

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To maintain a safe, respectful, and fact-based community, the following types of content are prohibited on PieFed:

1. Harassment, Hate Speech, and Discrimination

• Do not post content that is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, or otherwise dehumanizing.
• This includes slurs, dog whistles, or content that promotes stereotypes or attacks individuals or protected groups based on identity or background.

2. Spam and Malicious Behavior

• No spamming, flooding, advertising, or self-promotion without permission.
• No scams, phishing attempts, or distribution of malware.
• No brigading, vote manipulation, or coordinated harassment.

3. Authoritarian and Fascist Propaganda

• Content promoting fascist, ultranationalist, or authoritarian ideologies is not allowed, including things such as:

  • Genocide denial or minimization, such as denying or justifying atrocities in Gaza, Xinjiang, Ukraine, or elsewhere.
  • Use of fascist symbols & memes (e.g., Pepe the Frog), or 4chan/8chan screenshots.
  • Support for regimes or ideologies that suppress basic human rights.

4. Misinformation and Pseudoscience

• No climate change denial or promotion of scientifically debunked conspiracy theories.

5. Violence and Threats

• No threats of violence, incitement, or glorification of harm including terrorism, mass shootings, or political violence.

• Joking about or fantasizing violence against individuals or protected groups is not tolerated.

7. Sexual Content and Exploitation

• No sexually explicit content, porn, or fetish content

• Strictly prohibited:

  • Non-consensual sexual content
  • Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any allusion to it
  • Sexualization of minors, even fictional

8. Impersonation and Misrepresentation

• Do not impersonate other people (including accounts on other instances), public figures, or organizations. Satire is fine if obviously so.
• Do not create deceptive accounts or mislead others about your identity, affiliations, or intent.

9. Illegal Content

• Don’t post anything that could cause legal trouble for PieFed, piefed.social or the people involved.

10. Defederation

Generally this will be a last resort when problems from an instance are systemic or caused by the admins of the instance.

General Guidelines

• Keep discussion civil and on-topic.
• Respect privacy: do not post personal information (doxxing), even if publicly available elsewhere.
• Admins reserve the right to remove communities & content or ban users at their discretion to protect the integrity of the community.
• Repeatedly questioning moderation decisions in public threads may lead to removal. Instead email [email protected] for feedback or appeals.
• Do not attempt to circumvent bans, content filters, or community guidelines.