This document lays out the ground rules for participating in this community. It is intended to protect all members of our community from harassment and to ensure that our community is as welcoming and inclusive as possible.
Public Toots are those that are posted to the public timelines. This means that anyone on this server can see your Toot on the local timeline and anyone on the Internet can see your Toot via the see what's happening page. This also means that your Toot will be visible to any instances that this server federates with, via the federated timeline.
A non-public Toot are Toots that are not posted to the public timelines. These include Toots that are posted with the following privacy settings:
Users who follow you have consciously opted in to what you have to say. By using Follower-only you are talking direct to those people, and not the wider fediverse. People who follow you are more likely to understand the context and tone of what you're trying to say.
All toots (public and private) should abide by the following rules:
If you notice a toot that violates this code of conduct, please report it. It is easy to assume that someone else has already reported a toot, but it is easy for everyone to feel that way and no one to report the toot.
This Mastodon instance is currently run as a free service but it does costs money. If you'd like to donate towards the running costs you can contribute by: