Rules - Discord

Welcome to the Misskey.art Discord server^[1]!

About this translation

This is an English translation provided for reference. If there is any difference between this translation and the Japanese version, the Japanese version takes precedence.

By joining the Misskey.art Discord server, you are deemed to agree to the following rules.

Prohibited Actions

1. Violating Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, the laws of Japan, these rules, or other "rules that are generally followed on the internet".
2. Statements or actions against public order and morals. This includes "sexual statements".
   1. This also includes "statements about adult works, etc." in places where people under 18 may be present.
   2. If you want to make sexual statements or have sexual conversations, be sure to use the dedicated channel.
3. Violent statements or actions such as slander.
   1. This includes "announcing a crime" or "statements or actions that invite or solicit others to commit a crime".
   2. This includes "announcing a suicide" or "statements or actions that invite or solicit others to commit suicide".
4. Statements or actions that harm or may harm others.
   1. Spreading malware or malicious hoaxes, etc.
5. Conversations centered on controversial topics. This includes "political statements" and "religious statements".
   1. If you talk about them as "part of a creative work", you must make it clear that it is "fiction".
6. Hateful conduct (hate speech) or harassment of any kind.
   1. This covers not only statements and actions that slander or discriminate against individuals or groups based on characteristics such as race, nationality, beliefs, gender, disability, occupation, or appearance, but also inciting others to such statements and actions^[2].
7. Statements or actions about illegal or specially regulated goods, services, or groups.
   1. If you talk about them as "part of a creative work", you must make it clear that it is "fiction".
8. Statements or actions that infringe the rights of others, such as intellectual property rights, the right to reputation, privacy, personality rights, or portrait rights.
   1. This includes copying and posting other people's works without permission (example: unauthorized reposts).
   2. Even if you credit the source, reposting without the rights holder's permission is still an unauthorized repost.
   3. Quoting that meets the requirements of Article 32, Paragraph 1 of the Copyright Act of Japan (showing the source, with your own text as the main part and the quoted part as secondary, etc.) is fine.
9. Vigilantism.
   1. If a problem occurs, talk it over between the people involved, or contact the administrators by DM.
10. Spam.
    1. This refers to "sending too many messages in a short time" or "poaching server members through DMs".
11. Evading penalties.
    1. Wait until the penalty is lifted, or file an appeal with the administrators.
    2. If you are banned from the Discord server and cannot contact us, please email [email protected].
12. Impersonating others.
13. Encouraging or helping others to engage in prohibited actions.
14. Other statements or actions that the administrators consider inappropriate.

Notes and Prohibitions When Sending Files

1. Posting inappropriate files is prohibited.
   1. Live-action adult images
   2. Live-action violent or gruesome images
   3. Files that may harm others (example: malware)
   4. Other files that the administrators consider inappropriate
2. Images that meet the criteria below (NSFW images) must be marked as spoilers and posted in the dedicated channel. If they contain any parts listed in the censoring criteria, censor those parts with a mosaic too.
   1. NSFW criteria:
      1. Content with a lot of exposure
      2. Content in which private areas (the areas covered by a swimsuit) are exposed
      3. Content that is not suitable for viewing in "public places" such as workplaces or trains
      4. Content that depicts bodily fluids other than tears or sweat^[3]
      5. Content drawn with sexual intent
      6. Content that contains gore^[4]
   2. Censoring (mosaic) criteria:
      1. Genitals or parts that suggest them
      2. Areas of genital contact and insertion
      3. Areas of anal contact and insertion
      4. Parts of cuts, lacerations, etc. that are depicted in detail and excessively

Caution

If we find "sexual or violent live-action images involving children under 18", we will report it to Discord and ban the user from this server. We will also report it to the relevant authorities as necessary.

Other Notes

1. Try to "create an atmosphere in which everyone present can join the conversation".
   1. We don't restrict close members from sticking together or using so-called "in-jokes", but
      be sure to "not get in the way of other people's communication".
2. To prevent trouble, you must get permission from the original creator before drawing "someone else's character".
   1. Creations that show no love, respect, or regard for the original creator and their character are prohibited.
3. If you want to stream adult content using the "Go Live" function, etc., be sure to use the dedicated channel.
   1. Definition of "adult content":
      • Content that contains direct or indirect sexual acts, genitals, sexual expressions, or other sexual elements
      • Content that contains extremely violent elements (missing body parts, killing and injuring, abuse, etc.)
      • Games rated CERO Z (ages 18 and up)
        • The same applies when adult content is added with game mods, DLC, etc. However,
          if you have removed the adult content with mods or settings, it is fine to stream it in general voice channels.

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1. https://discord.misskey.art ↩︎

2. Piggybacking on someone's opinion or impression in order to belittle a specific individual, group, race, etc., and twisting it into something the original poster did not mean, also counts as incitement. ↩︎

3. Content that looks sexual because of tears or sweat is considered NSFW. ↩︎

4. This refers to violent (grotesque) expressions such as bloodshed, missing body parts, and insects. ↩︎