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 # Writeout Introduction and Code of Conduct
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 Violations of the below will lead to a warning and/or a ban for instance users, and we will defederate from instances that condone or fail to moderate this behavior.
-### Unlearn your bigotry
+### 1. Confront and destroy bigotry
-Insist others do the same. This includes racism, anti-trans and other forms of anti-queer bigotry, ableism, misogyny, and fat-shaming.
+Be an accomplice to marginalized folks. This includes racism, anti-trans and other forms of anti-queer bigotry, ableism, misogyny, and fat-shaming.
 * By bigotry we don’t just mean saying slurs, though if you do use slurs other than as reclamation… wow, fuck off?
-* Shutting down and silencing people about the social violence they experience (“not all men”, “but I’m marginalized too, how can I be racist?” stuff) will also get you banned.
+* Shutting down and silencing people about the social violence they experience (“not all men,” "you're just looking for an excuse to be offended," "can't take a joke?" “but I’m marginalized too, how can I be racist?” stuff) will also get you banned.
 * There will be no “respectful debate” or “reasonable neutrality” about the basic worth of people. If you’re so willing to give fascism a hearing, do it elsewhere.
-* No, it's not about your freedom of speech, it's about our freedom of association. You are allowed to express your hatred, you are simply not entitled to our platform or our attention for it.
+* No, it's not about your freedom of speech, it's about our freedom of association. You are allowed to express yourself as a miserable bigot, you are simply not entitled to our platform or our attention for it. It's boring and we are not here to be bored.
-### Writing is political
+### 2. Writing is political
 * Don’t denigrate the existence of marginalized people in writing as “political.” Marginalized people’s existence is not more inherently political than privileged people’s.
 * If you think your work is above criticism because you claim your writing isn’t political, or if you want to complain about other people making their work “too political,” here’s a better idea: Go away.
-### Engage thoughtfully
+### 3. Engage thoughtfully
 * Before you reply to a post, especially by someone you don’t know well, stop and think if your contribution is welcome.
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-### Commit to being truthful
+### 4. Commit to being truthful
 * A lot of us write fiction, but fiction is a consensual interaction--you go into it understanding it's not supposed to be factual.
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 * Spreading malicious lies and insults about other users is also unwelcome behavior, and also falls under the [[coc#Engage thoughtfully]] rule.
 * Using any service on this site to promote scams such as predatory publishing schemes, crypto, or NFTs is grounds for a ban.
-  * Discovery of off-site promotion of scams is also grounds for a ban, since this site can be used to recruit and target people.
+  * Off-site promotion of scams is also grounds for a ban, since this site can be used to recruit and target people. Also we just don't want to be around scammers, ew.
+* April Fool's Day or any other form of humor is not a valid grounds for breaking this rule. Hurtful untruths are hurtful no matter what the intention or calendar day.
+  * If you're going to make a factually misleading post for the purpose of humor, consider doing so under the [[coc#Content warnings]] "Misinfo" or "nonsense" and so on.
+  * Bigoted humor falls under [[coc#Unlearn your bigotry]].
-### Consider accessibility
-#### Media descriptions
+### 5. Aim for accessibility
+#### 5.1. Media descriptions
+* If you can, please describe the media you upload so it's accessible for screen reader users, users who don't have audio/video and so on.
+  * [Guide to image descriptions](https://m0yng.uk/Image-descriptions-on-the-Fediverse/)
-* If you can, please describe the media you upload so it's accessible for screen reader users, users who don't have audio/video and so on.
 * If you can't describe the media, here are some ways to ask for help:
   * Put the :help_describe: emoji in the post so people know that you would like the media described.
   * Give a mention to @imagecaptionspls@a.gup.pe, which will boost your request so people who follow can add a description.
+  * If you have an issue with remembering to caption, follow @PleaseCaption@botsin.space to receive reminders when you forget to add a text description to images.
 * If you decide to post audio/visual media without a description, especially publicly to the timeline, please do so with a content warning, see below.
-#### Content warnings
+#### 5.2. Content warnings
 Mastodon, like a lot of federated software, has content warnings (CWs). This is a kind of title for your posts that people can click/tap to open for a full view. Here are some common content warnings that are considerate to use when you post to Writeout:
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 * We have a big word count limit so be sure to CW for long posts, perhaps giving a summary in the CW line, to be considerate to people’s timelines.
-If you wish to post without CWs, for instance you regularly post erotica or food pictures, we ask that you post the content unlisted, that is public but not on public timelines, or followers-only, and note the lack of CWs in your bio.
+If you wish to post without CWs, for instance you regularly post erotica or food pictures, we ask that you post the content unlisted, that is public but not on public timelines, or followers-only, and note the lack of CWs in your bio or a pinned post.
 CWs are NOT required for the following content:
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 Please don’t ask people who are subjected to societal violence and exploitation to hide away their own life experiences for your comfort. That’s just rude. If you find such content upsetting you can always block, mute, or otherwise filter.
-### No child porn ever
+#### 5.3. Camel Case
+Please use camel case in tags, that is capitalize the start of each word in a multi-word hashtag e.g. #CamelCase. This makes the tags easier for screen readers and improves human readability as well.
+### 6. Child sexual abuse is not entertainment
 Here is our policy for sexual content:
-* **Sexually explicit writing and media with adults are fine,** with CWs or unlisted with warnings as discussed.
+* Sexually explicit writing and media with adults are fine, with CWs or unlisted with warnings as discussed.
-* **Writing children in sexual situations is allowed,** but as part of the children’s life experiences whether with sexuality or abuse/violence, and **not for adult sexual gratification.**
+* Writing children in sexual situations is allowed, but as part of the children’s life experiences whether with sexuality or abuse/violence, and not for adult sexual gratification.
 * **Sexually explicit media depictions of minors under 18 or those who look/sound like minors in human terms is absolutely banned,** whether listed or unlisted. We don’t want to see it, and we’re not going to risk going to jail over it. Simply do not.
-### Be yourself and have fun
+### 7. Be yourself and have fun
 All this can seem like a lot, but they’re mostly for edge cases and to make sure everyone is on the same page ahead of time. They’re also there so that everyone can have fun and learn.
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 ### What subjects can I talk about?
-Anything, with any necessary [[coc#Content warnings]]! **You don’t have to make every post writing-related.** This goes for posts on the public timeline, too. This is a community, not a classroom, and you don’t have to keep everything “on subject.” It’s cool if you want to stick to posts about writing, but don’t hesitate to bring other parts of your life here too.
+Anything, within the [[coc#Code of Conduct]] and with any necessary [[coc#Content warnings]]! **You don’t have to make every post writing-related.** This goes for posts on the public timeline, too. This is a community, not a classroom, and you don’t have to keep everything “on subject.” It’s cool if you want to stick to posts about writing, but don’t hesitate to bring other parts of your life here too.
 That said, if you _never_ want to talk about writing, consider that this instance might not be right for you.
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 You don't have to be super active or anything--we encourage people not to be too "online" and to spend plenty of time logged off.
-If an account seems abandoned though, for instance if there has been no activity at all going on a year or longer, we will make contact and try to talk about whether you want to keep the account around. In addition to the usual reasons of communal engagement and saving server resources, accounts that seem to exist only to watch and never participate are potential security risks to other users.
+If an account seems abandoned though, for instance if there has been no activity at all for a year or longer, we will make contact and try to talk about whether you want to keep the account around. In addition to the usual reasons of communal engagement and saving server resources, accounts that seem to exist only to watch and never participate are potential security risks to other users.