Hi all! As promised, here is the proposed text of the newest version of the rules. The staff has gone through like eight drafts and literally thousands and thousands of matrix posts to get here, so please be kind. You can see @limeey’s comment on the transparency post if you want more insight into how this sausage was made.

We are opening these rules to commentary from the community before they go into effect. To be clear, this isn’t a vote, but we will take all community feedback into account and answer whatever questions we can before finalizing anything.

Please keep in mind that we are not Reddit, we do not have Reddit’s resources, and safety and consent are our priorities.

I’ll post the draft in two parts in two comments: The new sidebar, and the FAQ/clarifications page.

  • A_Wild_Alt_Appears@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Does your mention of the potential allowing of something like hentai beast content mean that the tentai and consentacles communities are okay within these rules?

    Thanks! I appreciate y’all have a massive amount of responsibility to deal with running a server like this.

    • Mikey Mongol @lemmynsfw.comOPMEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      that’s a great damn question and I do not know. Are the tentacles attached to an octopus? Probably not OK. Are the tentacles attached to a humanoid demon? Probably ok. Are the tentacles just tentacles? Hell if I know, man. I’m just an admin. We’ll have to thrash that out with the rest of staff and mod team. Considering that tentacle porn came about specifically to evade the censorship of penises, it’s an interesting question.

      • dandelion@beehaw.orgEnglish
        16·
        1 year ago

        As someone with an interest in human (ironically given the context of tentacles) sexuality, seeing all these nuances and intricacies emerge from the complexities of human kink is really fun.

        Although that being said, I can imagine it’s very much not fun for you admins trying to navigate this stuff in your free time. Much appreciation for taking on the task! ♥️

        I keep beating this dead horse (no kink shaming 😜), but it’s still a bit worrying how difficult it appears to safely build a sexual community online today. The work of making a community safe, diverse and welcoming would naturally always be a challenge, but I can only imagine the stress worrying about the legal and regulatory side of things, so again, thanks for your efforts!