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You can request a CW for the Required CW list here.
You must be 13 or older to create an account. We do not have the ability to ensure adherence to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
We are committed to making this a safe internet experience for our younger users. If you’re looking for a place to interact with only other adults and post public NSFW, there are many 18+ instances out there that may be a better fit for you.
Users on Trollian are required to have their age specified somewhere inside their bio. While minors are free to only use the unspecified term "minor" as it covers a limited age range, it is recommended that adults who do not wish to disclose their specific age, especially those over 20 years old, add descriptors such as "Early" or "Late" (i.e. "Late 20's") rather than just "adult".
We allow NSFW content with the provision that it’s posted unlisted or followers only and that all accounts posting NSFW are locked and 18+ only.
Minors should never post or boost NSFW, including nude or suggestive selfies, art, discussion of personal sex life or sexual preferences, or soliciting sex from other users. Minors are free to discuss sexual education and topics relating to LGBT identities (ex: transition) and make mildly sexual jokes with proper content warnings. Depending on severity, you may receive a warning up to a suspension.
Absolutely all accounts that post serious NSFW (discussion of personal sex life and attitudes towards sex, NSFW flirting, nudes or suggestive selfies, NSFW art) must be locked and inaccessible to minors. No exceptions. Locking an account on Mastodon does not work like Twitter: you are still able to make public posts as normal, the only thing it affects is your ability to confirm all followers. We require this as a safety measure to ensure accounts with many followers don’t accidentally allow minors to follow.
Users on Trollian are required to specify if they are kin, rp, or neither somewhere inside their bio.Somewhere in your bio, you need to specify if you are a kin or rp account, both or neither. Given the instance has a heavy userbase of both kin and rp accounts, it's always good to make sure communication is safe and comfortable for everyone.
You are allowed to mute mods, you may not block anyone on the mod team, because we do still need to do our jobs. If you mute a mod, please let one of us know so that we can assign someone else to talk to you, so that you can remain comfortable.
The only NSFW posts that can be public are mild jokes and artistic nudity. You may publicly post cropped or censored versions of NSFW art pieces to promote a NSFW art account as long as the account otherwise follows our rules. Discussion of kink that is not explicitly sexual (e.g. talking about collars or restraints), or discussion or images of sex toys, is still considered NSFW and should not be public.
Nudes, lingerie photos and suggestive selfies (e.g. shots of cleavage or a person’s thighs) should always be unlisted. If the intent is to make the viewer aroused or attracted to you, it’s suggestive and shouldn’t be shared publicly on a 13+ site.
We do not allow pedophilic content, endorsement of pedophilia, or anything endorsing known pedophiles, including but not limited to images, art, and written content of both real and fictional people. We strongly discourage discussion or debate over whether specific fictional cases qualify as pedophilia.
This specifically includes:
Posting or boosting ay of the above content is grounds for an immediate suspension.
We do not allow any fictional or real life material that glorifies or supports incestuous relationships. This includes but is not limited to depictions of romantic and/or sexual relationships between siblings, parents and children, cousins, or other relatives, whether or not they are related by blood. Depictions of fictional characters in alternate universes where they are not related are still a violation of this rule. We strongly discourage discussion or debate over whether specific fictional cases qualify as incest.
Posting or boosting any of the above content is grounds for an immediate suspension.
Any depiction of sexual acts on or by a real or realistically drawn animal; NSFW of clearly animal characters such as Pokemon; sexual content between realistic furry characters and humans; jokes implying bestiality or zoophilia.
Any content depicting graphic violence, torture or gore of minors, or content romanticizing real life violence such as serial killers.
We do not tolerate serious shipping of real people (actors, band members, Youtubers....), and users who post such content will be suspended. Please do not "headcanon" the sexualities, gender identities, or other identities of real people as if they were fictional characters.
Any endorsement of these ideologies is cause for an instant ban. Additionally, images of swastikas or other Nazi imagery, any Nazi flagging such as the use of 14/88 or phrases emulating the 14 words, Confederate flag imagery, or any white supremacist flagging are never allowed on Trollian and will be cause for suspension.
We defederate with any account or instance found to be run by a cop.
We aren’t the best place for kink, but we do generally allow it if it follows the NSFW rules above. However, we prohibit uncritical discussion/endorsement of any kink that is nonconsensual or dubiously consensual, or romanticizes lack of consent; dangerous or potentially fatal; based in romanticization of incest or pedophilia, or sexualizes children’s toys or other objects primarily for children; or fetishizes a specific race, gender identity or body type.
Examples: trap/futa, any kink fetishizing fat people, CNC/rape play, race play, abduction, forced body modification, hypnosis kink, necrophilia, snuff, somnophilia, teacher/student, IRL cannibalism/vore kink or any kink involving mutilation
Users are free to reclaim slurs for themselves, in conversation with others who are comfortable, or in their username, display name or bio. Please keep in mind that other users may have varying levels of comfort with certain slurs and use content warnings at your discretion, especially if posting to the public timeline. You may be asked by a mod to use a CW for a reclaimed slur. However, slurs directed at another user without their permission or in a violent or harassing manner, or the use of slurs which you cannot reclaim, are not acceptable and will result in action against your account depending on the context and severity of the situation.
This includes the endorsement of users or public figures who promote discrimination or bigotry. Most should be self explanatory, but where necessary there are clarifications of types of bigotry that are not as commonly made explicitly prohibited.
Examples:
Please use appropriate content warnings and visibility settings for all posts. Appropriate content warnings are specific enough to make it clear what you might see when you open the post, and should not use abbreviations for serious topics, such as “sui” or “alc.” We discourage the use of “lewd” as a content warning, especially on its own. Whenever possible, please type out the full word of what you are warning for so that people are able to blacklist it using Mastodon’s filter system.
Topics that must always be warned for:
Any discussion of suicide or suicidal ideation, including jokes; this includes “I want to not exist” type of statements.
Drawn or irl images, including images of self harm scars; discussion or jokes about any form of self injury.
We do not allow rape jokes or any nonconsensual/dubiously consensual “kink.” You are welcome to warn for assault in media or discuss your experiences as a survivor. (more in depth rule)
Refer to more in depth rule. As above, you may post trigger warnings or your experiences.
Refer to more in depth rule. The above applies as well. You may also want to tag CSA, or COCSA if that applies.
Improperly CWed posts will be deleted by a mod and you will be warned. Multiple improperly CWed posts, especially about very triggering topics and on multiple occasions, may be cause for a strike. An explanation of violation responses can be found here.
Trigger warnings for media, news, etc.; discussion of current events that fall into one of the “must CW” categories; mild drawn gore and body horror; mild alcohol or drug references; mildly NSFW jokes; mild death mentions; artistic nudity.
Other topics in the “must CW” category should always be unlisted or followers only, especially posts that go in depth about a triggering subject.
Personal talk and certain topics are often CWed positive/negative/neutral as a courtesy; these are sometimes abbreviated +, -, ~. Ex. “mh (~)” or “uspol, neg”
You may be asked by a mod to delete and redraft a post with a better CW, even if it doesn’t fall into this category. Please use your common sense and warn for anything that may be upsetting or disrupting for others.
If you have less common triggers or things you don’t want to see, we suggest using the filtering system.
CW: drawn gore/eye horror
[a drawn image of an injured eye]
CW: NSFW, nudity (bare chest)
[an image of a person shirtless]
CW: sh
[graphic depiction of self harm]
CW: bad
[graphic discussion of suicidal thoughts]
CW: vent
[discussion of assault]
CW: lewd
[full nude]
Creative content you post should be your own original property or credited to the appropriate person and posted with permission. Do not repost art or other original creative content from other trollian.space users or from external sites without permission. Do not claim credit for any intellectual property which you did not originally create or post images altered to remove watermarks or signatures. If you did not create your avatar or header, please credit the creator somewhere in your profile.
No spam, including spam links or posts, excessive advertising and the creation of spambot accounts or large numbers of accounts. Spam bot accounts or suspicious accounts will be terminated.
Your avatar and header may not contain content of any banned or restricted category, including any category prohibited in the above rules or any content that must be warned for. All avatars and headers must be safe for work and should not be excessively flashing GIFs or other potential migraine or seizure triggers.
DMed warning by a mod explaining what rule you violated; usually the post in question is deleted or marked sensitive.
Occurs either after multiple infractions, or one very serious infraction that is not grounds for suspension on its own. We keep track of users with strikes and number of strikes. Three strikes, or sometimes less in certain cases, is grounds for suspension. We will both DM and email a warning that you have received a strike.
Forces all posts to be unlisted so none of them will show up on public timelines. Generally, we use this in cases of spammy posts, NSFW or triggering posting on public, or along with a strike or serious warning. Silences are removed after a set time limit which will increase after the first time a user has to be silenced.
A ban. Most prohibited content will mean an instant suspension, although in some cases it may only be a warning or strike. We will also suspend after multiple strikes. Even if we suspend with no warning, you will always receive an email explanation.