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Let's go over a few basic guidelines established by the server's administrators.

Rule #1 – Illegal Content or Conduct -- Content or conduct that is illegal in the United States is strictly prohibited.

Rule #2 – Discriminatory Conduct -- Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other discrimination is prohibited.

Rule #3 – Stalking and Harassment -- Respect other users of our service and other federated instances.

Rule #4 – Misinformation and Deceptive Content -- Misinformation, scams, Ponzi schemes, and other deceptive tactics have become rampant on other platforms and we don’t want to see a resurgence of it in the Fediverse.

Rule #5 – Missing Content Warning -- Content warnings (CW) are REQUIRED for NSFW content, political discussion and debate, religious promotion and debate, and drug mentions.

Rule #5.2 – Sensitive Content in Content Warning Message -- Don't put polarizing, graphic, or sensitive content in the content warning (CW) description.

Rule #6 – No Spam or Advertising -- Spam and advertising is not acceptable, but friendly automated bots are welcome.

Rule #7 – Disengage and Report Abuse -- If a user or instance is breaking the rules, we recommend just reporting the content and not engaging.

Rule #8.2 – Account Impersonation -- You may not impersonate an individual, group, or organization with the intent to deceive, confuse, and exploit other users. Parody accounts should tag themselves clearly in their profile description.

Rule #8.3 – Unmarked Bot Account -- Bot accounts must mark themselves as a bot and must post using “Unlisted”, “Followers only”, or “Mentioned people only”, so we can keep the local and federated timelines clear and focused on users.

Rule #8.4 – Unauthorized Brand / Government Accounts -- No brand or government-affiliated account may be registered on Pawb.Social services without prior written and publicly recorded approval

Rule #8.5 – Bypassing Suspension -- If you have been suspended from any Pawb.Social instance, you may not create another account on any of our services.

Rule #8.6 – Prohibited Avatar / Header Image -- All avatars and header images must not contain any content that is prohibited by any other rule in the Code of Conduct, especially content that requires a Content Warning (CW).

Full Code of Conduct The full Code of Conduct can be found at https://pawb.social/post/100 – Some rules and wording listed here have been summarized for brevity.

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