Furry Refuge Rules

1. Don’t spam or advertise in a chat. Advertising art sales, commissions, raffles, etc go in the Furry Art Venue found in the Marketplace. On tellegram, thats @furryartvenue AND other personal and non-art goes in the Classified Ads channel in the Marketplace. Those chats will be listed in the big chat list. Also, DMing random people for advertising is NOT ok and will result in an instaban. Just use the chats designed for advertising.
2. Don’t be mean. Common sense is your friend, just be nice. In general, if someone asks you not to do something because it bothers them, just dont do it. If we think you are a troll, spammer, or inviting bots, we are going to remove you.
3. Non-directed jokes in poor taste are acceptable unless someone takes offence. Read your audience.
4. Glorification or promotion of illegal activities is not permitted. Talking about anything illegal will get you at minimum warned and depending on the topic, banned.
5. Unless the chat is for a specific language, please expect to use the English language. We have German, Polish and Russian chats. If you think we should have another language chat, just ask!
6. Invalidating someone’s personal identity is never okay. If you don’t like someone, just don’t talk to them. Likewise, don’t make a big deal out of someone’s identity including your own.
7. Doxing someone and sharing information about them without their consent is not acceptable. Sharing IRL images depicting people is discouraged.
8. This is not the setting to preach your views on a particular subject when others have moved on.
9. Don’t post politics or religion. It never ends well and you’re only setting yourself up to get into an argument. Everyone is different. Everyone is welcome. Keep this in mind.
10. Statements which are meant to cause harm or are generally offensive are not allowed. Think before you speak. Your thoughts are your own, however some should stay private.
11. Casual discussion of self-harm, physically or mentally, is not acceptable. Please don’t trauma dump. It’s awkward and harmful to everyone involved. No one wins and everyone feels bad.
12. If your account looks like a bot (No username, No bio, No profile picture) we reserve the right to remove it. Take a couple of seconds to edit your profile and appear like a real person if you don’t want people to be suspicious of you.
13. You must be 18 years or older when joining one of our NSFW labelled chats or interacting with any of our NSFW content. Do not use NSFW names or PFPs when in SFW chats. We reserve the right to ask for ID.
14. If AI generated images should be posted, you need to make sure it is known that it is AI generated. If you’re talking about AI images, posting is fine. If not, mark the image as a spoiler or tag it through conversation or other means.
15. Some chats have their own specific rules. These rules will be found in the chat description. Obey the per-room rules if any are listed.
16. If an ambiguous situation arises, the moderator has the power to decide how to handle it. Our community is based on inclusivity, we do not ban people without sufficient evidence, as its our duty to investigate and come to a truely fair decision. If you feel a descision is unfair, please escalate it. [email protected]