Furry Refuge Rules

We use a 3-strikes policy here at Furry Refuge to ensure our community is safe. Though, on specific cases we will auto-ban users who may be harmful to the community, such as scammers and non-furry trolls. Below are our rules with a description of the punishment.

1. Don’t 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. – You will get a warning
2. Do not DM random people for advertising. It is NOT ok. Just use the chats designed for advertising. – You will be banned
3. Don’t be mean, bait, or create drama. 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. – Anyone who feeds the flame of the conflict will be warned.
4. Dont spam or troll. – Instaban
5. Non-directed jokes in poor taste are acceptable, unless someone takes offence. Then it becomes offencive. Read your audience. – Nudge from staff or warn.
6. Glorification or promotion of illegal activities is not permitted. – Warn
7. 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! – Friendly nudge from staff
8. 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. – You will be warned or removed based on severity.
9. Doxing someone and sharing information about them without their consent is not acceptable. Sharing IRL images depicting people is discouraged. – Doxxing results in instaban.
10. This is not the setting to preach your views on a particular subject when others have moved on. – Taking things too far can result in a warn.
11. 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. – You will be warned.
12. 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. – warn
13. 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. – If our chat turns into an outlet for you to hurt yourself, we have the ethical responcibility to remove you from it to protect you and other users.
14. 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. – We instaban bots. The least you can do is set a username on telegram and have a Profile Image.
15. You must be 18 years or older when joining one of our NSFW labelled chats or interacting with any of our NSFW content. If we suspect you to be a minor in an 18+ chat, we reserve the right to ask for ID. If you refuse, it is our duty to remove you as a possible minor from the adult chat. – You will not be banned from all chats, just NSFW chats.
16. Do not use NSFW names, stickers, or PFPs when in SFW chats. We understand some people cant change pfp or edit stickerpacks, so we do understand if someone’s second pfp is nsfw or if someones stickerpack contains nsfw, our main concern is the sticker or 1st pfp that is presenting to the chat. – We will nudge you to change it, but if you dont, we will have to remove you from all SFW chats and you will only be able to access NSFW chats.
17. We reserve the right to ask for ID for NSFW Chat participation if we suspect you may be a minor. – You will be banned from all NSFW chats if you refuse and will only be able to access SFW chats.
18. 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. – You will be nudged by staff first, then warned if you dont comply
19. Some chats have their own specific rules. These rules will be found in the chat description such as “No IRL pics” or “english only”. Obey the per-room rules if any are listed. – nudge or warn
20. It is ok to block anyone you wish, however, if a moderator needs to moderate you and cannot because you have blocked them, they have the choice of passing the case to a different moderator, if one is around, or removing you from the chat because they are unable to moderate you.

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]

Definitions:

Nudge – The staff will just let you know. no warnings or anything. just a friendly message to you.

Warn – one “strike” on your profile in our database