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Warnings are kept on your profile for 18 months. If there are no new incidents with your profile after 18 months, your previous violations will be removed from your record. However, if you violate another rule within 18 months, all violations will stay on your record for a further 18 months.

New profiles younger than 30 days are considered on probation and our admins reserve the right to permanently remove them for any violation of the rules below, regardless of the criteria for normal profiles.

GROKIO COMMUNITY CONDUCT RULES

The following rules of conduct apply to ALL Grokio communities, including Grommr, Feabie, Chasable, Ferzu and Ferzu, Pupspace except where noted.

1. MALICIOUS/ILLEGAL ACTIVITY: NO WARNINGS

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Abuse of service: The use of bots or automated scripts on any Grokio community is strictly forbidden. Members should be careful not to make excessive web/API requests.

2. FALSE PORTRAYAL: ONE WARNING

Duplicate profile: Each user is entitled to one profile per Grokio community. Users found creating more than one profile in a Grokio community are in violation of this rule. Grokio admins use IP tracking to ensure compliance with this rule.

Fake photos: Users are not allowed to post photos of other people (or illustrations drawn by other people) with the intent of misleading others. Any images of someone other than the user must be clearly labeled as such, or they will be in violation of this rule.

Stolen photos: Users are not allowed to post photos of other users (or illustrations drawn by other users) without direct permission from that user. Any images posted without permission in this way will be removed as a violation of this rule.

False identity: Users are not allowed to assume fake identities, including posting intentionally misleading profile information, engaging in catfishing activities, or misrepresenting their gender identity in order to get additional features.

 3. HARASSMENT: ONE WARNING

Sexual harassment (images): It is not okay to send nude photos to other users without asking first. If you choose to use the private photo-sharing feature to share nudity (defined as any photo that you would not otherwise be allowed to post on one of our communities), you MUST ask the other person first whether they are interested in receiving such content. This policy also includes linking to NSFW content without properly labeling it as NSFW or “adult content”.

Sexual harassment (text): Any unsolicited, graphic references to genitalia or specific sexual acts is not acceptable. Get permission first, and be respectful so we don’t have to take action.

Harassment (via message): Sending unprovoked and patently offensive or vulgar messages to another user is not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, inciting someone to commit suicide.

In addition, users are not allowed to persistently message another user after that user has stated that they do not want to Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: Any form of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) is not tolerated in any Grokio community. Reports of CSAE will result in the immediate and permanent removal of the offending member and will be referred to law enforcement. Confirmed incidences of CSAE will also result in a report being filed with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the U.S. or the relevant authority in the country where the abuse is taking place.

If you believe another member may be abusing or exploiting a child, please report them immediately to our team to investigate. You can make a report directly via the app or website. Please also be sure to screenshot any relevant conversations in order to aid in the investigation.

2. FALSE PORTRAYAL: ONE WARNING

Duplicate profile: Each user is entitled to one profile per Grokio community. Users found creating more than one profile in a Grokio community are in violation of this rule. Grokio admins use IP tracking to ensure compliance with this rule.

Fake photos: Users are not allowed to post photos of other people (or illustrations drawn by other people) with the intent of misleading others. Any images of someone other than the user must be clearly labeled as such, or they will be in violation of this rule.

Stolen photos: Users are not allowed to post photos of other users (or illustrations drawn by other users) without direct permission from that user. Any images posted without permission in this way will be removed as a violation of this rule.

False identity: Users are not allowed to assume fake identities, including posting intentionally misleading profile information, engaging in catfishing activities, or misrepresenting their gender identity in order to get additional features.

 3. HARASSMENT: ONE WARNING

Sexual harassment (images): It is not okay to send nude photos to other users without asking first. If you choose to use the private photo-sharing feature to share nudity (defined as any photo that you would not otherwise be allowed to post on one of our communities), you MUST ask the other person first whether they are interested in receiving such content. This policy also includes linking to NSFW content without properly labeling it as NSFW or “adult content”.

Sexual harassment (text): Any unsolicited, graphic references to genitalia or specific sexual acts is not acceptable. Get permission first, and be respectful so we don’t have to take action.

Harassment (via message): Sending unprovoked and patently offensive or vulgar messages to another user is not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, inciting someone to commit suicide.

In addition, users are not allowed to persistently message another user after that user has stated that they do not want to hear from them. If a user has clearly communicated that they do not wish to hear from you again, and you continue to send three or more messages without them commenting or re-joining the conversation, we consider that message harassment.

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Trolling includes, but is not limited to: Posting and re-posting the same content over and over; posting almost entirely irrelevant content (sometimes called “shitposting”); and posting patently hateful rhetoric that is not covered under our intolerance policy in order to provoke others. Controversial and provocative opinions (so long as they are not in violation of our hate speech policies) are not by themselves defined as trolling, however, posting almost entirely irrelevant and inflammatory political posts is.

False Reporting: Our rules leave a lot of room for interpretation and so we welcome all users to report behavior they think violates those rules. However, users that continually report others for non-rule-breaking behavior after being warned not to do so by our admins are in violation of our false reporting policy. We consider such repeat false reports as a form of trolling.

5. RE-SHARING PHOTOS PUBLICLY: ONE WARNING

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5. RE-SHARING PHOTOS PUBLICLY: ONE WARNING

Photos posted on any Grokio community are intended to be seen in that community only. Re-posting photos you found on one of our communities on another platform (Tumblr, Reddit, your blog, etc.) is a violation of this rule. Our admins have helped Tumblr take down dozens of blogs for re-posting photos—and removed the users who took the photos.

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Racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic or ableist content: Our communities are diverse and that makes us stronger. Any hate speech that goes against any protected class will be dealt with as a violation, even if there was no intent to cause harm. This goes for posts, as well as photos. For example, images of the confederate flag are not allowed. This policy includes non-consensual race play (making newsfeed posts or unwanted advances based on Protected groups include racial and ethnic minorities; women; people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer or other non-traditional sexual orientations; people who identify as trans, non-binary or other non-traditional gender identities; neurodivergent people, and people with physical or mental disabilities.

This policy applies to any content posted to or sent through our platform, including text, photos and video links. For example, images of the confederate flag are not allowed. This policy includes non-consensual race play (making newsfeed posts or unwanted advances based on racial stereotypes and/or sexualizing another race).

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Anti-furry or anti-otherkin content: Unprovoked attacks on furries, the furry fandom or otherkin are not allowed on Ferzu. Users are free to express neutral statements, such as “I’m not interested in otherkin,” however those posts cannot cross the line to disparagement, such as “otherkin are freaks”.

7. DONATION REQUESTS: TWO WARNINGS

Requests for donations, gifts or money are not allowed in the newsfeed or photofeed. Additionally, any links or codes that provide the On Pupspace Only:

Anti-pup, anti-pet or anti-BDSM content: Unprovoked attacks on pups, pup play, pet play and BDSM are not allowed on Pupspace. Users are free to express neutral statements, such as “I’m not looking for a kitten” or “I’m not interested in bondage,” however those posts cannot cross the line to disparagement, such as “kittens are lame” or “people who are into bondage are freaks”.

7. DONATION REQUESTS: TWO WARNINGS

Requests for donations, gifts, food or money are not allowed in the newsfeed or photofeed. Additionally, any links or codes that provide the poster with benefits (i.e. referral programs) are also not allowed in the newsfeed or photofeed.

We allow Users to include such appeals in the body of their profile or in conversations in private notes (though not if those notes are spamming). We encourage users in need to talk to someone first, get to know each other and let them offer to help.

Attempts to circumvent this rule, for example by posting subtle requests or referring users to one's profile (where there is a link to an Amazon wishlist), as well as subtle requests presented as “jokes” are considered violations.

Additionally, we Donation requests do not allow users to ask for donations or payment in exchange for private folder access.

8. PROMOTIONAL POSTINGS: ADDITIONAL WARNINGS

Except where indicated below, the promotional posting of paid content is not allowed in the newsfeed or photofeed. A post, comment, caption or photo is considered promotional if it links to or indicates where someone can find content or services for purchaseneed to be explicit to be considered violations. Any newsfeed or photofeed postings that indicate the user is open to accepting donations is considered a violation of this rule, including but not limited to personal pay sites, content for sale, subscription services and cam shows. Attempts to circumvent this rule, for example by implying content is available for sale, referring users to one's profile (where there is a link to paid content), or using a watermark to promote paid content are considered violations.

Posts, comments, captions or photos that promote any private business or entity that compensates or is owned by the poster is strictly forbidden under this policy.

Members are free to post links and promote their paid content in the body of their profiles and with members in one-on-one private messages if they have established an ongoing conversation. Unsolicited promotional private messages or postings on someone else’s wall are not allowed.

We also do not allow users to charge for access to the private folder on their profile.

On Feabie and Ferzu Only:

We do not allow users to charge for access to the private folder on their profile. However, since professional content creation is a cornerstone of the Feabie and Ferzu communities we do allow content creators on those communities to use the newsfeed and photofeed to promote community-relevant paid content, as long as the promotional postings adhere to the following conditions:

Profile requirements:

• Requirement 1: Only users who have been a member of our network for at least 90 days may make promotional postings.

• Requirement 2 (FEABIE ONLY): The user making promotional postings must be verified. In response to the rise of many new profiles abusing our previous solicitation rules on Feabie, we have worked closely with the content creators of our community to create a verification process. On Feabie, only verified users will be allowed to promote their content in the newsfeeds/photofeeds, provided they adhere to the preceding rules. For details on how to verify, please read and follow the instructions here.

Additionally, all promotional posts need to meet the following Conditions:

• Condition 1: No more than 1 promotional posting per 24 hour period. A promotional posting can be a newsfeed post, a photo or a photo caption. All such postings are treated the same (e.g. posting a promotional photo and a promotional status on the same day is a violation of this rule).

• Condition 2: No more than 25% of your postings can be promotional. That means for every promotional posting, you must also make three non-promotional postings (pose a question, say what you ate for lunch… anything non-promotional).

• Condition 3: No more than 1 of the same promotional posting (the content or presentation needs to change each time). Deleting and re-posting the same update or photo will be considered a violation of these conditions.

Additionally, as a result of SESTA/FOSTA, we do not allow the use of the term "sex worker" to be used by those offering legally allowable content or services on our communities, as that term could be misinterpreted to mean prostitution, which is strictly forbidden.

We understand that these conditions are detailed, which is why anyone making mistakes when trying to promote their content will receive two educational warnings before any action we take is escalated to a temporary suspension. We will not be automatically removing users who keep violating our promotional content rules and instead, repeated violations that occur after a user has received the first two warnings will result in increasingly longer suspensions for each new rule violation. The first temp ban will start with a 1 week suspension, followed by 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 16 weeks and finally a 32 week suspension. After a 32 week suspension, we will evaluate whether or not to permanently remove that member. 

9. DISPARAGEMENT OF OTHERS: TWO WARNINGS

Under no circumstances are users allowed to post disparaging comments about another user in the newsfeed or photofeed. Naming-and-shaming in an attempt to punish users for behavior you don’t like or disagree with is considered disparagement.

On Feabie Only:

While we don’t allow users to disparage others in the newsfeed, we understand the need to warn others of particularly problematic users on Feabie. For this reason we do allow Feabie users to make posts naming other users for the purposes of warning their followers of another person’s rule violations. If you are going to make such a post, please be sure to follow the following 3 conditions.

• *Failure to adhere to the following 3 conditions may result in your profile receiving a warning for disparagement and repeat violations may result in your removal from the site.**

Condition 1: ​We don’t believe every minor rule violation is worthy of warning others about.  For this reason, these warning posts can only be made for the rule violations that fall under the False Portrayal, Harassment or Intolerance categories. All of these rules result in an immediate temp-ban along with their first warning, and so we believe that these are severe enough infractions to warrant warning others about.

Condition 2: Only reported rule violations can be posted about. You must have filed a report with us and we must have responded to that report stating there was a violation. Once you’ve received confirmation in your report that the infraction was indeed a rule violation AND that we have temporarily banned the profile, you may make your post about it.

Condition 3: Only one post per incident per reporter. Once you’ve received our confirmation that a rule has been violated you’re allowed to make one - and only one - post about this rule violation. If you did not report the profile and receive confirmation from us that the user was temp banned - then you cannot make a post just because someone else did. If you made a post about a user’s rule violation already, then you can’t make one again. The purpose of this rule is to allow you to warn your followers and others who see your posts in the global newsfeed. The purpose is not to promote mob justice or to give you an avenue to repeatedly call someone out. We want our users to feel safe, so this post can only be used to promote that safety, not for users to punish other users.

10. SPAM - TWO WARNINGS

Posting the same update or a link to the same website over-and-over or sending the same mass note repeatedly is considered spamming. The rule of thumb should be to never re-post the same thing twice in the same day (that includes deleting it and re-posting it) and to never send the same exact text to more than a few users.

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: Mentioning Cashapp, PayPal, Venmo or any payment platform; expressing an interest in a sugar daddy/momma or a findom relationship (as the dom); expressing an interest in being spoiled, pampered or any other euphemism for financial/in-kind support; and any other means of expressing interest in receiving contributions.

Additionally, we do not allow users to ask for donations or payment in exchange for private folder access.

8. PROMOTIONAL POSTINGS: ADDITIONAL WARNINGS

Except where indicated below, the promotional posting of paid content is not allowed in the newsfeed or photofeed. A post, comment, caption or photo is considered promotional if it links to or indicates where someone can find content or services for purchase, including but not limited to personal pay sites, content for sale, subscription services and cam shows. Attempts to circumvent this rule, for example by implying content is available for sale, referring users to one's profile (where there is a link to paid content), or using a watermark to promote paid content are considered violations.

Posts, comments, captions or photos that promote any private business or entity that compensates or is owned by the poster, or that will directly enable future compensation, is strictly forbidden under this policy.

Members are free to post links and promote their paid content in the body of their profiles and with members in one-on-one private messages if they have established an ongoing conversation. Unsolicited promotional private messages or postings on someone else’s wall are not allowed.

We also do not allow users to charge for access to the private folder on their profile.

Additionally, we do not allow members to monetize the product of AI programs (images, video, etc), which create derivative works that rely on existing, human-made content, some of which may have come from members of our community. Read our full AI-generated content policy here.

On Feabie, Ferzu and Pupspace Only:

We do not allow users to charge for access to the private folder on their profile. However, since professional content creation is a cornerstone of the Feabie, Ferzu and Pupspace communities we do allow content creators on those communities to use the newsfeed and photofeed to promote community-relevant paid content, as long as the promotional postings adhere to the following conditions:

Profile requirements:

• Requirement 1: Only users who have been a member of our network for at least 90 days may make promotional postings.

• Requirement 2 (FEABIE ONLY): The user making promotional postings must be verified. In response to the rise of many new profiles abusing our previous solicitation rules on Feabie, we have worked closely with the content creators of our community to create a verification process. On Feabie, only verified users will be allowed to promote their content in the newsfeeds/photofeeds, provided they adhere to the preceding rules. For details on how to verify, please read and follow the instructions here.

Content requirement (PUPSPACE ONLY):

• The user cannot post links or referrals to any subscription service (such as Patreon or OnlyFans). Content promoted in the newsfeed must already exist and be sold on its own, not as part of a subscription package.

Additionally, all promotional posts need to meet the following Conditions:

• Condition 1: No more than 1 promotional posting per 24 hour period. A promotional posting can be a newsfeed post, a photo or a photo caption. All such postings are treated the same (e.g. posting a promotional photo and a promotional status on the same day is a violation of this rule).

• Condition 2: No more than 25% of your postings can be promotional. That means for every promotional posting, you must also make three non-promotional postings (pose a question, say what you ate for lunch… anything non-promotional).

• Condition 3: No more than 1 of the same promotional posting (the content or presentation needs to change each time). Deleting and re-posting the same update or photo will be considered a violation of these conditions.

On Pupspace only, we allow any legitimate, community-relevant business to maintain a profile. Since these are not personal profiles, they do not need to adhere to Condition 2 above, however they must adhere to all other profile and posting requirements and conditions listed above.

Additionally, as a result of SESTA/FOSTA, we do not allow the use of the term "sex worker" to be used by those offering legally allowable content or services on our communities, as that term could be misinterpreted to mean prostitution, which is strictly forbidden.

We understand that these conditions are detailed, which is why anyone making mistakes when trying to promote their content will receive two educational warnings before any action we take is escalated to a temporary suspension. We will not be automatically removing users who keep violating our promotional content rules and instead, repeated violations that occur after a user has received the first two warnings will result in increasingly longer suspensions for each new rule violation. The first temp ban will start with a 1 week suspension, followed by 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 16 weeks and finally a 32 week suspension. After a 32 week suspension, we will evaluate whether or not to permanently remove that member. 

9. DISPARAGEMENT OF OTHERS: TWO WARNINGS

Under no circumstances are users allowed to post disparaging comments about another user in the newsfeed or photofeed. Naming-and-shaming in an attempt to punish users for behavior you don’t like or disagree with is considered disparagement.

While we don’t allow users to disparage others in the newsfeed, we understand the need to warn others of particularly problematic users. For this reason we do allow users to make posts naming other users for the purposes of warning their followers of another person’s rule violations. If you are going to make such a post, please be sure to follow the following 3 conditions.

Condition 1: ​We don’t believe every minor rule violation is worthy of warning others about.  For this reason, these warning posts can only be made for the rule violations that fall under the False Portrayal, Harassment or Intolerance categories. All of these rules result in an immediate temp-ban along with their first warning, and so we believe that these are severe enough infractions to warrant warning others about.

Condition 2: Only reported rule violations can be posted about. You must have filed a report with us and we must have responded to that report stating there was a violation. Once you’ve received confirmation in your report that the infraction was indeed a rule violation AND that we have temporarily banned the profile, you may make your post about it.

Condition 3: Only one post per incident per reporter. Once you’ve received our confirmation that a rule has been violated you’re allowed to make one - and only one - post about this rule violation. If you did not report the profile and receive confirmation from us that the user was temp banned - then you cannot make a post just because someone else did. If you made a post about a user’s rule violation already, then you can’t make one again. The purpose of this rule is to allow you to warn your followers and others who see your posts in the global newsfeed. The purpose is not to promote mob justice or to give you an avenue to repeatedly call someone out. We want our users to feel safe, so this post can only be used to promote that safety, not for users to punish other users.

10. SPAM - TWO WARNINGS

Posting the same update or a link to the same website over-and-over or sending the same mass note repeatedly is considered spamming. The rule of thumb should be to never re-post the same thing twice in the same day (that includes deleting it and re-posting it) and to never send the same exact text to more than a few users. In addition, posting multiple images generated by AI in a short period of time is also considered spamming. The rule of thumb should be to never post more than one AI-generated image per day. Please consult our AI-generated image policy for details.

11. ABUSE OF REPORTING SYSTEM: TWO WARNINGS

Our reporting system exists to enable members to report possible rule violations for our admins to review. This policy covers behavior that attempts to abuse the reporting system in ways that harm our admin team’s ability to do their jobs.

False Reporting: Our rules leave a lot of room for interpretation and so we welcome all users to report behavior they think violates those rules. However, individuals that continually report others for non-rule-breaking behavior after being warned not to do so by our admins are in violation of our false reporting policy.

Report Spamming: An individual reporting the same member for the same issue over and over again is not allowed. Our admin team must respond to hundreds of reports every day, and receiving repeat reports about the same issue makes their jobs harder. Once you've reported someone, please wait to hear back from our admin team. Repeat reporting will not increase the speed of your response—it will actually slow it down—and will result in a report spamming violation.

12. UN-CREDITED ARTWORK: TWO WARNINGS​

Ferzu Only: 

All furry-community artwork on Ferzu must be properly credited with its creatorin the caption. Any furry-community artwork posted on Ferzu that has been reported as stolen without it’s artist in the caption of the photo , gets will be removed immediately and warned for stolen art. Stolen art removed this way the member will receive an uncredited art warning. Posting uncredited art is a 2-warning violation.

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​The preceding rules only apply to furry-community artwork. Artwork originating outside the community (for example, public domain images or images from pop culture) are not subject to these restrictions.

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13. DISCUSSING COMMUNITIES WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLETS

Grommr and Feabie Only:

In order to protect the privacy of the Grommr and Feabie communities, we ask that our users be conscientious when discussing the gaining and feedism communities with major media outlets.

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