These are set and enforced by the artistalley.space moderators.
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Content that is illegal in the United States is prohibited in all cases, including any exclusions in the rules below.
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Sexually explicit/gory content is prohibited. This includes avatars, headers, and posts. Artistic nudity and lightly lewd works are allowed, if marked sensitive and tagged with a content warning, even if posted off site.
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Sexual/nude/sadistic content of children is forbidden, including loli/shota/guro works. We won't hunt down character ages in your works, but if it's obviously underage, don't post it. Admins may use subjective judgement. (Yes, this includes tropes like the thousand year old god in a child body.)
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Harassment, abuse, bullying, doxxing, incitement of dogpiling, incitement of violence/self-harm, etc. are prohibited. If you must call attention to bad behavior, it is allowed as a last resort and when accompanied with evidence, but should not be a regular occurrence.
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Hate speech, including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia is prohibited. Nazi speech and anti-LGBTQ+ speech is expressly forbidden. If these are your views, you are not welcome here.
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Posting intentionally false or misleading content such as fake news or passing off others' works as your own is prohibited.
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Algorithm-synthesized works (or "AI art") or projects related to cryptocurrencies or NFTs are prohibited, except for use as social commentary on these technologies, or unless you are accepting a cryptocurrency as payment.
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Creations must be your own work, or they must be adequately sourced to the original artist/creator. Links to image sites like Imgur or Danbooru are not adequate as a source. Links to a creator's website or social media is acceptable.
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While you are encouraged to use this as a social network first and foremost, self-promotion is expressly allowed, as is monetizing your work. In exchange, you agree that the admins are not liable for any lost income if the server is down or if your works are inaccessible.
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This server doesn't have unlimited disk space or bandwidth, and abusing those resources (e.g. bypassing CDNs or direct linking to files) is not allowed. This doesn't apply to normal site functions, like posts or accounts getting a lot of attention.
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Don't police other people's work. If you see someone breaking the rules, report them to the admins and don't engage with it publicly. Over-reporting someone can constitute harassment. We'll do our best to judge things fairly.