Ponychan

Here's the long and short of it:

• Act like an adult, and use your common sense so that we don't have to use ours.
• Keep the porn and racy stuff out – there are plenty of other places to find it (e.g. Equestriachan).
• Have some regard for the living, breathing people on the other side of the screen.
• If you feel a mod decision is in error, please contact us either through our IRC Client, or via email.
• Don't post malicious links.
• Discord is best pony.

For specifics, read on:

• Legal
• Site Etiquette
• Bans
• Advertising
• Spoilers.
• Adult content
• Gory content

• Do not use this website for planning or conducting any activities which violate United States law.
• Do not post or discuss anything sexually or grotesquely obscene in nature, whether human or otherwise, and whether photographic or otherwise.
• Do not discuss engaging in activity on any site which violates that respective site's rules. This includes "spamming" and "raiding".
• By accessing this site or any data derived from or associated with this site, its brand, or its users, you assume all aspects of responsibility for the content of your posts, and the direct and indirect consequences of your actions during, after, and relating to any access of said data.
• In using this site, you agree to follow these rules and to comply with their enforcement by the site staff.

• Don't spam threads or posts.
• Don't make unnecessary drama. People are allowed to like things you don't like, and to argue against such is a waste of time here.
• Be polite, or at least civil, when disagreeing or arguing with somebody, and do not insult others. This will help you to get your point across more easily.
• Don't discriminate. Judge people based on what they do or say, not who they are.
• Don't purposely derail threads. Nobody likes the guy who jumps into a conversation anHEY GUYS THERE'S A PONY OUT HERE DANCING.
• Do not maliciously impersonate others, and do not sockpuppet (#3).
• From time to time, the staff will have to make some tough decisions regarding site policy and structure. If you have any concerns about them, have any other issue, or you just want to make a suggestion, please visit /meta/.

Before banning, a moderator must first find the answers to the following questions:

• Is this user ignorant of the rules?
• Has this user broke the rules inadvertently? (By posting something they thought was okay)
• Is this user posting with full knowledge that they are breaking the rules?

Accumulating three warnings will result in a ban, however this only stays true for a specific offense - legal, manners, advertisement, spoilers, porn or gore. Accumulating three warnings in spoilers will not result in an immediate ban in advertisement, much like three warnings in manners will not result in an immediate ban about porn. However, intentional rulebreaking will result in an immediate ban (posting content that you know you'll get banned for), regardless of warning count.

Bans can range from one second to permanent, depending on the specific mod's discretion. Ban lengths are generally determined by the severity of the offense, the number of times it has occurred and the user-in-question's attitude.

The evasion of bans is something we take very seriously and offer no lee-way on except in the most extenuating circumstances. Evading a ban is the act of using the site through either a proxy, another computer or getting a friend to type your posts word for word (short messages are allowed). Please remember that you are not allowed to evade your ban for any reason. This includes discussing your ban, even if it was placed in error. Please email the moderator who banned you - you can find their info in the Contact Us page. The name of the moderator who banned you is displayed at the bottom of your ban message. In case of a permanent ban, simply email any moderator.

Ban evasion is often dealt with as follows:

• Strike 1 = A week is added to your ban.
• Strike 2 = Permanently banned.

There are other ways to talk with people if you are banned on the site such as Steam, Skype, IRC or email. Please do not evade bans.

If you feel that you have been unjustly banned, please email the moderators directly as threads discussing such will be removed.

Advertising must be approved by an administrator or a moderator. You can contact us by email.
Advertisement in this case includes - but is not limited to - promoting:

• A charity
• A website
• An activity that would require users to pay a fee
• An item

The following boards are exempt from this rule in their specific areas as follows:

• /art/ : Artist commissions.
• /collab/ : Projects, but not ones that would require funding be given without proof of concept, those must still be approved by the Admin or a Moderator.
• /merch/ : Pony related merchandise

Remember to use the spoiler feature: [?]Text[/?], hide feature:

or the "spoiler entire thread" feature to hide episode content for 48 hours after the episode in question airs. Images should be spoilered under the same circumstances by using the spoiler checkbox.
/oat/ and /pony/ can post unspoilered content as soon as the episode in question has aired.

This section is not meant to be comprehensive. Consider erring on the side of caution instead of trying to pick apart the language here.

When posting links to other websites, make sure that the page you link does not contain anything NSFW. (e.g: linking to a NSFW artist's profile page is fine, linking their gallery or a specific image is not.)

• visible genitalia
• description, allusion, or depiction of sexual acts in dialogue, text, or images
• underage sexualization of any kind
• impending, implied, or visual rape
• bondage/other kinks
• toys, aids, and devices
• excessive saliva
• tongue play, horn play, or wing play
• breastfeeding

• clothing (I feel the need to put this one here, though it's obvious the ponies are usually naked, sometimes clothes are added, such as the nurse pony pictures, to add a hint of sensuality. The things these ponies are into.... Anyways, as long as nothing is implied or the clothing reveals actual genitalia, it should be fine.)
• kissing/hugging
• snuggling/massaging
• seductive intent and such
• wingboner jokes and reactions
• general shipping

What's Not Okay

• visible organs
• copious amounts of blood
• overly suggestive or implied gore
• torture/abuse
• mutilation, even if self inflicted
• murder/suicide

• some blood
• general creepy
• battle wounds (that don't get too graphic)
• accidents
• minor injuries
• zombies (again, don't get too graphic)