- Respect, decency, and kindness are mandatory.
- Poke exists for creativity, collaboration, and freedom — not hate or bigotry.
+ Respect, decency, and kindness are mandatory.
- The Internet can be amazing or miserable depending on how people behave.
- The Poke community thrives on creative, kind, and diverse people working together on Free Software.
- This Code of Conduct exists to stop harassment, exclusion, or political extremism from poisoning that space.
+ The Internet can be a place of wonder or cruelty.
+ The Poke community was made to be a corner of safety and openness — one where people, no matter what form or identity they hold, can create freely.
- We don’t tolerate hate. We don’t tolerate far-right or fascist rhetoric disguised as “opinions.”
- We don’t tolerate people who defend violence, genocides, or oppression.
- This project values empathy and solidarity, not cruelty or ego.
+ This Code of Conduct prevents harassment, gatekeeping, or extremist ideology from contaminating that freedom.
+ Right-wing hate, fascism, and political extremism have no place here.
+ This isn’t about policing opinions — it’s about keeping fascists, bigots, and those who defend violence out of a Free Software space.
+ If that offends someone? That’s on them.
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Our Values
Freedom — the GNU kind: the right to study, share, and change code.
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Kindness — treating others like people, not usernames.
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Kindness — treating others like people, not profiles.
Community — diverse, queer-friendly, and inclusive by default.
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Safety — a space free from hate speech, harassment, or propaganda.
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Safety — a space free from hate, harassment, and propaganda.
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Empathy — we defend one another, not bullies or billionaires.
Key Definitions
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Hate Speech: Words or behavior targeting people for who they are — such as their race, gender, sexuality, or beliefs.
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Harassment: Any repeated unwanted attention, threats, or hostility, public or private.
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Far-Right Content: Material or advocacy promoting authoritarian, fascist, racist, or nationalist ideologies (including MAGA, anti-LGBT, or similar movements).
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Genocide Denial: Any attempt to justify, minimize, or deny historical or ongoing genocides.
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Inappropriate Content: Material that mocks victims of discrimination, celebrates violence, or idolizes abusive figures (e.g. Elon Musk defenders spreading hate or misinformation).
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Hate Speech: Language or behavior attacking people based on who they are — race, gender, sexuality, identity, or beliefs.
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Harassment: Repeated unwanted attention, intimidation, or mockery, public or private.
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Far-Right Content: Ideology promoting fascism, racism, nationalism, or authoritarian control (MAGA, anti-LGBT, anti-minority rhetoric).
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Genocide Denial: Attempts to justify, minimize, or deny real genocides or crimes against humanity.
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Inappropriate Content: Defending abusers, promoting fascists, or hero-worshiping billionaires (yes, including Elon Musk) for clout.
Prohibited Conduct
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The following behaviors are forbidden across all spaces related to Poke, including forks and community servers:
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The following behavior will get you warned, removed, or banned across Poke and its forks:
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Homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, or xenophobia.
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Defending, promoting, or trivializing genocides or ethnic cleansing.
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Posting or endorsing far-right, MAGA, or extremist material.
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Defending or idolizing billionaires, fascists, or figures like Elon Musk who spread hate or disinformation.
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Trolling, harassment, stalking, or impersonating contributors.
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Encouraging harm, spreading conspiracy theories, or mocking minorities.
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Any form of AI spam, generated hate propaganda, or image-based harassment.
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Homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, or xenophobia.
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Mocking queer, trans, nonbinary, or neurodivergent people.
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Promoting or defending genocide, slavery, or oppression.
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Posting or supporting far-right, MAGA, or extremist propaganda.
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Defending or glorifying Elon Musk, fascists, or authoritarian regimes.
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Trolling, stalking, impersonating, or using hate usernames.
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Posting dehumanizing or violent imagery.
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AI spam, generated hate material, or fake community members.
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If you hate the idea of people being free, kind, or weird — this community isn’t for you.
+ You’re free to laugh somewhere else; we’ll laugh at your tears while you leave.
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Respecting Identity & Pronouns
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+ Every person and creature deserves respect.
+ This community welcomes humans, non-humans, otherkin, furries, robotkin, system members, and anyone else.
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Pronouns are not optional — use what someone tells you, every time.
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Misgendering is banned, period. There are no “debates” about it.
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Dehumanizing someone for being otherkin, furry, or robotkin will get you banned faster than you can say “tolerance.”
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If you think these identities are “cringe” or “weird,” you’re free to go touch grass and scream into a void instead.
- If your words or behavior make marginalized users feel unsafe or excluded, you are part of the problem — and you will be removed.
+ All beings — human or not — who act in kindness are welcome.
AI-Generated Content Policy
- The Poke Project values human creativity and critical thought.
- AI tools may be used for artwork, documentation, or writing only when:
+ Poke values art, expression, and honesty — not spam.
+ AI tools can help when used transparently and ethically:
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The content does not contain hate, political propaganda, or misinformation.
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The creator clearly labels when AI was used.
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The generated content respects copyright and Free Software licenses.
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Mark clearly when content is generated.
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Do not upload generated political content, propaganda, or hate.
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AI media pretending to be real people, or fake contributors, is banned.
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Generated works must not contain stolen copyrighted content or misinformation.
- AI-generated “fake people,” deepfakes, and fake community personas are forbidden.
- No generated political or “culture war” content is accepted.
- Submissions found to be AI spam, propaganda, or manipulative will be removed permanently.
+ Offenders who use AI to harass, spam, or manipulate others will be banned permanently.
Naming & Modification Rules
- You may copy or modify this document under Free Software terms.
- However, if you change it, you cannot use names that imply official connection with Poke.
- Forbidden titles include but aren’t limited to:
+ You can share or remix this document freely, but if you modify it, you cannot use names implying it’s official.
+ Forbidden titles include (but aren’t limited to):
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Poke Community Guidelines
- If you modify this text, rename it clearly to avoid confusion.
- Any fork or derivative using these names while changing the rules is misleading and may be publicly flagged.
+ If you alter it, rename it clearly — and don’t spread misinformation about its origin.
+ Forks that rewrite it to allow hate or fascism may be publicly called out.
Enforcement & Bans
- The Poke maintainers and moderators have full authority to act on any behavior they find harmful.
- This includes verbal abuse, hate promotion, or anything violating the rules above.
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- Enforcement actions can include:
+ Moderators and maintainers have the power to act against any harmful behavior.
+ You don’t get to “argue your free speech rights” here — this isn’t Twitter, and we’re not Elon.
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Warning: A private message explaining what happened and what must stop.
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Temporary Ban: Loss of access to community platforms (Discord, issues, etc.) for a period of time.
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Permanent Ban: Complete removal from all Poke spaces, forks, and future contributions.
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Warning: You’ll get a calm message telling you what needs to stop.
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Temporary Ban: You’ll be locked out for a set time — cool off, or stay gone.
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Permanent Ban: Hate promoters, bigots, and serial abusers will be removed forever.
- Anyone engaging in hate speech, extremist propaganda, or repeated harassment will be banned permanently.
- There is no “free speech” defense for discrimination here — Free Software is about freedom for users, not freedom to harm others.
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- Bans may also apply to forks that repeatedly host banned individuals or attempt to remove protections against hate or genocide denial.
+ If you repeatedly harass people, defend violence, or mock identities, you’re banned — no appeals, no second chances.
Contact
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- To report abuse or violations of this Code of Conduct, contact:
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