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<h2 class="important"><a name="0"></a> <a href="#0">#0</a> Global Rules</h2>
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<li><strong><span style="">Filters</span>:</strong> Memebooru hosts a multitude of content. Some users may find certain content objectionable. Please <a href="https://memebooru.org/filters">use your filters</a>.
Our default filter is designed to hide some of the more polarizing
content, it is up to you to decide what content you will allow yourself
to see.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Legality:</span></strong> Memebooru will not remove any content legal in the United States, barring the violation of another rule.
<ul>
<li>All content submitted here must be legal within the United States.
This includes but not limited to images, text, video and other user
generated or submitted content.</li>
<li>Users are responsible for their own browsing habbits.</li>
<li>If you believe Memebooru hosts content illegal in your
country/jurisdiction, consult your local laws to determine if you may
continue browsing this site.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong><span style="">Calls to Action:</span></strong> Calls to cancel, doxxing, attacking, calls to raid, etc. ARE NOT ALLOWED.</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Subject to change:</strong></span> All rules and policies are subject to change without prior notice. Changes will be announced.</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Dont be an ass: <a href="#9">Refer to rule #9</a></strong></span></li>
<li><strong>Self-moderate:</strong> Avoid content that upsets you, and don't engage in conversation that might upset you.</li>
<li>By accessing this site or creating an account you agree to abide by the rules set forth in this document or any future version of this document.</li>
<li>Staff reserve the right to enforce these rules via content removal, account suspension or account termination at the sole discretion of staff. You agree that we are not responsible for loss of data, information, communications, financial hardships, or other events that may result from the enforcement of these terms.</li>
<li>By accessing or otherwise using this site, you agree to comply with all requests made by staff. If you disagree with a request and cannot make contact with staff using the site please see our contact page.</li>
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<h2><a name="1"></a> <a href="#1">#1</a> Artwork and Artists</h2>
<p>Memebooru is an Meme hosting platform first and foremost, there would
be no Memebooru without the amazing artists who contribute their time and
skills. Below is a list of guidelines and rules one should adhere to.</p>
<p><strong>TLDR:</strong> No piracy, respect artists, and more.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="">Edits</span>:</strong> Edits typically fall
under Fair Use (Parody, Transformative, Sufficiently different from
original.) It’s expected artists aren’t okay with changes or removal of
their signature/watermark. Attempts to pass off someone elses work as
your own will not be allowed. <br>
<ul>
<li>Always use the "edit" tag to distinguish from an original.</li>
<li>Refer to DNP in case you have to tag a different artist tag, per policy.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Private art</span>:</strong> Do not upload art which is not intended for public release without permission from the artist.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Commercial content & piracy</span>:</strong>
Do not upload significant portions of commercial content that hasn't been
freely released (promotional material etc. counts as freely released),
such as a full page of a comic/book, more than 30 seconds of commercial
video, or more than 10 seconds of commercial audio or copyrighted music.
This applies to single uploads and to splitting contiguous portions
across uploads.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Charity & art packs</span>:</strong>
Images that have been released on a pay-what-you-want scheme, as well as
images from a "free version" of a paid art pack, must be released for
at least two weeks (Fourteen days) before they may be posted on this
site.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Patreon and other paid exclusives</span>:</strong>
Content that cannot be obtained for free must not be uploaded.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Audio / Visual content</span>:</strong>
Content that has been uploaded to platforms that rely on ad based
monitization (youtube and similar platforms) must be released for a
minimum of 3 months before they may be uploaded to this site. We
understand creators depend on this revenue, and wish not to take that
from them. As such, there are <a href="https://memebooru.org/dnp">DNP tools</a> available to put a hold on such content.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Blank Video / Audio Only</span>:</strong> Is not allowed.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">DNPs</span>:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Artists have the ability to request to be placed on our <a href="https://memebooru.org/dnp">Do-Not-Post (DNP) List</a>.
Attempts to bypass a DNP or not following the DNP guidelines will
result in the violating content being removed and potential
administrative action.</li>
<li>DNP Types:
<ul>
<li><strong><span>Upload Credit Change</span>:</strong> This DNP type specifies that all content with your artist tag have the uploader set as yourself.</li>
<li><strong><span>Artists Upload Only / With Permission Only</span>:</strong> This DNP gives an artist 31 days to upload any art that is otherwise available on any public platform by themselves. </li>
<li><strong><span>No Edits</span>:</strong> This DNP limits edits to things likely to fall under Fair Use (Parody, Transformative, Sufficiently different from original.)</li>
<li><strong><span>Separate Edits</span>:</strong> This DNP type specifies that all edits of your art will be placed under a separate artist tag / edit tags.</li>
<li><strong><span>Artist Tag Change</span>:</strong> This DNP type instructs Memebooru to change any art with your artist tag to have a different artist tag, chosen at random for privacy.</li>
<li><strong><span>Hidden by Default</span>:</strong> This DNP type will make pieces with exclusively with your artist tag hidden from the homepage, only available for search by logging in.</li>
<li><strong><span>Other</span>:</strong> This DNP type has limited use for special circumstances not covered above. Please do not make requests using this type as they have no effect on the site and are closed by default.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong><span style="">Commissioned art</span>:</strong> When uploading a commissioned art piece, include the "commission" tag. Commisioned art
is typically exempt from DNPs except in circumstances where artists
explictly retain distribution rights, ask your artists for more details.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Adversarial Models</span>:</strong> Content that has been passed through an adversarial model designed to block image training must be tagged. Such images may interfere with automated tasks such as dedupe matching and reverse image search.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Torrents and piracy</span>:</strong> Videos, images, text, and comments<ins></ins>
advertising, encouraging, and/or providing a means to pirate, torrent
or bypass pay walls are not allowed. Discussion of piracy/torrents/paid
content are allowed so long as the discussion does not faciliate the
act of piracy. Memes about piracy are allowed provided they are interpreted as a meme.<ins><br></ins></li>
</ul>
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<h2><a name="2"></a> <a href="#2">#2</a> Art Metadata</h2>
<p>Memebooru is powered by open source software known as Philomena. Its
defining features are its flexible tagging system to make searching for
artwork, artists, and finding sources user friendly while simultaneously
allowing users to filter out content they do not wish to see. Below are
guidelines and rules to follow when uploading images or making meta data
changes. Additional guidelines for tagging can be found <a href="https://memebooru.org/pages/tags">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>TLDR:</strong> Tag what's on the image. Forgetting minor tags is no big issue, but you need to tag things people would want to filter.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="">Ratings</span>:</strong> All images <strong>must</strong> have one (1) or more <a href="https://memebooru.org/pages/tags">rating tags</a> . Note that Safe is overridden by <em>any</em> other.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Under tagging</span>:</strong> If an image is not adequately tagged or sourced, users are welcome to assist in adding additional tags.
<ul>
<li>If a user is consistently under tagging important/mandatory tags, please report them.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Tagging Conflict</span>:</strong> If tagging
conflicts occur between users who cannot agree on proper tags, report
the image. Mods will make a final judgement call.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Artist tag</span>:</strong> Each image should have an artist tag. Use "Artist:name" when at all possible; if no artist is known, use "artist needed".</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Tagging accuracy</span>:</strong> Tags should
reflect the facts of an image. Characters, their relationships, events
happening, and the image’s composition is a good start. When these are
in dispute (such as whether an image is shipping), the artist’s intent
takes precedence.</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Filters:</strong></span> To help you avoid seeing images you may not wish to see, we have a <a href="https://memebooru.org/filters">tag filtering system</a>, which allows for hiding of images that contain specific tags.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Source links:</span></strong> Images
originally posted elsewhere should have that URL for it's source. Art with the
intent to be hosted originally or exclusively to Memebooru should
utilize the "Memebooru Exclusive" tag.
<ul>
<li>In a case where a source is unknown use "source needed"</li>
<li>Links directing to raw images are not a good source; links to
tweets, posts, or profiles containing the image are preferred. If you do
not have a better source, use what you have and include the "<a href="https://memebooru.org/tags/useless+source+url">useless source url</a>" tag.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong><span style="">Useful tags</span></strong>: Tags should be useful to the site overall. Tags should be created with searching and filtering in mind.
<ul>
<li>Do not create tags for personal organization, or with very vague or inconsistent definitions.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Vandalism</span>:</strong> Tag and source vandalism will <em>not</em> be tolerated.</li>
<li><strong>Very important tags:</strong> These are tags that absolutely always need to be present when they're appropriate.<br>
<ul>
<li><span style="">Seizure warning</span>: Images that have rapidly-flashing animation must be tagged with "seizure warning".</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Important tags</span>:</strong> These are tags intended to help users avoid inflammatory content.<br>
<ul>
<li><span style="">Furry and Fandom</span>: Images that are <em>fandom</em> related MUST be tagged appropriately so they can be filtered automatically by default. This is a meme site.<br>
<ul>
<li>Furry refers primarily to anthropomorphic animal OC's that have little
relation to My Little Pony and little resemblance to creatures
found within it.</li>
<li>Other fandom content such as My Little Pony, Stephen Universe, and Star Vs etc should also be tagged appropriately.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Political content, such as (including but not limited to) Communism, Nazism, or imagery related to them is to be tagged appropriately.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Tag negligence</span>:</strong> Consistent failure to tag properly may result with your account being restricted from uploading and/or tagging.</li>
</ul>
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<h2><a name="3"></a> <a href="#3">#3</a> Unrelated content</h2>
<p>This site is intended for images that are memes.</p>
<ul>
<li>Do not upload images that aren't memes, or at least meme worthy. Source images that later became memes are fine.</li>
<li>An image isn’t necessarily a meme, images with no context, little context, or no relation to memes may be removed. This site is not a general image host.</li>
</ul>
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<h2><a name="4"></a> <a href="#4">#4</a> Illegal or Legally questionable content</h2>
<p>We forbid legally dubious content listed below. Due to ambiguous laws, it is better to be safe than sorry.</p>
<p>Note that 'sexual' refers to any content rated "suggestive",
"questionable", or "explicit"; and 'underage' means below 18 years old.</p>
<ul>
<li>Do not upload photographs of real life humans in sexual depictions.</li>
<li>In regards to uderage real life humans do not discuss getting such images or
having sexual real-life meetings with such people.</li>
<li>Lolicon, Shotacon, Foalcon, Cub, and other types of underage content are not allowed on Memebooru.</li>
<li>Do not roleplay sexual situations involving underage human or humanlike characters.</li>
<li>Content uploaded to Memebooru that is illicit in Memebooru's jurisdiction will be reported to the respective authorities.</li>
<li>Do not upload photographs of real animals in sexual depictions or scenarios.</li>
</ul>
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<h2><a name="5"></a> <a href="#5">#5</a> Abusing site functionality</h2>
<p><strong>TLDR:</strong> Don't spam, sockpuppet, intentionally derail threads, make false reports. Do: use your filters, anon.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="">Multiple accounts</span>:</strong> You are
permitted to have multiple accounts for purposes of roleplaying,
maintaining different sets of filters, or for personal privacy.
<ul>
<li>You may not use multiple accounts or anonymous posting for the
purposes of evading bans, voting on images multiple times,
sockpuppeting (holding a conversation with your alternate account), or otherwise appearing to be multiple people within the
same conversation.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Spam</span>:</strong> Do not spam or intentionally derail topics.<br>
<ul>
<li>Intentionally derailing an ongoing conversation is not allowed. Interuptions are not nessasarily derailing.</li>
<li>Minifics in the comments are allowed, provided they keep with the
rating and do not derail ongoing discussion. Please limit their size a
few paragraphs or create a thread in the forums and link it in the
comments.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Filter:</strong></span> Do not
indiscriminately downvote images based on their tags and/or general
subject matter. Instead, filter content you do not wish to see. If you
have a problem seeing "gore", you should filter gore. This especially applies to artist tags.
If you have personal issues with an artist, the site's voting functionality is <em>not</em> a way
to handle it.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Reports</span>:</strong> Don’t submit false reports or use the reporting fuction to attack others.
<ul>
<li>If you think someone is violating a rule, submit a report instead of otherwise calling them out (such as with a comment).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Upscaling & <span class="aCOpRe">interpolation</span></span>:</strong>
Do not upscale or otherwise manipulate images or videos to artificially
create a "better" content for duplicate merging. Upscaling is allowed
but not for the purpose of replacing the original content.</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Vote manipulation</span>:</strong> Votes must be organic in nature.<br>
<ul>
<li>Do not buy, sell, encourage or offer incentives to others to change voting.</li>
<li>Do not manipulate voting by means of multiple accounts, bots and or scripts.</li>
<li>Images that are uploaded with incentives to vote must be tagged "vote bait" and will be hidden by default from the front page. This includes content like "Every 20 upvotes a new edit is released" and the likes thereof.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Impersonation</span>:</strong> Do not attempt
to impersonate staff, users, celebrities, or other notable persons, if
said activity is found your username, or otherwise applicable public user information will be changed.
<ul>
<li>Obvious parody accounts are exempt provided they don't break other
rules, and the real person doesn't ask to have the name transfered.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Account profitting</span>:</strong> The selling of accounts is prohibited.</li>
</ul>
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<h2><a name="6"></a> <a href="#6">#6</a> Unfilterable content</h2>
<p>These rules don't apply to filterable content like uploaded images or embeds using on-site (>>) syntax.</p>
<p><strong>TLDR:</strong> Make sure people can avoid certain types of content should they not want to see/read it.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="">Forums</span>:</strong> Threads containing NSFW content must have "NSFW" in the title.
<ul>
<li>Roleplaying belongs only in the <a href="https://memebooru.org/forums/rp">RP forums</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">Comments</span>:</strong> Comments and replies must be spoilered and contain a warning if above the original image or threads rating.<br>
<ul>
<li>Above-rating content cannot be the entire point of a comment/post.</li>
<li>Seizure inducing content must be spoilered and have a warning.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong><span style="">User profiles</span>:</strong> Profile pictures and personal titles cannot be filtered and thus must not including seizure inducing content and be kept SFW. <br>
<ul>
<li>User bios must also keep in line with a safe rating or contain spoilers and warning.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<h2><a name="7"></a> <a href="#7">#7</a> Privacy Violation</h2>
<p>All persons, regardless of whether or not they use Memebooru are
entitled to a reasonable amount of privacy. For this reason, the
following rules are in place.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="">Alternate accounts:</span></strong> Artist
and Users alike are entitled to use alternate accounts or go by pen
names for the purpose of privacy. If you are aware of someone doing
this, do not bring it up.
<ul>
<li>Aliases/name changes are not typically covered by this. They will be reviewed on a case by case basis.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>PII:</strong> </span>Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as full names, email addresses, ip addresses, as well as private conversations and other information that should normally be controlled between an individual and a consenting party, will not be allowed to be posted.</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Exemption:</strong></span> Information that publicly known or intentionally released is typically exempt.
<ul>
<li>Information released without consent that has no reasonable means of
becoming private again should be scrubbed to ensure no PII released,
even if publicly available elsewhere. We will not facilitate doxxing.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<h2><a name="9"></a> <a href="#8">#8</a> Commissions</h2>
<p><a href="https://memebooru.org/commissions">Commissions may be advertised</a> on Memebooru, but must adhere to these guidelines and not violate any other rule.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="">Advertisments:</span></strong> Adverts may only contain art the artist has produced themselves.
<ul>
<li>Do not solicit/advertise in DM's without consent.</li>
<li>Do not advertise in unrelated comment sections.</li>
<li>YCH examples as well as commission sheets are welcome to be uploaded and tagged appropriately.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Use caution:</strong> </span>While we do our
best to verify artists, we cannot 100% guarantee an artist and their
works are their own. Perform your own due diligence. Checking for
official social media is a good start.</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Brokerage:</strong></span> Memebooru will not
act as a broker to facilitate sales of commisions and cannot guarantee
successful transactions of such sales. Please pursue another site if
you need middleman protection when commissioning art.</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Legality:</strong> </span>Ads for commissions cannot contain content that would violate site rules or any US laws.</li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="h213skormwz141m6dolhoscz3rabmmif" class="important"><a name="10"></a> <a href="#9">#9</a> Direct interactions between users</h2>
<p><strong>This is an important rule. </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style=""><strong>Arguments and insults:</strong></span> Ultimately, offense is taken, not given.<br>
<ul>
<li>Memebooru's staff will make no attempts to guide or halt conversation
between users for the sake of protecting one's feelings. Interactions
between users are up to interpretation.</li>
<li>If an argument is deemed to having derailed a thread or comment
section, users may expect to be warned, or the conversation locked
temporarily. Take it to private messages.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Harrassment:</strong> </span>First time
offenses will typically follow with a verbal warning and a request to
cease. Repeated attempts to antagonize or harass others will not be
tolerated. Note that this does not apply to sufficient effort art attacks.
Art is art, and we do not remove it. However, this exemption functions
as intended, not as written, and loopholes will not be tolerated.
<ul>
<li>Long standing arguments can devolve into harrassment, individuals
all have their own threshold for what they consider harrassment which is
why users should first attempt to solve their issues between each other
before reporting.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style=""><strong>Incitement:</strong></span> Users attempting to coerce or trick another user into violating rules will not be tolerated.
<ul>
<li>Images to incite reactions such as arguments, flamewars, harassment,
hate, etc. are allowed. However, comments may be locked temporarily if
such arguments and/or flamewars break out. Additionally, low effort images may be exempt from this.</li>
<li>Additional clarification for the "low effort" terminology: While "effort" is very
difficult to judge on an objective basis, a certain threshold can be set, and Memebooru staff
reserves the right to decide whether an image is low effort or not. However, this threshold is
intentionally very low. Only the worst of "1000 hours in ms paint" is disallowed.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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