Haystack Session Rules

The Haystack Drawpile server has a few rules that you should be aware of before you submit anything.

By contributing to the Haystack Drawpile server, you agree to follow these rules. You also agree that Haystack moderators have the right to restrict and ban any user for any reason.

These rules do not act as a solid set of guidelines, but instead as a reference to avoid moderation in advance. Basically, loopholes will not work here.

The Haystack Drawpile server also follows the rules listed in the Drawpile.net Common Community Guidelines.

1. Public sessions

   Public sessions and announced sessions are subject to the content moderation policies specified here, in abtmtr.link's Terms of Service, and in the guidelines of any servers you announce your session to.

   To be a good participant, we ask you to:

   • Respect others, their layers, and their drawings.

     Do not disrespectfully modify the art of other users. They worked hard on it, and you will risk being removed and/or having your layers deleted from the session.

     Do not disrespectfully communicate with other users. Embrace your fellow people, and treat your neighbors how you want to be treated.

     Do not tresspass or loiter in the sessions of other users. If session operators ask you to leave, please respect that.

     Do not produce disrespectful content. This includes discriminatory content, sigils of or respect to dangerous, discriminatory, or authoritarian organizations, and targeted harassment of other users.

   • Authenticate where possible.

     Haystack allows authentication using your next.abtmtr.link account. We ask you to keep a consistent facade. With that being said:

     Do not impersonate other users as guests. This also lies under Respect others, their layers, and their drawings. If you have a guest alias imitating the alias of a next.abtmtr.link account, you will be asked to change it.

     Do not hoard guest usernames. If you have a next.abtmtr.link account available to you, use it. If you don't, we ask you to keep one or two sessions open per device.

     If you are unable to use your next.abtmtr.link account for any reason, you are allowed to use a guest account. However, you may not use the alias of your next.abtmtr.link account, as this would count as impersonation.

   • Respect common decency.

     Do not produce NSFM content outside of NSFM sessions.

     Keep it friendly. Do not produce illegal or distasteful content.

     Explicit art of minors, explicit "loli"/"cub"/"baby" content, and CSAM are completely disallowed.
     However, explicit art of ABDL, or any other "babyish" activites performed by legal adults is allowed.
     Explicit agere content is on a case-by-case basis, but is typically disallowed. Generally, ask for consent.

2. Personal sessions

   Personal session moderation depends on the amount of users within the session. A single-user session will not be moderated, and is only subject to content moderation when shared.

   A multi-user session will always be subject to content moderation.

   Any announced session will always be subject to content moderation. We also ask you to respect the rules of any external servers you list on.

3. NSFM sessions

   Public NSFM sessions are visible to everyone who can connect to the Drawpile server. It is asked that if you make a NSFM session, either:

   • Make it a personal session, which makes it none of anyone's business.
   • Keep it public, and do not discuss anything overly explicit. You are still allowed to draw NSFM content, but hard kink content is disallowed.

   If you are a minor, please stay clear of NSFM channels. We can't accurately moderate what your age is and what sessions you join, but we can moderate what you create - therefore, you are not allowed to contribute to NSFM channels in any way.