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Community participation

A place people can join without giving up their boundaries.

Watching, reading, and following public work should not require an account. When people choose to participate, these shared expectations keep the website, streams, and connected communities usable.

This is the working public policy. Its wording can be clarified as the community grows, but changes should not quietly rewrite how earlier situations were judged.

Participate freely. Do not take that freedom from someone else.

Access
Public content stays open wherever an account is not genuinely needed.
Choice
Accounts and public stream interactions are optional, with privacy controls where identity is involved.
Safety
Disagreement is allowed. Harassment, fraud, exposure of private information, and deliberate disruption are not.
Review
Moderation decisions should keep context, remain reviewable, and be corrected when the facts change.

Six shared rules

These apply to chat, profiles, display names, linked accounts, overlays, website interactions, and money-adjacent features. Context matters, but the basic boundaries should not depend on the surface.

  1. 01

    Treat people like people

    No harassment, threats, hate, targeted insults, encouragement of self-harm, or attempts to make someone feel unsafe.

  2. 02

    Keep shared spaces usable

    No spam, raids, repeated disruption, impersonation, or deliberate attempts to derail streams, chats, overlays, or community tools.

  3. 03

    Use identity features honestly

    No offensive names or avatars, malicious account linking, fake claims, or impersonation of Michael, helpers, platforms, sponsors, or other viewers.

  4. 04

    Do not abuse support systems

    No fake donation claims, chargeback abuse, fraud attempts, or pressure around private support. Money never buys permission to harm others.

  5. 05

    Keep private information private

    No doxxing, credential sharing, posting private messages, or attempts to expose hidden account, moderation, or administration data.

  6. 06

    Respect platform and legal boundaries

    Serious threats, stalking, fraud, exploitation, or other severe abuse may be reported to the relevant platform or authorities.

A human-reviewed response

The response should fit the situation. A note is not a punishment, a warning should explain what needs to change, and restrictions should protect a shared space without becoming an automatic permanent decision.

  1. Context

    Note

    Internal context for reviewers, with no automatic penalty.

  2. Clear request

    Warning

    A human-reviewed explanation of what crossed the line and what needs to change.

  3. Escalation

    Strike

    A reviewed response to repeated or serious behaviour, tied to a rule and supporting context.

  4. Immediate safety

    Restriction

    A temporary mute, visibility hold, or access limit when a shared space needs protection.

  5. Owner decision

    Ban

    Reserved for severe or repeated abuse after review, except when immediate safety requires urgent action.

Three active strikes trigger owner review, not an automatic ban. Severe safety incidents can still require an immediate temporary response while the facts are reviewed.

Moderation should be correctable.

Accounts can be hacked, context can be missed, and another person may have used someone's device. Warnings, strikes, and restrictions should retain enough context for a later review.

Follow the community system progress

What helpers can do

Helpers and moderators can monitor shared spaces and use only the tools granted to their role. Their access should stay narrow, visible, and removable.

What remains an owner decision

Permanent bans, serious appeals, role authority, private account access, secrets, and money decisions stay with Michael unless a reviewed permission explicitly delegates them.

What is still being built

Account-visible warnings and strikes, appeals, offensive-name handling, and consistent enforcement across every connected provider are not complete yet. The public rules do not pretend those systems are finished.