Poke Project — Code of Conduct

Respect, decency, and kindness are mandatory.

Why This Exists

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.

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.

Our Values

Freedom — the GNU kind: the right to study, share, and change code.
Kindness — treating others like people, not profiles.
Community — diverse, queer-friendly, and inclusive by default.
Safety — a space free from hate, harassment, and propaganda.
Empathy — we defend one another, not bullies or billionaires.

Key Definitions

Hate Speech: Language or behavior attacking people based on who they are — race, gender, sexuality, identity, or beliefs.
Harassment: Repeated unwanted attention, intimidation, or mockery, public or private.
Far-Right Content: Ideology promoting fascism, racism, nationalism, or authoritarian control (MAGA, anti-LGBT, anti-minority rhetoric).
Genocide Denial: Attempts to justify, minimize, or deny real genocides or crimes against humanity.
Inappropriate Content: Defending abusers, promoting fascists, or hero-worshiping billionaires (yes, including Elon Musk) for clout.

Prohibited Conduct

The following behavior will get you warned, removed, or banned across Poke and its forks:

Homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, or xenophobia.
Mocking queer, trans, nonbinary, or neurodivergent people.
Promoting or defending genocide, slavery, or oppression.
Posting or supporting far-right, MAGA, or extremist propaganda.
Defending or glorifying Elon Musk, fascists, or authoritarian regimes.
Trolling, stalking, impersonating, or using hate usernames.
Posting dehumanizing or violent imagery.
AI spam, generated hate material, or fake community members.

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.

Respecting Identity & Pronouns

Every person and creature deserves respect. This community welcomes humans, non-humans, otherkin, furries, robotkin, system members, and anyone else.

Pronouns are not optional — use what someone tells you, every single time.
Some people genuinely use no pronouns (or “none”) as part of their identity — that’s valid. In those cases, refer to them by name instead of using pronouns. If you’re confused, just ask politely and move on.
However, if you say “I don’t have pronouns” because you think grammar is oppression or you want to mock queer people — congratulations, you just outed yourself as both wrong and boring. You literally just used a pronoun, by the way — “I”. Wild how that works, huh? Everyone has pronouns in language; respecting others isn’t optional, and grammar isn’t a battlefield.
Misgendering is banned, period. There are no “debates” about it.
Dehumanizing someone for being otherkin, furry, or robotkin will get you banned faster than you can say “tolerance.”
If you think these identities are “cringe” or “weird,” you’re free to go touch grass and scream into a void instead.

All beings — human or not — who act in kindness are welcome.

AI-Generated Content Policy

Poke values art, expression, and honesty — not spam. AI tools can help when used transparently and ethically:

Mark clearly when content is generated.
Do not upload generated political content, propaganda, or hate.
AI media pretending to be real people, or fake contributors, is banned.
Generated works must not contain stolen copyrighted content or misinformation.

Offenders who use AI to harass, spam, or manipulate others will be banned permanently.

Naming & Modification Rules

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):

Poke Code of Conduct
Poketube Code of Conduct
Poke Project Code of Conduct
Poke Community Guidelines

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.

Legal text

By using or redistributing this work (or any derivative), you agree to these naming & modification rules. If you distribute a modified version of this Code of Conduct, you must change its name/title so as not to imply it is the official “Poke Code of Conduct.” You may not call your modified document “Poke,” “Poketube,” or any variant thereof unless the version is entirely unchanged. This name-change requirement binds all downstream recipients of derivative versions.

Enforcement & Bans

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.

Warning: You’ll get a calm message telling you what needs to stop.
Temporary Ban: You’ll be locked out for a set time — cool off, or stay gone.
Permanent Ban: Hate promoters, bigots, and serial abusers will be removed forever.

If you repeatedly harass people, defend violence, or mock identities, you’re banned — no appeals, no second chances.

Contact

To report abuse or violations, contact:

Email: iamashley@duck.com
Discord: Poke Community Server
Repository: Open an Issue

Reports are confidential, handled with our privacy policy

License

If you distribute a modified version of this Code of Conduct, you must change its name/title so as not to imply that it is the official “Poke Code of Conduct.” You may not call your modified document “Poke,” “Poketube,” or any variant thereof unless your version is entirely unchanged. This name-change requirement is binding on all recipients of derivative versions.