What is kitty.town?

KITTY.TOWN is a small MASTODON instance and community for kind people.


Please read over the Code of Conduct (located on the Extended Information page) before signing up. You can also check out Home.Kitty.Town for more info.


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Kitty.Town logo/art by Reimena Yee


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Home to 241 users
Who authored 57,003 statuses
Connected to 2,029 other instances
CODE OF CONDUCT

As a resident (user) of Kitty.Town, you agree to uphold an environment of respect and empathy for all users.

Any conduct that is deemed oppressive is grounds for removal from Kitty.Town. Any language or action that expresses, reinforces, upholds or sympathizes with any form of systemic social domination is considered oppressive and is grounds for removal at any level deemed appropriate by the Mayor (Admin).

Post Etiquette:

We ask that you put the following topics behind a content warning (CW) (photos must be marked with the eye symbol - after uploading, before posting):

•politics

•graphic violence or gore

•sexual content/nudity

•spoilers

•hate topics (racism/sexism/homophobia/transphobia/etc)

•depression/suicide/mental health

•flashing video/gifs

•drug/alcohol use

•food/diet/weight

•medical

•religion

When in doubt, CW. Our goal is to create a space where we are not overwhelmed by negative posts or bombarded by the 24 hour news cycle.

Residents are free to post about their work and ask for support as long as it stays within our Code of Conduct.
No-Nos:

The following types of content will be removed from the public timeline, and may result in a ban from Kitty.Town:

•Unapproved bots (for approval, please contact the Mayor)

•Plagiarism (see definition)

•Untagged pornography and sexually explicit content

•Untagged gore and graphic violence

•Racism or advocation of racism

•Sexism or advocation of sexism

•Xenophobic and/or violent nationalism

•Intentional misinformation


The following types of content are explicitly disallowed and will result in a ban from Kitty.Town:

•Sexual depictions of children

•Holocaust denial or Nazi symbolism

•Conduct promoting the ideology of fascism/radical nationalsim

•Promoting the oppression of any group based on gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or class


Any conduct intended to stalk, harass, or intimidate other users, or to impede other users from utilizing the service, or to degrade the performance of the service, or to harass other users, or to incite other users to perform any of the aforementioned actions is forbidden and subject to punishment up to and including a ban from Kitty.Town.

This can include, but is not limited to, the following behaviors:

•Continuing to engage in conversation with a user that has specifically requested for said engagement to cease may be considered harassment, regardless of platform-specific privacy tools employed.

•Aggregating, posting, and/or disseminating a person's demographic, personal, or private data without express permission.

•Inciting users to engage another user in continued interaction or discussion after a user has requested for said engagement with that user to cease and desist may be considered harassment.

•Posting and/or disseminating a person's posts ("toots"), including screen captures or any other content without express permission.

•Intentionally posting or disseminating libel, slander, or other disinformation.


This Code of Conduct applies both to content on Kitty.Town and to public spaces when an individual is representing Kitty.Town or its community.

Reports of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be made by using the report button. All reports will be reviewed and dealt with as soon as possible. Admins are obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.

The Mayor (Admin) reserves the right to revoke any user's content on or access to Kitty.Town, at any time, for any reason.

No creepy crawlies (robot.txt set to disallow).

No secret crypto mining operations (yes, that's a thing people do now).