Myouya

@Rock-O-Jello Greetings and welcome to Anime Forums! I hope you enjoy your stay

Greetings members of Anime Forums, the reworked Rules and Guidelines can be found below as a draft. I thought receiving feedback on it will help make it stronger and more durable. I welcome ammendments to each line, as well as adding new ones or questioning the already written ones. The format it's published in now is not optimised, the final version will be made more visually appealing and more organised to ease reading. After one week this topic will be locked and the final version will be published soon after (expected to be 3rd of April) General - applies to ALL areas of Anime Forums NO ADVERTISING your website / forum / YouTube / Discord / channel / etc. in any of the content areas. Only advertise in your profile and signature. If you have joined AF just to advertise you will immediately be flagged as a spammer and banned. Be courteous to ALL members, it's OK to disagree about differences in opinion but you must not resort to personal attacks. No links to unlicensed downloads and streaming sites. No SPAM - no (out of context) memes or pointless posts except via private Messaging and in the Forum Games section. You may share memes within an existing topic if it's related to the subject, and if the tone is appropriate. Profanity is allowed, but should be used with moderation and never for personal attacks. As such, any slurs meant to be hurtful will bring consequences. No racism, no queerphobia (this includes anything from homophobia to transphobia and ableism), no discussion of general illicit activities. No politics outside of dedicated clubs and blogs. Do not harass other members by any means. This includes warning of retaliation, threatening with punitive action, or any attempt of intimidation. No R18 content in any of areas EXCEPT in private, unlisted Clubs. Or through Direct Messages ONLY if it's explicitly solicited. Do not impersonate staff or other members. Forums Please try to post at least 1-2 sentences in your posts. Readers are more likely to respond and discuss the topic further if your post is more appealing in length. Chat posts and casual posts belong to the Messaging feature or in the Random section in the Forums. Blogs Blogs and posts should be related to anime, Japanese culture, Videogames, Cosplay, your personal hobbies or your personal life. Blogs are public. Please be mindful of the information you share. Clubs There is a set limit of 2 clubs you can create and manage. Open/Public Club content may be featured on the front page from time to time, be mindful of this. Fan Art and Images If you are uploading fan art / images that someone else has made you MUST provide a link to the source and name the creator. The creator reserves the right to request it be taken down if permission wasn't granted. No AI generated images are allowed at all. If you are feeling threatened, being attacked or find content that is inappropriate at Anime Forums: Report it. There is a report link below each content item. A staff member will respond to your report ASAP. Do not respond directly to the content or member as it may compound the problem. Account Deletion Policy Anime Forums is a public community. If you have had major discussions in forum topics, removing your posts can significantly affect the flow of the discussion as you may have been quoted. If you've been a member for sometime, and have made significant contributions to the community - your account will not be deleted. It will be anonymized. We will endeavor to remove any personal information during the process. After an account is deleted or anonymized by staff, we won't be able to restore it. Please think carefully before making this request. If you have any further questions please feel free to ask a member of AF staff.

And that'll make a huge difference, even the smallest gesture. We all do our part to try and make this hellhole a slightly better place!

@Rebel Spirit The answer differs from transphobe to transphobe. There's this fearmongering being held by many people who claim "They are grooming kids! They're degenerate! They're destroying society!" and so on. When in fact, it's mostly people who oppose human rights movements like Pride who end up committing said grooming crimes, being the most misogynistic and degenerate, and actually destroying society by actively persecuting innocent youth and destroying their lives (and their loved ones). Why? I have no clue, maybe they're scared of being "forcefully converted" or something? Which is pretty ridiculous. Gay conversion camps don't exist (but anti-gay camps do). They say it's shoved into kids' eyes? Okay, but isn't heteronormativity doing that and even moreso? Is showing that we exist necessarily demanding that everyone be like us? Obviously not. Unlike the other way around, where if you don't conform to cisgender and heterosexual norms, you are excluded and pressured to hide your true self. I think it's both a misunderstanding for some, and just vile cruelty on others. I could go on about this for hours, even if this subject has been talked to to death, it's really not enough when trans people are now being openly persecuted in some US states (not to mention possibly a good chunk of the whole world, with few relatively safe places). I can't wait for the day when we can go out to the street (or even just... exist, you know?) without fearing someone stabbing us, humilliating us, receiving accusations of being monsters without knowing a single thing about who we are. It reaches a point where you don't know whether to cry from the harm they're doing, or laugh from their petty arguments.

@bananaleafanime Welcome to Anime Forums!

And I absolutely love usernames with deep meanings! A fantastic pick without a doubt.

@Rose Be most welcome to Anime Forums! I hope your stay is warm and cozy, feel free to explore and browse to your heart's content.

@Bulleje76 Greetings and welcome to Anime Forums! Hopefully you are reunited with your long lost anime.

Hello hello, I think it's appropriate that I make a short statement on what exactly this change means: As Optic mentioned, we will review the forums' state and make some changes accordingly to try and accomodate equally both old members, and the newer members to make it easier and more comfortable to stay and navigate. Some of the bigger changes that are coming for now are: Rewriting the Rules and Guidelines of Anime Forums to better fit today's standards and new potential concerns Main page forum and subforums layout rearrangement to fit current activity levels This said, every user is invited to speak up their thoughts on changes, and could possibly even make polls occasionally to receive feedback from you. My DMs are equally open for any type of concerns. I wish you a lovely day!

@Serenity Welcome to Anime Forums!

I just saw this and added a bit, hopefully it gets more visibility!

@Mehr Welcome to Anime Forums!