Community rules

What it's for

Making, sharing and talking about music and sound: production, sound design, gear and software, the creators and projects on AutoStacc, challenges, and ideas about AutoStacc and its products. It isn't a general social site; chat that has nothing to do with that belongs in a space's off-topic channel, and off-topic spaces and threads can be removed.

Be welcoming. Everyone started somewhere, and basic questions are welcome.

Spaces

The community is made of spaces: AutoStacc's own, an official space for each project that turns one on, and communities anyone can start. A community about a creator it doesn't belong to is marked unofficial and can't use the creator's name on its own, logo or artwork.

Rules for everyone

These apply in every space, and no space can loosen them:

• Nothing illegal.
• No threats, harassment or hate aimed at anyone.
• No doxxing: never share someone's private information.
• No sexual content involving anyone under 18, ever.
• No spam, scams or misleading links.
• No piracy: don't share paid packs or anyone's files without the right to.
• Don't pretend to be someone else, including AutoStacc or a creator.

Each space's own rules

A space can add its own rules, for example about its topic, self-promotion or spoilers. They're shown beside its threads. They can only add limits, never allow what the rules above forbid.

Who moderates

Each space is run by its team: the founder and the moderators they choose, or for a project's official space, the creator's team. They can pin, lock, hide or remove posts, move threads and ban people from their space, and they handle appeals of their own decisions. When a post of yours is hidden or removed, you're told why.

AutoStacc steps in where the law requires it: illegal content, copyright (copyright policy), material that exploits children, and impersonation of creators. It can suspend accounts from the whole community for those, and remove a space or moderator that leaves illegal content up after being told.

Some help is automatic everywhere: spam filters and limits for new accounts, and a post reported by several trusted members is hidden until the space's team looks at it. A space whose team hasn't been active for 40 days, or has left reports unhandled that long, becomes read-only until its team comes back.

Reporting

Anyone signed in can report a post. Rule-breaking, harassment and posts where someone may be in danger go to the space's team, danger reports first. Illegal content, copyright and impersonation go to AutoStacc. You can also block a person so you don't see their posts.

Reports need a reason. Reports made in bad faith lower your standing, and repeat false reports lose you the danger option.

If someone's life is at risk, contact your local emergency services first. In the United States you can call or text 988 for crisis support.

Age

You must be 16 or older to post, vote, start a space or connect with people in the community. You confirm this yourself, and you're responsible for confirming truthfully. Anyone can read. If AutoStacc learns an account belongs to someone under 16, it removes that account's community activity.

Contact

Questions about these rules: Email [email protected].