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🌿 kratom@sopuli.xyz - Sopuli
sopuli.xyz# Purpose, Rules & Guidelines for @kratom@sopuli.xyz Hello and welcome to a new
community on sopuli.xyz which is all about kratom! This is a sibling community
to !kratom@kbin.social [/c/kratom@kbin.social] This is intended to be a living
document so please post comments. ## Purpose of this community The purpose of
@kratom@sopuli.xyz is to provide a welcoming and level-headed place to discuss
kratom (Mitragyna speciosa). Some examples of the kinds of things that would be
on topic here: - Community and peer support between kratom users - News related
to kratom - Scientific research regarding kratom - Safe and effective use of
kratom - Problems related to kratom use - History of kratom - Future of kratom -
Legal statuses of kratom - How to use kratom - Kratom production at
industrial/commercial scale - Trade news - Kratom gardening - Organizations
which have positions on kratom - Kratom use around the world - Ethnobotany of
kratom - Chemistry of kratom - Other forums where kratom is discussed -
Community creation of resources - Media coverage of kratom - Upcoming events,
online or in real life - Attitudes of health care workers towards kratom -
Traveling with kratom - Stopping use of kratom ### This community has a bias
This is intended to be a broadly “pro kratom” community. Since nothing is
perfect, not even kratom, it is also OK to discuss problems. However it is not
necessarily an “advocacy” community. Community standards are not primarily set
on the basis of how they will make kratom “look” to outsiders. ## Rules ### Rule
#1: Do not spread misinformation Do not spread misinformation. Post in
good-faith. Speak honestly but do not incite fear or panic, particularly when
speaking of safety or legality. If you believe a participant is intentionally
spreading misinformation, please report it. ### Rule #2: Extraordinary claims
require extraordinary evidence Self-reports that make extreme claims of
catastrophic harm or beneficial results beyond what is identified in scientific
research literature may be removed and held for review. The moderators may
request additional information from participants before approving these items.
### Rule #3: Non commercial only The purpose of this rule is not to avoid
“illegal activity”. I am simply not interested in running a marketplace. This
rule extends beyond kratom or its derivatives. It includes sales of books, t
shirts, patreons, classes, professional services or anything else. Lots of
communities on topics which are totally not stigmatized, legal the world round
and uncontroversial have similar rules. It could be laptops or puppies or
knitting. The intention is similar here. #### No transacting This community is
intended to be non-commercial and non-transactional. Examples of commercial or
transactional activity: - vendor ads, linking to vendors - posts which heavily
imply someone is a vendor in order to get people to PM you - requests for vendor
information, referrals, experiences - vendor reviews - posts selling your
personal kratom - discount codes, promotions, sales - advertisements for
businesses or anything for sale - affiliate links or codes - give-aways, vendor
or otherwise - links to products for sale - photos of packaging - swaps If the
likely, immediate result of a post or comment is someone making money or
otherwise gaining materially, then it is prohibited. Obviously, obtaining kratom
is important to a lot of us, myself included. I am not opposed to linking to
other reputable communities where transactions are approved. #### No sourcing To
be extremely clear: No sourcing. Includes plants and seeds. No vendor
participation. No discussion of vendors/brands. This rule also applies to
recommending American Kratom Association (AKA) approved vendors. No
requesting/offering vendor recommendations - directly or via PM. PMs are your
own private business but mentioning them on the community makes them public
community business. Violations may result in a ban from the community. #### Do
not discuss payments Discussing payments for goods in any capacity is strictly
forbidden. This includes CC processors, online processors and apps (PayPal,
Amazon Pay, CirclePay, Venmo, Square, Zelle etc.), and services like Coinbase.
Legality notwithstanding, kratom is against their terms of service and they have
been aggressively enforcing this. Consequently, vendors have difficulty
maintaining payment processors. ### Rule #4: No bigotry This community is
intended to be welcoming to a diverse range of people. Shit talking will be
especially frowned upon when it has its basis in: - diagnosis, illness, health
issues - body size, personal appearance - other substances, drugs, or medication
used - visible or invisible disability - gender identity and expression, sexual
identity and orientation - education, socio-economic status - nationality,
immigration status - race, caste, color, ethnicity - level of experience -
incarceration - religion - age Examples of unacceptable behavior include: - The
use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any
kind - Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political
attacks - Public or private harassment - Publishing others’ private information,
such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission - Other
conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional
setting ## Guidelines A guideline is more flexible than a rule. ### Be nice
Treat each other with respect. Do not be hostile or rude. Do not call people
names. Insults will not be tolerated and may result in a ban from the community.
Everyone has their own individual experience. Share your own and do not judge
that of others. Do not generalize your experiences to suggest that what happened
to you will happen to everyone. ### Avoid stigmatizing substances It doesn’t
help kratom or kratom users to knock down people who use, or have used other
substances. People use illicit substances, prescription medications, research
chemicals and other chemical tools for all kinds of reasons. They might want to
start or stop using these at different times in their lives. It is not “more
legitimate” to use kratom for one reason than for another. Debates about
chemistry, effects, are fine. Sharing your history and what led you to be the
person you are today is fine. ### Not everyone shares your context When talking
about laws, attitudes, conventions etc, don’t assume everyone is in a similar
place to you. If you are requesting or sharing information that is highly
context-specific, you will need to mention that. ### We are learning and growing
together Everyone in the community should give each other the benefit of the
doubt that they are acting in good faith. Kratom brings together people from all
around the world. We all have our own histories and baggage. ## Nuts and bolts
of @kratom@kbin.social ### Where @kratom@kbin.social lives This community lives
on the “fediverse”. It is a network of websites looking to replace monopolistic
social media with a more dispersed model. It is a pretty new way of doing
things, so expect changes in how it works. We are making the road by walking it.
It is possible to view and interact with the community from a variety of
different “instances” or websites. This community was established on kbin.social
[https://kbin.social]. The most accurate and complete view of it is to visit
through this URL: https://kbin.social/m/kratom [https://kbin.social/m/kratom]
### Who moderates? This community was created by @noban@kbin.social
[https://kbin.social/u/noban] who is currently the sole moderator. If you are
viewing the community in the “fediverse” (from a website other than kbin.social)
it may list another person as the moderator. Usually whoever runs the website.
That person likely has no actual interest or involvement here. ### Moderation
guidelines Mods are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in
response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive,
or harmful. Mods have the right and responsibility to remove, restrict comments,
posts and other contributions that are not aligned with the community purpose,
rules and guidelines, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when
appropriate. Moderator responsibilities: - Abide by all of the above rules as
would be expected of anyone else - Solicit feedback - Integrate feedback into
moderation practices - Explain decisions when required or requested - Enforce
rules evenhandedly - Admit to mistakes That being said, one forum isn’t going to
be all things to all people. As the community evolves we might find that there
are fundamental differences of opinions and goals. Cross that bridge if we get
to it. ### Moderation log The software that runs the forum records all mod
actions. There are publicly available in the [Moderation log] ## Last Revised *
July 23, 2023 ## Inspiration and sources To create this, I borrowed from
existing work done by others: - reddit.com/r/kratom [http://reddit.com/r/kratom]
rules which can be viewed on reddit
[https://old.reddit.com/r/kratom/about/rules/] or on the wayback machine
[https://web.archive.org/web/20230722194220/https://old.reddit.com/r/kratom/about/rules/]
- Creative Commons Open Source Code of Conduct
[https://opensource.creativecommons.org/community/code-of-conduct/]
Same set up but on lemmy instead of kbin. More coming soon.
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