-
R: 37 / I: 28Welcome to Our New Friends
With the closure of Ponychan, we have been very privileged to see the arrival of many friends, both old and new.
I hope that our community here at Ponyville will greet our new friends with open, and loving hearts.
If you are a new poster, please do take a look at our rules, located on the home page! The rules are generally pretty lenient, and reports are handled with both a gentle hoof and on a case by case basis.
For the time being, we'll be more lenient with regards to the rules as well, as everyone settles in.
Please also take a look at our options on the top left! If you're more familiar with Ponychan's thumbnails, for example, the miniaturize option might be to your liking!
We have some great themes to try, and a series of delightful ponymotes, too!
If you have any questions, or would like to introduce yourself, please feel free to use this thread too! We are so happy to have you join our humble home. -
R: 13 / I: 5Bravery Memorial Stream - July 18th
I hope the mods will be okay with this, what with technically being a promotion
So, as you all know from the current stickied thread, we recently lost Bravery.
Bravery was my very good friend. I spoke to him daily about just about everything for over a decade, and adjusting to life without him has been hard, though I am certainly getting better at getting through my day to day and starting to do things again.
I know that he would not have wanted me to sit around and be sad for him forever. And as much as he was my friend, he was also my supportive numbe 1 fan of just about anything. Willing to watch my video drafts to check for mistakes, and always, ALWAYS being present for my otherwise not heavily visited streams. Sleet or snow, no other viewers - Brav was there, always chatting and clipping up a storm.
He wouldn't want me to stop doing content, especially not at a time where my Twitch Affiliate Anniversary is coming up. So I am not going to. But I AM going to dedicate it to him.
One of our last conversations were discussing what would be something fun to do for such an occasion, and he suggested some nostalgic fun with the Disney Afternoon Collection of classic Disney Capcom games.
So on JULY 18TH, at 9PM UTC+2 / 2 PM UTC-5, I will be streaming exactly that, all in his name over at
https://www.twitch.tv/eshbaal/
I don't usually promote my streams here, and I am well aware that most of you don't really watch to begin with and that my streaming hours are a bit wonky for a lot of you, given our time zone differences.
But I won't be able to do it in the weekend, and I want this to happen within the Anniversary window because that's what he suggested it for. The alternative is starting this at like, 2-3 AM my time, and I'd rather not do that.
But I am announcing it here to let those that want to participate check their schedules.
It would mean a lot to me if folks would show up for this. Aside from the dedication, my goal is to make it a stream like any other where we just have fun. But I would appreciate a turnout of our common friends.
I dunno how long I will go, but you are of course welcome to drop in later on. Maybe I'll even switch games and just keep going till I wanna pass out, who knows yet.
Either way, now you know. And I hope those of you that can will pop in. -
R: 44 / I: 16RIP - Bravery (Markus Ekedahl)
There's no easy way to share the news I got yesterday, so that's why I state it plainly in the title and will state it just as plainly now.
Bravery is dead.
He had stopped responding to me altogether on Discord about a week ago, which I naturally thought was odd since he and I have spoken practically at least once a day for the better part of a decade.
I tried to tell myself to not be silly and assume the worst. But still I wrote him every day and recieved no responses even when I said I was worried. So, yesterday, on my way home from another obligation, I started online sleuthing to find contact info on his family, and got ahold of his sister, who he has mentioned to me many times before.
She'd been wanting to get ahold of me, but was unsure how and well, she unfortunately confirmed my darkest fears.
From what she knows, it was sudden. Possibly a result of some underlying health issue. Nobody knows exactly what went on just yet.
I'm gutted, naturally. Brav and I knew eachother well. We were even on birthday and christmas gift basis even though we have only ever actually met a handful of times in real life.
He would have turned 35 on August 1st. I was pondering what I should get him "once he got back". I had practically started rehearsing how to tell him that I didn't care how long he was gone as long as he came back fine and well, in case he was sick or something.
I spent a good half hour looking at his icon hoping for a little red notification to pop up. Frankly, I'd much rather be furious at him for some kind of sick joke than not have him here at all.
---
My thoughts keep going to content and media. Brav and I shot the shit about media we both liked all the time, and he was as much of a #1 Fan and supporter as he was a friend, always willing to take a look at my videos to try and spot errors before I uploaded them, and showing up for basically every stream I ever did, clipping anything remotely amusing from it. I always knew I was doing a good job if he was clipping up a storm on Twitch.
It was hard enough not seeing his name in chat a few days ago when I was unsure. It's going to be even harder now, even if I know he'd want me to keep having fun, even with the games I largely played because I knew he'd be amused to see how I reacted to them.
My last interaction with him was me telling him I was finally watching Caddyshack and finding it hilarious, and him responding "Oh yeah."
It probably seems silly that these are the things I worry about since in some way, they probably shouldn't matter. But at the same time, I really regret never getting around to watching some of his favorite stuff now - like JoJo, Gundam or Transformers.
I still plan to keep going on all of this when I can. Even finish the stuff I mostly did cause I knew he'd enjoy it. I just need to be able to say it's for his sake without cracking first.
---
For those wondering, I did all the "right" steps almost immediately. I've visited my parents. I've told a few other friends. I've ugly sobbed, I've been angry at the injustice of losing friends at the way-too-early age of barely-34.
I've also had IRL friends who have dealt with their own losses this past year the phone, and one is coming to check on me tomorrow. I have several friends coming over for my own birthday next weekend, and I don't plan to cancel tha
Hell, I've even been able to laugh at other little silly things just a few hours after the bad news. Not that the sadness doesn't settle right back in shortly after.
But today is hard. Really hard. I keep swinging between pure lethargy and crying at random.
I just hope Markus knew that I loved him very much, somewhere between the avalanche of silly clips of terrible game and anime voice acting, the ridiculous tweets we'd both laugh at, or the cool little moments in comics we liked to share.
---
Obviously, I don't want to just be a downer for people here. Go ahead and move this to somewhere more appropriate if it is not general board material.
I just need to share the news and say my piece in the places I can. -
R: 9 / I: 6Short Maintenance of One or Two Hours
Hello dear pony friends! We will be having a short sight maintenance of one or two hours, starting ten minutes from the time of this post.
The site will be in read-only mode! We are moving some infrastructure! Do not worry: it will be okay.
Thank you, everypony! -
R: 21 / I: 19Anime Rebranding
My Dearest Ponies,
I'm pleased to announce that after a lot of time and thought, I have decided to take our humble home in a bold new direction.
I've made sure to make this decision without consulting or warning any staff members, or community members, which I believe is consistent with pony image board values.
Our Ponyville home is a humble place, proud to be exactly what it is, but the one thing it lacks is very substantial activity!
To fix this, effective immediately, we will be embracing a bold new direction:
ANIME
You may have heard of this so-called "anime." It's short for Japanese animation, and is famous around the world for its flashy visuals and oriental style!
Our imageboard will be promoted across the anime loving world, with advertisements on different anime subreddits and communities, including Crunchyroll, r/anime_irl, and other such places.
It is my hope that you will wholeheartedly embrace this change, and welcome any new guests!
Please make sure to immediately switch to an anime-appropriate avatar, too! Anime is the future!
Thank you, ponies! Itadakimasu!! ~ -
R: 47 / I: 40
Good morning, everypony!
Today, your staff here at Ponyville.us is proud to announce the newest member of our team, !!Applejack! You may know her as our esteemed user and friend, Tracer Bullet!
Tracer graduated from the University of West Dakota at the age of fifteen, and proceeded to receive her master's degree in petroleum engineering shortly thereafter from Brigham Young University, in Provo Utah.
We expect that Tracer's hardboiled demeanor and excellence in petroleum engineering shall be a great asset to Ponyville.us, as we continue our work in making Ponyville both a fun place to be, and a profitable hydrocarbon exploration venture.
Thank you all for your support!! We are so excited to welcome both Tracer and Royal Dutch Shell to our Ponyville.us family. -
R: 14 / I: 8Our New OC, Amare Minuet!
Dear ponies,
A long, long time ago, on a pony board near you, we set out on an audacious project: the creation of our own OC's! You have already met Sky Serenade, but we are happy to announce that her sister's name has also been officially decided!
Please welcome, Amare Minuet! Sky Serenade is the more lively, silly sister, but Amare Minuet is the more shy and sensitive sister.
i hope you will love her!
i am told, our dear friend Thorax may also have some fun new ponymotes to share!! -
R: 28 / I: 20Naiming Competition Finale
i am sorry this has taken so long, but let's do it!!
As you know, we have already introduced our new OC, Sky Serenade! But what of her sister?
Let us do a quick runoff poll - Amare Minuet, Pville "Dot" Undershoe, or Cherry Spangle!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQfGy-HCV0Yn9Px6QGO5mXNYsFxylwKm0lwpidHWVqbvmncQ/viewform
After that, we can introduce our cute new PONYMOTES for our OC's!!! -
R: 73 / I: 55Naming Competition Results!!
Hello, little ponies! It's time to announce our poll results!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GxfD-AInh97aarnDm9EXpOJCY9JsTV0Z6a9MUUEDqhY/edit?usp=sharing
The results, i think, should be surprising! We had a clear winner for Cookie Crumbs' OC, but a tie for Hispanon's! Not to mention, several honorable mentions!
We may have to do a run-off poll, to see what Hispanon's OC will be! -
R: 13 / I: 10Ponyville OC Naming Competition!
Here it is! It's time to name our new OCs!
Pictures are included in the poll itself!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGBa_pX5G37fS-3va7sweUILoV4YS9MQuzc3gMtFa3lIpQFw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please feel free to check off as many boxes as you like c:
Thank you, everypony!!
Results will be out in one week's time! -
R: 46 / I: 32Ponyville Naming Competition Pt. 2!
Do you remember our first Ponyville OC?
Here is her sister!! Drawn by community artist Hispanon! Isn't she wonderful?
Her cutie mark is the Chinese word for "heart." It also means feelings, and passion! She has a little heart on her shirt, too!
Let's also think of some fun names for our heart OC! And then, we can vote on both, together! -
R: 73 / I: 56Ponyville's OC Naming Competition!
Hello everypony!! Your Ponyville staff thought it might be fun to commission some OC's to represent the site, from our different resident Ponyville artists.
In this way, our team hopes to give back to the community by supporting your art, while also having being able to do something cool for everypony!
Here is our first Ponyville OC, drawn by our dear friend, the talented Cookie Crumbs.
What should her name be?? Please offer a suggestion below! We will then host a poll, and pick together!! Isn't that fun?
Please also keep an eye out for her sister, who i think shall be drawn by our friend Hispanon! -
R: 49 / I: 45PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE EQUESTRIAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Fillies and gentlecolts, as of April 1st, 2020, Ponyville has officially been placed under quarantine by the Equestrian Health Organization. Apparently, somepony was giving out hugs last night, with blatant disregard for the current pandemic. There's no need to panic! Please tune into this thread, to await further instructions.
We've been informed that users who cooperate with EHO authorities shall be awarded for their efforts. -
R: 0 / I: 0Transparency Report and Poll 1/17/2020
Hello, my little ponies! We have a new Transparency Report and poll for you! Please take a look, and let us know what you think! Your participation helps to make Ponyville a better and better place <3
Report:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IFdc-ydxWKspEx5_DDRMRKasKBCmGNYp-cltQD2VYaw/edit?usp=sharing
Poll:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSCHf7HWso6I9qTNLhr0kCE5MAG9PVfgF_egBI6ORYoKbGvQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Discussion:
https://ponyville.us/canterlot/res/6367.html -
R: 2 / I: 1Ponyville Transparency Report
Good evening, my little ponies! As part of a staff initiative to be more transparent and accessible to users, we are publishing our Ponyville Transparency Report!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13FQ7OLp1-kcFBNNCB9lfzFKxh-r8StQy3b3nzYHHviE/edit?usp=sharing
We will try to do this monthly! The thread will be open here for a week, and then moved to Canterlot for further commenting.
This month, we welcome the return of !!Trixie, Zeke Roa, who is helping us develop gochan.ponyville.us, as well as assisting us in moderating!
We are also seeing the departure of Savvy, Brazie, Abby, and Peppermint... whom shall be dearly missed. They are all taking a break from administration.
This month, we are also sharing the results of our poll, as well!
Please take a look, dear ponies: what we do, we do for all of you. <3 -
R: 58 / I: 41
From 2011 to now, thank you. Thanks, Moony. Thanks, Lauren Faust. Thank you to everybody here.
[Mod Edit: our official End of Ponies thread <3. The long journey is over, but the adventures only begin! Onwards, to Gen 5! May our pony family last ten thousand years c:] -
R: 37 / I: 23The Ponyville Pinkie Poll
Good evening, pony friends. I have for you, today, a simple poll, which will help us determine what all of you are looking for, in the site.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeTUg51-px9YfyszQ8sAlKwaRJEyDLETtxxH-QOGnZnJr3Fw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please take a look, and answer honestly! The poll is anonymous, and answers will not be shared until the poll is over.
Duplicates, trolls, and vote manipulation will be parsed, as well. We will run the poll for one to two weeks.
If you know any users who are no longer a part of our community, or who only post infrequently, please do also send them this poll!
Let us all do our part in building a better Ponyville together <3
Thank you everypony! -
R: 24 / I: 17
Buying gf 1m -
R: 0 / I: 0Plan B.
Good evening ponies. Unfortunately, our testing period for Plan A has not yielded the result the staff was expecting.
As such, we are moving forward with Plan B, and issuing bans to a small pool of users who have been found to be particularly uncivil in their conduct on the board.
We will start with just a few bans, and escalate as needs must. Thank you for your understanding. I'm sorry it has come to this measure.
I truly hope this can help to resolve some of the civility issues and reports present on /townhall/. -
R: 68 / I: 60We Are the Crystal Gems!
WE ARE THE CRYSTAL GEMS!
Welcome everygem, to the new face of our beloved home! Now, I know this seems like a pretty serious change, but let's talk about it together!
With the growing popularity of Steven Universe, the staff and key members of our community have decided to change the course of the site a bit, and remake Ponyville into Steven Universe Ville!
It's an exciting time for all of us, I know :). We'll be keeping the /pony/ name and the ponyville URL for now, but you can expect significant changes as we roll out a wonderful new Steven Universe site for all of you gems out there. <3
Welcome, one and all, to Steven Universe Ville! Don't forget your Gemsonas! -
R: 35 / I: 17The /townhall/ soft opening!
Good evening, pony friends! Your staff has been very hard at work, designing a new experience for the community, here on Ponyville.
https://ponyville.us/townhall/
We understand there's a lot of controversy about intense discussions on the website. Some users would really like a place to have in-depth debates about various controversial subjects.
Others come to /pony/, however, to find some relief from the day to day difficulties that these subjects can bring up!
/townhall/ is a forced anonymous board that is designed for debates, dialectics, and discussions of a serious nature, with its own tone, and its own rules!
This means as well that we'll be expecting that sort of content to migrate over to townhall, though of course less-serious debates and discussions are always welcome on /pony/.
If you think your discussion or debate might end up in a shouting match, try bringing it over to /townhall/ for some nice, rational discussion.
Try it today, and let us know what you think ^^ We'll be adding it to the top bar later in the coming week.
Thank you, my little ponies!! And a special thank you to Starshine (!!CocoPommel), and Thorax, for helping us put the board together. -
R: 0 / I: 0The Ponyville Masquerade Ball
Welcome Ponies, Welcome All...
To our magical Ponyville Masquerade Ball!
We've got a new board, open today.
If you enjoy it... perhaps it will stay.
But for how long? We cannot say.
Happy April the 1st Day.
https://ponyville.us/mask/index.html -
R: 1 / I: 1
BEHAVIORAL RULES
[Third Degree]
Rule 1. Please keep posts generally respectful towards others;
Rule 2. Do not post in a thread for the purpose of being rude or inciting trouble;
Rule 3. Do not derail a thread intentionally. Please generally be respectful to the current topic and atmosphere of the thread. If an OP asks you to stop derailing, please do so;
Rule 4. Please do not engage in advertising or promotion of any kind without first contacting site administration. Pony fanart, stories, music are generally acceptable.
[Second Degree]
Rule 5. Please do not act with extreme hostility towards any user, this includes all manner of insults, threats, and name-calling;
Rule 6. Do not bait or goad another user into engaging in rule-breaking content. In the event of such an occurrence, the baiting user shall be found in violation of this rule. The baited user shall only be in violation of this rule if the user, after receiving warnings from staff not to engage, chooses to ignore such warnings and engage with the bait instead of reporting or informing the staff. Purposefully allowing oneself to be baited, after being given fair warning by staff, shall constitute a violation of this rule;
Rule 7. Do not post content of an aggressively, ironically, or trollishly poor quality, designed to derail discussions, or otherwise make the site unusable or intolerable to our regular community;
Rule 8. Do not post threads or posts that are deliberate provocations to certain users, or deliberate provocations concerning the topics of Race, Religion, Nationality, Political Opinion, or Membership of a Particular Social Group;
[First Degree]
Rule 9. Malicious spamming or raiding, on and off site, are disallowed. Do not encourage spamming or raiding any other community;
Rule 10. "Doxxing" and sharing of others' personal information against their will is disallowed;
Rule 11. All content that is illegal under the law of the United States is expressly and absolutely prohibited on Ponyville.us;
Rule 12. Malicious impersonation, or sockpuppeting, is strictly disallowed, i.e., pretending to be another user to manipulate a discussion or hurt their credibility.
Rules are separated into three degrees. Each degree denotes a different level of offense.
Third Degree offenses are the least serious, and shall be met with multiple warnings, only to be escalated if the behavior immediately continues, or if the behavior occurs multiple times from the same user over a reasonable period of time, or if the behavior causes enough disturbance on site to warrant substantial staff attention
Second Degree offenses are lesser offenses than shall be met with a warning, and followed with a ban if (1) the behavior immediately continues within a reasonable time after warning, or (2) if the behavior stops, but has a second occurrence within the span of a week.
First Degree offenses shall be met with a ban for the first offense. Users with no notable history of interaction with the site may be met with an immediate permaban, depending on the circumstances
ADULT CONTENT RULES
Rule 1. Suggestive content is generally permitted, but obscene content is not;
Rule 2. Please do not post content depicting pornography, gore, or, extreme violence, either real or imagined;
Rule 3. Please do not post fetishistic content that crosses the line into being sexually charged;
Rule 4. Posting of sexually charged content, designed for and appealing to a predominantly sexual interest, that involves people or imaginary characters under the age of 17, or assumed to be under that age by a reasonable person, is prohibited.
Adult content rules do not follow the same degree system, and violating an adult content rule does not preclude one from having violated a behavioral rule at the same time. (i.e., spamming with pornography to raid the site). -
R: 722 / I: 368PACTA Vote Results
Good morning, my little ponies! I'm very pleased to announce the results of our PACTA vote. I think you will find the results to be very consistent with your expectations!
Charts will be provided as well, but for now, here is the vote tally.
I. The Rules Board
PASSED - 95%y to 5%n
II. Hoofbook
PASSED - 100% yay
III. SFW Switch
PASSED - 75%y - 25%n
IV. Penalty Policy Revisions
PASSED - 95%y - 5%n
V. Order of Bans
ITERATION 2 - PASSED, 80%y - 20%n
VI. Report Escalation
FAILED - 50%y - 50%n (requires majority)
VII. Revised Rules Behavior Generally
PASSED - 83.3%y - 16.7%n
VII./1 Rule 1
PASSED - 100%y
VII./2 Rule 2
PASSED - 100%y
VII./3 Rule 3
PASSED - 100%y
VII./4 Rule 4
PASSED - 77.8%y - 22.2%n
VII./5 Rule 5
PASSED - 100%y
VII./6 Rule 6
VERSION 2/PASSED - 83.3%y - 16.7%n
VII./7 Rule 7
PASSED - 94.7%y - 5.3%n
VII./8 Rule 8
PASSED - 90%y - 10%n
VII./9 Rule 9
PASSED - 100%y
VII./10 Rule 10
PASSED - 100%y
VII./11 Rule 11
PASSED - 95%y - 5%n
VII./12 Rule 12
PASSED - 100%y
VIII. Revised Adult Content Generally
PASSED - 88.9%y - 11.1%n
VIII./1 Rule 1
Version 2/PASSED - 95%y - 5%n
VIII./2 Rule 2
Version 2/PASSED - 89.5%y to 10.5%n
VIII./3 Rule 3
Version 3/PASSED - 78.9%y to 21.1%n
VIII./4 Rule 4
PASSED - 95%y - 5%n -
R: 283 / I: 155The PACTA Vote
It's time to vote for the Ponyville Administrative Consistency and Transparency Act
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed_roMl3WnLxtrr4la803lMe52rz8WXRd0BDUSs8qy4ejxsg/viewform?usp=sf_link
https://tinyurl.com/y8cgzqrx
We'll leave this up for a week. At the end of the week, we shall count the votes, and implement the proposals that have received majority approval.
If you are looking for more regulations, or changes, don't worry: as you can see, rules aren't set in stone. The rules will still be tuned, as time goes on, if the rules require tuning.
Thank you all for voting! -
R: 310 / I: 185Ponyville Administrative Consistency and Transparency Act
Hello everypony! Thank you all for your attention. Your Ponyville staff has been hard at work thinking up ideas on how to improve the site after considering your feedback, both in individual discussions, and through our recently posted poll.
We'd like to share an initial set of suggested changes for your consideration! Please take a look below:
-Start-
Ponyville Administrative Consistency and Transparency Act
I. The Rules Board
A new board will be created that is not open to public posting. It shall contain the Rules, mirrored from the frontpage, but contain previous site mandates and policy changes as well, such that a clear record can be easily accessed and reviewed by the userbase.
This shall also allow the staff to build a history of decisions to base new decisions on, and allow the userbase to see the consistency in the staff's actions from a much clearer perspective.
II. The Moderator's Hoofbook
We are working on a comprehensive Moderator's Hoofbook that outlines all the duties and responsibilities of a Ponyville moderator. This Hoofbook will go over our enforcement policies, our typical means of response, and give a transparent look at how we go about handling reports, issuing warnings, and interacting with the community.
It is my hope that by making this resource available to the public, you will be able to see just what the thought process is behind our decision-making, but also know that we are being held accountable to a consistent standard.
The Hoofbook is a work in progress at this time. You can observe the current progress of the Hoofbook, give your feedback, and watch its progress, here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16JC305hFhpl6hepFw69fhDW17LP8p366DYxH9bO6tp0/edit?usp=sharing
III. The SFW Switch
Our esteemed Administrator Developer, !!Thorax, has proposed what we feel is a useful tool for both users who prefer slightly more raunchy content and those who do not. The SFW switch works thusly: First, a user who wants to post something slightly raunchy, perhaps content that is not quite at the level of breaking the rules but might be on the line, simply clicks a little box as they post their image that says (NSFW)
Upon posting this post, everything functions as normal: there is no big SPOILER cover that comes up, nothing like that. However - if a user elects to go to their options and flick the SFW switch, posts that have been tagged with the NSFW tag will disappear.
This system puts the onus on both parties, both those who prefer more adult content, and those who prefer less adult content, to put in to the effort to adjusting the site to their tastes.
The UI design for this switch has not been finalized yet, but !!Thorax has confirmed that this SFW switch is very possible to do.
IV. Revisions to Penalty Policy
Ponyville's policy has always been lenience, and it shall remain this way. It has been made clear to us, however, that the current system of warnings, forgiveness, bans, and guidance is a perplexing system that remains inscrutable to the userbase. Frankly, it hasn't been very clear to the staff, either. This creates the appearance of favoritism for some users that can seem, and even sometimes be, very unfair.
As such, this proposed revision to the Penalty Policy has strict guidelines:
Behavioral Rules shall be sorted into three tiers of enforcement
First Degree: the most serious offenses, including malicious spamming, raiding, doxxing, malicious impersonation or sockpuppeting, illegal behavior, will be met with a ban for the first offense. Users with no notable history with the site may be met with a permaban immediately, depending on the circumstances (i.e., live raid).
Second Degree: lesser offenses that shall be met with a warning, followed by a ban if, 1. the behavior immediately continues within a reasonable time after the warning [i.e., warning must be seen], or; 2. if the behavior stops, but has a second occurrence within the time span of a week.
2nd Degree offenses include incredibly offensive speech, sh*tposting, and extreme hostility in conduct, baiting or goading users into conflict
Third Degree: least serious offenses, including rude statements, thread derailing against OP's wishes, advertising without staff permission, and disrespectful conduct shall be met with multiple warnings, and shall be escalated only to bans if the behavior immediately continues again, or if the behavior occurs multiple times from the same user over a reasonable period of time, or if the behavior causes enough disturbance on the site to warrant substantial staff attention (i.e., more than once a week).
As more rules are added, considered, and discussed, they shall be organized into the degree system as is necessary.
V. Order of Bans
Excluding First Degree rule violations, bans shall generally escalate in this order. If a ban is given that does not escalate in this order, again excluding First Degree rule violations, that ban must be thoroughly explained by the issuing staff member such that the public can understand that reasoning.
1st Ban: 2 Hours - 4 Hours
2nd Ban: 1 Day - 3 Days
3rd Ban: 1 Week - 2 Weeks
4th Ban: 1 Month - 1 Year, or Permaban, depending on circumstances and potential discussion with user
5th Ban: 6 Months - 1 Year, or Permaban
VI. Report Escalation and Increase Scrutiny
A major issue the staff has had concerning political drama or threads full of user insults is that the staff does not tend to receive reports concerning these issues until the dispute or drama is already well underway. To incentivize reporting, and encourage reporting sooner rather than later, a system of report escalation and increased scrutiny shall be implemented.
The increase scrutiny standard shall be taken and modified from the 3P1 Political Drama policy currently found on /arch/ - if you report, the post you reported shall be weighed more heavily against that poster than if a staff member had stumbled upon that offending post on his or her own.
VII. The Revised Rules of Behavioral Conduct
[Third Degree]
Rule 1. Please keep posts generally respectful towards others;
Rule 2. Do not post in a thread for the purpose of being rude or inciting trouble;
Rule 3. Do not derail a thread intentionally. Please generally be respectful to the current topic and atmosphere of the thread. If an OP asks you to stop derailing, please do so;
Rule 4. Please do not engage in advertising or promotion of any kind without first contacting site administration. Pony fanart, stories, music are generally acceptable.
[Second Degree]
Rule 5. Please do not act with extreme hostility towards any user, this includes all manner of insults, threats, and name-calling;
Rule 6. Do not bait or goad another user into engaging in rule-breaking content. In the event of such an occurrence, both the baiting user and baited user shall be found in violation of this rule. The baited user has a responsibility to not rise to the bait, as well;
Rule 7. Do not post content of an aggressively, ironically, or trollishly poor quality, designed to derail discussions, or otherwise make the site unusable or intolerable to our regular community;
Rule 8. Do not post threads or posts that are deliberate provocations to certain users, or deliberate provocations concerning the topics of Race, Religion, Nationality, Political Opinion, or Membership of a Particular Social Group;
[First Degree]
Rule 9. Malicious spamming or raiding, on and off site, are disallowed. Do not encourage spamming or raiding any other community;
Rule 10. "Doxxing" and sharing of others' personal information against their will is disallowed;
Rule 11. All content that is illegal under the law of the United States is expressly and absolutely prohibited on Ponyville.us;
Rule 12. Malicious impersonation, or sockpuppeting, is strictly disallowed, i.e., pretending to be another user to manipulate a discussion or hurt their credibility.
Why are these organized backwards, from Third to First Degree? The First Degree rules are something that any community would do. The Third Degree rules, however, highlight the character of Ponyville as a website, and as such should be placed first in order to convey that sense of impact and importance, even if their degree of punishment might be lesser.
Why not ban evading? Ban evading is either done by accident, or on purpose. If it is done by accident, a permaban to follow seems unduly harsh. If it is done on purpose, a permaban to follow is useless. The staff will use better tactics in both situation than to just follow up with a permaban.
VIII. The Revised Rules of Adult Content
Rule 1. Posting risque and suggestive content is permitted in moderation;
Rule 2. Please do not post content depicting anatomic genitalia, either real or imaginary, gore, extreme violence;
Rule 3. Content that concerns sexual fixations that differ from those typical to the general populace and is also offensively obscene to the reasonable person is disallowed;
Rule 4. Posting of sexually charged content, designed for and appealing to a predominantly sexual interest, that involves people or imaginary characters under the age of 17, or assumed to be under that age by a reasonable person, is prohibited.
RULE SUMMARY: Sexy things fine. Underage sexy things, not fine. Fetish stuff, not fine if gross to non-fetish having person. If SFW switch system adopted, much more leeway.
-End-
Thank you all for taking the time to read this. After one week's time, at this time next Sunday, we shall be holding a community vote for another period of a week, in which we shall choose whether or not to ratify these propositions: each one will be independently voted on.
Some of the propositions maybe minced into sub-propositions to be voted on, or substantially revised, pending community joint discussion, and the incoming poll results.
The community poll can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmf0EefVyOtfeMz5lcRO2dNxlKLemym-PExdk8wlmXfyjj3A/viewform?usp=sf_link
Results will be posted on Wednesday of this coming week.
Please let us know what you think of these proposed changes, in the thread below! -
R: 38 / I: 34New Admin
Hello everypony! I do hope you're having a wonderful Sunday!
I have a very special announcement for you all today. We're adding a new Administrator to the team, who we hope will be able to assist our community moving forward.
Our dear friend Starshine has joined our team, under the Administrator tag !!Coco Pommel. Starshine has been a community member since the very beginning of the pony fandom, and has served as a guiding voice in the community for just as long!
Please give her a warm welcome <3. Thank you all for your attention! -
R: 14 / I: 10
Hi ponies! Sorry for another thread.
If you are tired of the theme, please press ctrl-f5 again, and you will be able to change the themes from options! -
R: 36 / I: 24
PLEASE CTRL-F5 TO SEE CHANGES
Hallo en vrolijk Pasen. As you may or may not have noticed, given our frequent usage by numerous Dutch posters, we have begun the process of switching domains and environments to one that is more fitting of our Dutch community.
Ponyville.us.nl, in the coming days, shall be remade into Ponyville.nl. EU Regulations require us to advise you that the internet should be used responsibly and for positive purposes only. Failure to adhere to these regulations may result in fines and penalties, including mandatory posting on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The Bureau of Cultural Preservation has mandated that all posts should include Dutch words where possible. Likewise, the Council of Multi-Cultural Inclusion has mandated that all posts must contain at least some words in a language that is not Dutch, one of which must be in English.
Please note that as a soon-to-be registered .nl community, our website has complied with Dutch authorities and yielded sovereignty over to King Willem-Alexander. Note that this means no fun is allowed on days that are not Sunday, in accordance with the law.
We understand this is a substantial change for the community. As such, today shall be a one day grace period, in which the rules shall not be enforced. Please note though that upon the official domain name change, which shall occur Monday, April 2nd, the rules above shall be enforced as required by Dutch law and the regulations of the European Union.
We thank you for your time and patience, on behalf of the staff of Ponyville.nl. Do not forget to participate in Bicycle Tuesdays.
It is sure to be a Komkommertijd. -
R: 22 / I: 17Banners Galore!
Have you noticed anything at the top of the page? If you have adblock on, probably not! But if you turn it off, you will notice our brand new banners!
Our community artists have put together a whole gallery of beautiful banners for Ponyville. They can only be seen with adblock off though! Don't worry: our site doesn't run advertisements.
A special thanks to our wonderful chief developer !!Thorax, who has done an amazing, amazing job putting this together!!
Let us know what you think, my little ponies! -
R: 115 / I: 68
Hey everypony!
So I finished with the ponymote thing. If you would like to give them a whirl, you should check out the new Ponymote tab in the site options. All you have to do is enable them and select the ones you like the most to add them to your posting options. Just click on the little face and it'll put a little code thingy into your post that looks like :pony:. That will be translated into the ponymote once the post is submitted. And that is really all there is too it!
Also some people probably won't care much for these, and that is okay too. I put in an option into the ponymote tab to hide ponymotes globally. It will be as though they aren't even there.
For this first set, I wanted to have the main cast characters represented pretty well so I made 6 for each of them with a variety of expressions. But, there is plenty of room for more characters and more motes per character. I had made a call for some user submitted ponymotes a while ago but I hadn't really figured out what I wanted from them yet. But I think I do now, so if you want try and make some and submit, here are a few guidelines:
1. Make the backgrounds transparent.
2. Make them approximately 50px high which will be shrunk to 27px by the site (width will auto adjust, so make them proportional).
3. The width can vary, but don't make it too much wider or thinner than the height.
4. Make sure the details are good enough that you can see what the expression is at such a small size.
Special thanks to Agiri for making some a while ago, but I have to ask that you remake them to fit the above guidelines to keep a consistent style and quality. Thanks for understanding.
As always, especially with mobile devices, make sure to clear your cache if you aren't seeing the new options.
-
R: 75 / I: 50Politics on Ponyville Proposition 1 (3P1)
LINK to PROPOSITION:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3rN8g4x4pFfNKkaPP_SbxL_XiZu_DOBHxA8cpAN7BI/edit
Good evening, my little ponies! It has come to the attention of the staff that the issue of politics on our humble home has caused quite a bit of distress to the community at large!
Political threads, posts, and derails have caused no small amount of alienation, and can be very disruptive to the posting environment. The staff has heard your concerns, and has come up with what we feel is a good solution towards addressing them.
Politics on Ponyville Proposition 1 [3P1] is a proposed change in policy that will invite greater staff scrutiny when it comes to political posts and threads, substantially escalating the likelihood that these posts will be interpreted as rule-breaking.
At the same time, we believe the implementation of the proposition is such that it will not unduly infringe upon any poster's right of free expression, nor be too burdensome to the undramatic discussion of politics.
To greatly paraphrase [TL;DR]: Politics on Ponyville Proposition 1, future political posts will be analyzed either as being regular posts, or as "political drama." Posters who have a history of political drama, or posts that are very close to that line, will have all future political posts analyzed with heightened scrutiny.
Posters with no posting history at all, such as those posting under fresh IP's, shall have all political posts analyzed with heightened scrutiny, as well.
For the sake of absolute transparency, I will include here the staff's complete policy document, outlining in detail the reasoning behind this approach, how the proposition will be implemented, and with examples of that implementation in action.
The proposition will be considered over the weekend by the community, at which point the staff will elect either to implement or reject the proposition based on user input by the start of the new year on Monday.
The staff has another working document which is currently not up for implementation, which we are calling Politics on Ponyville Proposition 2 (3P2) that is a substantially stricter version of the above policy.
We believe this current one is the most equitable however, and that 3P1 meets all the needs of dissolving political drama, while maximally preserving the right of posters to freely communicate and enjoy discussions.
Please let us know what you think! As always, your Ponyville staff are here to listen and do our best for you. Let us hope that this proposition can bring greater harmony to our humble little home.
Yours in Harmony,
!!Celestia -
R: 177 / I: 1542017 Ponyville portrait
Because what could possibly go wrong?
C'mon guys! Who's with me?
P.s: garbage quality for now, will post full quality as final result. -
R: 58 / I: 42Ponymotes and more!
We have exciting news for everypony! First and foremost, our editing feature is in its final review, and should hopefully be out soon. I know, it's been in the works for a while but I can promise we're in the final stages.
Secondly, we are working on Ponymotes for the site! Little emoticons you can add to your posts. As such, we're opening up submissions for the Ponymote system!
If you can, please submit images you'd like to see as Ponymotes with a height of 27 pixels, and a width of no more than 50!
A special thank you to our Developer !!Thorax, who has been doing incredible work for us since joining! -
R: 82 / I: 67Trans Stories
So, I'm not as familiar with the trans world as I would like to be. I'm not trans by any means, but I do like understanding people and their perspectives.
This thread is to talk about transgenderism, if/why you transitioned etc.
I'd really like to understand it. So I have some questions for the transgender folk here in Ponyville (feel free to post anonymously). Forgive me if they're poorly worded:
1 - How did you come to know that you're transgender?
2 - What are some challenges you faced before and after transition? (if you have)
3 - What do you look to get out of transitioning?
4 - How do you feel now that you have transitioned? (again, if you have)
5 - If you have transitioned, what sort of transition have you gotten? (just pronouns? Hormone therapy? Surgery? etc.)
I may ask some follow up questions as well. Let me know if you don't want to answer any more.
Please be respectful in this thread. Thanks! :) -
R: 28 / I: 715 Days Until Game Day!
My team in Extra Life has raised so much money so far! Once my credit card clears, my matching donations will put my team over the $1000 mark!
It's so exciting!
If anyone else wants to support me, you can support me here!
https://www.extra-life.org/participant/bmoMy team in Extra Life has raised so much money so far! Once my credit card clears, my matching donations will put my team over the $1000 mark!
It's so exciting!
If anyone else wants to support me, you can support me here!
www.extra-life.org/participant/bmo
Hi everypony! Here at Ponyville, we love to see acts of kindness being done for those in need. Please consider supporting BMO and his Extra Life team in their charitable endeavors! Good luck, BMO! ~!!Fluttershy -
R: 512 / I: 437Raranon Thread
Everybody is welcome and loved in this thread, but you simply must be anonymous and post only as Rarity.
Those are rules. Those are all of the rules! It's the Secret Rarity Thread! -
R: 53 / I: 40Watch the Finale with Kanthara!
JOIN US NOW AT http://www.bronystate.net/
Announcement Time! I am proud to announce that, in partnership with our good friends at Bronystate, we will be hosting a Watchtogether Event with our Favorite MLP Storyboard Artist, Kanthara! on October 26th, at 8:00 PM EST
A lot of us might remember Kanthara for her occasional posting here, and her /arch/ thread! She worked on the upcoming finale, and she will be answering questions, sharing interesting things, and watching the finale, and other episodes, with us!
Clear your schedules, and come and join us! It's sure to be a night to remember.
~ !!Celestia -
R: 33 / I: 21New Discord Channel!
Good evening, everypony!
We have an important announcement to make tonight! As many of you may know, we have our own Skype Group for Ponyville, but, as of yet, haven't had an official Discord server.
We'd like to announce today a partnership with Ponychat, a Discord group that many of you have already joined, which is headed by Madame Berry Punch and moderated by a fair and competent staff, including a few of our own moderators here at Ponyville.
You can check it out yourself at:
https://discord.gg/yJ3fTCC
Keep in mind that Ponychat, while serving as our official Discord channel, does not follow our official rules on site. The #anon channel, for example, allows NSFW.
The general chat for Ponychat is entirely SFW, however. And Ponychat was founded with the same ideals that we here at Ponyville have. We are partnering in order to further a friendly, less dramatic, and altogether more fun community for all kinds of ponies!
I hope then that you'll love and enjoy our new Discord channel and Discord friends over at Ponychat.
Thank you for your time!
Your Faithful Administrator,
~ !!Celestia -
R: 23 / I: 17Ponyville Freestyle Exquisite Corpse Thread!
Okay Ponyville, I've got a fun and silly game we can play in this very thread I call "Ponyville Freestyle Exquisite Corpse". In this game we are all going to try to write stories blind-folded!! … sorta. This kind of blind-written story is called an "exquisite corpse" and it can be comedy gold!
HERE ARE THE RULES THOU SHALL FOLLOW when we play this game:
In this game we will be attempting to create chains of ten linked posts each containing a part of a story, each written without knowing all of what came in post before it. Here's how we're going to do this:
1. I will start by posting a post titled "Part 1" and in that post there will be three paragraphs of five sentences each, with the last sentence posted in it's own separate set of spoiler tags.
2. Another poster (anyone, this is freestyle) may come and reply to that post and write and post the next three paragraphs of the story, 5 sentences per paragraph, all in spoiler tags, with the last sentence in its own separate set of spoiler tags, with the post labeled "Part 2". They will try to continue the story, However! They may only look at the last sentence of the post they are replying to! (Remember, this is blind folded!)
3. After "Part 2" is posted, another poster will do the same thing and post a "part 3", adding to the chain. This will continue until posters create a chain of ten linked posts, creating a complete Exquisite Corpse!
(feel free to contribute multiple times to the same chain, just do not reply to your own posts)
4. Once an exquisite corpse has been completed, someone should copy and paste the resulting story in one or two post (however many they need) for all to see and read for themselves, and at the end of the post everyone who contributed shall be given credits starting with "written by:" and followed with a list of writers
5. Once a result has been posted and everyone has had a good laugh, feel free to start another exquisite corpse with a brand new "part 1" post!
Note: It is possible multiple posters will respond to the same post, feel free to use these post to create multiple alternate parallel chains, just be sure to post a result post for any alternate chains you create.
Second Note: these stories don't have to be about ponies, but you can make them if you want to.
And without further ado, here is …. -
R: 28 / I: 23Merger with Equestria Daily and /mlp/!
Good afternoon, my dear little ponies! This is your friendly, neighborhood Princess speaking!
We've been talking lately with our friends at Equestria Daily and /mlp/, and we're proud to announce a three-way merger!
Now, as you know, we here at Ponyville are all about values. That's why every single disgruntled user who expresses their anger at this agreement will receive a complimentary FAKE COUPON!
And those who express unbridled excitement will receive praise!
Please note that the mark this momentous occasion, our staff will be allowing for all sorts of very silly posting. After all, we want to make the place comfortable for all of our new /mlp/ best friends!!
Thanks for everything, ponies!! Now, without further ado, let me introduce our new admin, Dr. Natzi Moonda! -
R: 385 / I: 296Posters... gotta catch 'em all!
Who wants to be collected? Get on this shelf. -
R: 265 / I: 194STORYBOARDS!
Here I am! Bear with me as this is a new type of forum for me. I'm Karine, and I'm a storyboard artist on season 6 of the series. Ask away! -
R: 20 / I: 6List of tags?
There used to be a link that led to a list of the tags that could be used on the home page. It's possible that I missed it but is there a link to that list somewhere on the site still?