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Howdy! Artists Beware is seeking to bring new members onto our team. Only users who are 18+ are eligible to apply as our staff may view NSFW material. Before we start here is the Moderator Code of Conduct. What we need: All moderators must use the moderator discord. This is non negotiable. There is both a desktop and a mobile version. We have to be able to reliably get a hold of you. Availability in the US Timezones. All moderators work in pairs or more, so we need someone who can communicate with the group at large when we're discussing posts. You must be able to handle disagreements politely and courteously. There will be instances where decisions about a beware will be split between your fellow moderators. In that case a vote will be held. You must be able to be comfortable being wrong or having been mistaken. It's ok if you are, but we expect mods to handle these moments maturely and gracefully. You must be able to handle harassment and disagreement from users professionally. We will not tolerate "clap backs" or aggressive behavior. However, we do not expect you to respond to aggressive users indefinitely. We allow mods to leave aggressive users "on read". Users who cross the line via threats or harassment will be banned. Estimated working hours varies. It can be a few minutes worth of work per day, or sometimes a few hours per week. It's entirely dependent on queue load. Potential moderators do not have to field user questions or moderate comments if they don't want to. We are looking for queue moderators primarily. Queue moderators will still have to deliver Revision or Rejection notices. You must be able to keep the contents of the queue and any PMs you receive confidential. Failure to do so will result in your immediate removal from the team. Some notes: Given how the site's notification structure is set up, you will receive a lot of emails. Every submission and comment is emailed to all staff. Most of us have AB only emails for this purpose. Previous moderation experience isn't required, but it is helpful. We will walk you through how to use the site's moderation system. What to Expect: Individuals who are chosen will be interviewed, and then will enter in a training period with the other moderators via Discord. During this period, if there's more than one of you, we will ask that work be limited to the times a senior member is online. Once the training period is over, then you are free to work in any pair or more at any time. Please fill out this form, and the applications will be open until May 15th, 2024. To apply comment to this thread. Your replies will be screened, thus invisible to everyone but current staff. Length in Artists Beware: (How long have you been a member, including Livejournal) Hours of Availability: (The hours you will best be able to do queue work. Make sure and denote what time zone.) Previous Experience: (Have you moderated before?) Other Items to Know: (Are you a commission artist? Fursuit maker? Fluent in another language besides English?) Best way to contact you?: (site PM, discord, email, etc.)

Howdy. The site has had some issues in the past 48/ 72 hours. Now everything is resolved, but the default theme is absolutely blinding. You can change that by going to the bottom and choosing the dark theme. In short, our automod application was unstable but our web admin kept it in a usable state. When we updated the site the automod initially worked and we figured everything went smoothly. But a week later the automod caused the site to essentially lock up. Anything that called upon the application was in a traffic jam. Normally this is where I go into the admin panel and disable it, but the automod locked up the admin panel as well. As some of you may know our web admin owns FurryLife.Online, and I call him when I've done all I can do. Thankfully, while juggling FLO's recent surge in users, Alex managed to dig our automod out and restore AB. So, may our rogue automod rest in peace. It's been put out to pasture. I will more than likely forget that we took it out to pasture and keep trying to summon it for a while.

Howdy! We get this question often, so I figured it would be best to address it via a sticky. "Is my situation bewareable?" / "Should I beware?" The simple answer is: Submit to the queue so the Queue Mods can review your post. The long answer is: In the past users would submit this question without full context. Full context can only come from the actual proof, which users can't submit. The community would leave their opinions, and the user would act based on these opinions. With full context in the queue, the queue mods sometimes rejected these posts. Thus the submitter would become frustrated and angry with us. After all, the community said their post was bewareable, right? Thus, moderators will close questions of this nature. Only the queue moderators can say with accuracy wether or not a situation is archivable. We will review your post if you wish us to.

Howdy. We've updated our twitter, but want to be sure to update on the site itself. I know I can be obnoxiously wordy, so I'll try and not make this too tl;dr. In short we are installing a zero tolerance policy for abuse leveled at staff members. Individuals who curse at or threaten moderators in response to moderator action will be automatically banned. What this auto permaban isn't: A ban for discussing mod action. Disagreeing with mod action in comments or privately. A ban for being snarky or rude with staff. If your response to us enforcing our rules is to tell us to fuck ourselves, our site is "dogshit", or threaten us with legal action then we're going to ban. Comments that don't make it through are not official action against your account. We don't keep track of them, nor do we hold it against you. If your comment requires someone to respond to you, we'll do so privately. If you feel like you need us to know, please PM someone or fill out a contact form. I promise you we'll listen. We're always trying to do our best and to serve the community. (I'm also sure there are individuals who want to claim sole credit for this decision, but it's been a bit of a slow burn over numerous years. Yesterday was just the straw that broke the camel's back.)

Artists Beware Moderator Code of Conduct The Duties of a Moderator All moderators listed on the Staff Page fall into one or more of these categories. Below are the ranks for moderators and what their duties are: Queue Mods - Review incoming bewares for adherence to the Submission Guidelines. Queue mods may opt out of being Comment Mods. Comment Mods - Watch the comments and forums for inappropriate activity. Review incoming comments on bewares. Comment mods always double as Queue Mods. Administrators - Work both comments and the queue. Handle back end and technical work on the website. Are responsible for direction of all other moderator categories. Official owners of Artists Beware. Special Moderator Categories The following moderators are special ranks and do not field general user questions: Forum Mods - Assigned to a specific forum, or may be a general forum mod. They do not have access to the queue, nor have the ability to moderate comments on bewares. Web Admin - For technical issues only. You may contact an Administrator to forward any problems to the Web Admin, or you may contact @Alex Wright. Please note our web admin also moderates comments when necessary. Other Staff Categories Helper - Paid individuals hired to help Artists Beware temporarily. These individuals are not moderators. If you see a Helper working, they cannot help you with site issues. Once their tasks are complete, they will be reverted back to their original status. Artists Beware opens for Helpers on our Twitter account at a rate of $16.50 USD/hr. We hire in 3 hour shifts. Code of Conduct Artists Beware has volunteer staff. Due to the nature of the community we ask that all moderators adhere to the following Code of Conduct. 1. Moderators are to remain professional and polite even when users are not. We will not tolerate name-calling, cursing, or repeated snarking. 2. What happens in the queue and direct user communication stays private. Always. We are privy to medical, personal, and private social information sometimes. Leaking of this information to the public will result in an immediate dismissal. 3. Moderators are to be in good business standing with the community. Moderators are not exempt from bewares. We understand that life happens, and a singular beware is not an automatic dismissal. Yet, if poor business behavior becomes a consistent issue we will ask the moderator step down. 4. Moderators should be able to handle disagreements with fellow moderators gracefully. Sometimes a beware will not be cut and dry, and will need extensive discussion. Mods who are out-voted must handle themselves with grace. 5. Moderators are expected to be unbiased when moderating the queue. There will be a time when the bewaree in queue is a friend or someone close. A beware will never be rejected on the basis that the bewaree is a friend, family member, or partner. If a moderator finds they can't be unbiased, they may sit out discussion on the beware without penalty. Moderators may speak their personal opinions on bewares granted they follow Item 1. 6. A moderator's outside behavior should foster trust in the community. Artists Beware submissions can have sensitive information. Our users put a lot of trust into team members. Moderators who hold racist, transphobic, and/ or homophobic views are not a good fit for the team and will be let go.

Fixed quality contributors. They can now post to resources. Archives: 2011 completed Separated "Beware" database to "Bewares", "Cautions" and "Positives" Removed default banner. Get a new banner.

Rules for Participation and Commenting The following rules are for all users to follow. Failure to do so will result in action being taken against your account. The goal for these rules is to keep Artists Beware constructive, impartial, and a valuable resource for the community. Bewarees should feel welcome to participate without feeling like they are about to jump into a proverbial shark tank. Commenting Rules 1. Comments are to remain professional, constructive, and on topic. No name calling. No unnecessary hostility. Non-business related issues is off-topic. (Aka we don't want to hear about a bewaree's personal drama.) Comments that are simply "I won't buy from this person" or "beware on both OP and artist" that do not add value to the beware's comments may not be approved. Transphobic, Homophobic, and Racist language will result in an immediate ban. Well wishes such as "I hope this gets resolved, OP!" are ok, but please see the "dogpiling" section on using the like feature. 2. No excessive personal information. This includes, but is not limited to: Financial situations. What someone is spending their money on. Personal disputes. Attempts to guilt trip artists / clients due to personal matters. 3. Dogpiling will be handled at moderator discretion. Do not wait for moderators to steer the comments back in the right direction. If you see multiple comments sharing the same sentiment as you, please use the like feature instead. 4. Do not pressure submitters over how they want their beware resolved. If a user expresses that they do not want X or Y in relation to their transaction please do not force the issue. 5. Do not imply a beware does not belong here or should be deleted. All submissions are moderated. If it's in Artists Beware then it belongs here. Users do not have the ability to edit or delete their own posts. 6. Questions or comments in bewares directed at staff will not be approved. Please PM one (1) staff members with questions, comments or concerns. We won't approve your comment, but will respond to you if necessary privately. 7. No self advertisement in bewares or advice posts. 8. Do not backseat moderate. All comments are manually approved, so do not chastise other commenters. If a post needs the tags updated, feel free to PM us! If you discover alternate aliases, you are welcome to drop them into the comments but ensure it's absolutely 100% the same person or it will be hidden. No "similar styles". Same email address. Same art. Same characters or it's not a 100% confirmation. When Contacting/ Responding to Moderators 1. Please choose one (1) moderator to contact with questions. It's ok if you don't understand the instructions we've sent or need clarification! We will be happy to help you. Questions should be only directed to our PMs or Twitter DMs. Do not contact moderators on their personal accounts. (At the moment our external email is down. If you would like to use email instead please contact celestinaketiza at gmail for the time being.) 2. When responding to a Rejection Notice rude or abusive behavior will not be tolerated. We will give you clear instructions on what to include if we need a resubmission. The items in your rejection notice are not up for debate. Resubmission explaining why you are not following some or all of the instructions will result in another rejection. If we are outright rejecting your post, then we will outline clearly the conditions in which you may resubmit. If there are none, then your rejection is final. Depending on the severity of your behavior you may be escalated to an immediate permanent ban. 3. The Report Content feature is for inappropriate content that requires immediate moderator attention. It is not an appropriate venue to respond to a Rejection Notice or to respond to a moderator comment. Please PM us. Users who repeatedly misuse the Report Content feature will have the feature removed from their account. 4. Bewares are not deleted. If you have proof the contents of a beware on you is false, calmly hand over the information to one (1) Administrator and they will present it to the chat. Legal threats will result in your account being banned from this site, all social media sites, and all communication ceasing. It is not libel if the content provided to us is true. If it is not true follow the instructions above. We do not tolerate users abusing our archive. 5. Moderator action is final. Contacting us to argue about why action against your account was wrong will not reverse the final decision. Contacting a different moderator to argue your case will not result in the decision being revoked. Actions Taken Against Accounts 1. Polite reminders are not official action against accounts. If your comment was not posted, but you didn't receive an official warning notice then you aren't in trouble! We're just trying to keep bewares and forum comments streamlined, on topic, and constructive. 2. Official warning notices come from the built-in warning system. They are clearly visible on your Profile Page. After three (3) official warnings a user will be banned. 3. Temporary bans vs. permanent bans. A temporary ban may be issued at moderator discretion if a user is becoming too heated in a beware or forum post. They are not part of a permanent strike against a user's account, and the user is welcome to return and comment with a clean slate. We need you to take a breather! A permanent ban is when all three (3) warnings have been accumulated, or a user's behavior was poor enough to warrant an immediate ban. Permanent bans from Livejournal have not carried over. You are welcome to participate again with a clean slate. 4. If for any reason you need to deactivate your account, contact one (1) Administrator. Deactivation will not delete your content. Deactivation will lock your account. We will reverse a deactivation once. Moderator Code of Conduct Violations All moderators are to adhere to the Moderator Code of Conduct. In the event a moderator is violating these rules please contact one (1) Administrator.