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A short guide to account applications on fandom.ink

Registration for fandom.ink is either via invite code (if you know someone already on the server) or request (if you don’t). The latter method requires a short written request, and boy howdy do people have some wild-ass ideas about what to put here. So here’s a short guide.

• f.ink is primarily a fandom-themed community, so do mention what fandoms you’re involved in.
• Do mention any kind of fanish activities you do (fic, art, archiving, etc.).
• Do give a general overview of what kinds of posts you might make (“I’m involved in MCU and cdrama fandom but mostly I just post about knitting”).
• Do mention any other specific reasons you’d like to join the community.
• Do mention where you can be found on other platforms (e.g. AO3, Tumblr, etc.), if you feel comfortable doing so.
• Do mention if you want to use the account for RP or bot-purposes.
• Don’t apply if you’re just looking for somewhere to “try out” Mastodon/the Fediverse. Every user account on f.ink has a “cost” in server resources; I’d like to save those for our actual community members.
• Don’t apply if you just want to squat on a username (inactive accounts get periodically deleted, anyway).
• Don’t describe yourself as a “content creator” looking for a “platform.” Because I am extremely oldskool, f.ink is a community for people, some of whom happen to create things like art, fics, podcasts, and so on.
• Related to the above, f.ink is primarily intended for personal fannish accounts. While some promotion of things you’ve created is fine, it’s not primarily intended as a one-way newsfeed for your podcast/Twitch channel/blog/publishing house/whatever.
• Don’t bother telling me how much you hate and/or are fleeing from other platforms. I’m interested in why you want to be here, not why you don’t want to be over there.
• Don’t primarily describe yourself as looking for a “safe space.” While f.ink is a moderated server, and we have a zero-tolerance policy for things that violate the code of conduct, both on-server and off, no public internet space is truly “safe” and all users are expected to curate their own experience.
• Don’t write nothing at all.
• If you have friends already on the server, they can give you an invite code. If you go through the app process and tell me "my friends are here" I'm going to assume you are lying.
• A tricky (but bizarrely common) one: I appreciate your honesty in telling me all the times you’ve been banned from Twitter/Facebook/other Masto instances/whatever but, uh. I’m gonna need some more context, there. “I got banned from some.instance for calling the admin out for being a TERF” reads a lot different than “I keep getting banned from Twitter for sending YouTubers death threats.”
• And, finally, don’t immediately email me demanding to know why your application wasn’t instantly approved. Because then it definitely, 100% will not be.
• (But, that being said, do email or message me if you have any general questions.)

Infrequently asked questions

. . . I got rejected, now what?

If you still want to join, re-read the above, plus the code of conduct, and try again.

But my app was rejected. Doesn’t that mean you hate me forever?

No. It’s probably just that you didn’t write enough for me to read you as a person (as opposed to a spambot) who’d like to join f.ink in particular (as opposed to any Fediverse instance in general).

If, for some reason, I do personally hate you I can block you from reapplying in other ways. If that hasn’t happened (it hasn't) then feel free to re-apply.

This process is terrifying! Can you give me, like, an example of a “good app”?

Hi Alis! My name is ______ and I’ve been involved in fandom since ______. My main fandoms are ______, ______, and ______, and I mostly [cosplay|make art|write fic|write meta|make reclists|run fanlistings|______]. I will probably mostly post about [my pets|my blorbos|knitting|programming|______]. I am on [the AO3|Tumblr|Dreamwidth|Pillowfort|______] as ______ and [the AO3|Tumblr|Dreamwidth|Pillowfort|______] under a secret pseudonym.

Feel free to edit as necessary.

If I donate to the Patreon you have to accept me, right?

No. The Patreon is purely voluntary and not linked to instance membership in any way. In fact, I’d encourage you not to donate until you’ve been on the server for a little while and have decided it’s definitely something you want to do.

This process seems scary and arbitrary and unfair!

Yes. When you pay for your own server then you can make your own applications process however you’d like it.

I didn’t do any of the above and I still got accepted?

Yes. Sometimes that happens, too.

Okay I read all of that, took my new-found knowledge, and wrote the most baller app ever!

You rock. 🍪

Page last updated 26 July 2023.