Studio guidelines

The studio guidelines are a list of rules that members of the studio are encouraged to follow. They are broken up into two parts: "What This Studio Isn't" and "Detailed Guidelines".

What This Studio Isn't
What This Studio Isn't describes what members should avoid doing in the studio:


 * A place for excessive negativity

This rule is intended to maintain a positive mood in the studio, and to pervent the studio from bringing down others' moods.


 * A crisis hotline

This rule is intended to prevent suicide contagion, and keep the studio appropriate for all ages. The Scratch Team has also asked us to disallow talk of suicide or self-harm.


 * A place for advertising or spam

This rule is intended to keep the studio on-topic and prevent the comments from being filled with spam.


 * A place for arguments

This rule is intended to prevent disagreements from turning into studio-wide "drama".


 * A place for invalidating yourself

This rule is intended to prevent people from feeling invalid after seeing other people self-invalidate.


 * A place for discussing mature topics

This rule is intended to keep the studio appropriate for all ages.

Detailed Guidelines
The Detailed Guidelines are more specific studio rules.


 * Don't talk about suicide or self-harm here. This isn't a hotline, and we are not therapists. Most of us do not know how to help you if you are having those thoughts, and reading these comments can trigger people. If you are having suicidal thoughts, please call a hotline. https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/29543068/


 * Please do not ask to be promoted—managers don't promote people on request. We will consider you if you are kind, active, helpful, and have been part of the studio for a long enough time.


 * Do not interact with or link trolls. Instead, report and ignore.


 * Don't make jokes at the expense of any group, including cishets and white people.


 * Keep arguments and negative discourse contained and don't involve the entire studio.


 * Don't leave rude or insulting comments about others, even if you don't mention them by name.


 * Bring criticisms of the studio to the curator discussion studio: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/30486215/comments/


 * Only add projects that relate to LGBTQ+ or this studio, and aren't aesthetic or remix chain projects. Only add the first chapter of stories to the studio.


 * Non-LGBTQ+ venting isn't allowed. But, you can vent on your profile and mention it in the studio!