Stream.place Interim Community Guidelines

Last Updated: 2025-01-18

Hello and welcome to Streamplace! With the influx of new users we're getting very reasonable questions about what they are and aren't allowed to stream. These are early days and these policies will continue to develop in the coming weeks and months, so before anything else, we want to hear from the Streamplace community: here's a form where you can let us know what's most important to you.

Introduction

It's important to understand there are three things called Streamplace:

Streamplace-the-software: an open-source server for livestreaming on the AT Protocol that anyone can download and run on their own servers.

Streamplace-the-company, formally Aquareum Inc d.b.a. Streamplace) which is the company that employs the core Streamplace team.

https://stream.place, which is an internet TV station operated by Streamplace-the-company using Streamplace-the-software. This is the thing that's now integrated with Bluesky!

This document will outline the acceptable content guidelines for https://stream.place. If you disagree with them, that's great! We've intentionally made it as easy as possible to run (and moderate) your own Streamplace nodes: to publish your own internet TV stations. If you're interested, go check out our installation instructions.

Acceptable Use Policy for stream.place:

The Streamplace team operates a labeler at at @moderation.stream.place. Right now, when you report a user or livestream on stream.place, this is where the reports go, though we're interested in partnerships with other labeling services as well!

As of today, here's the list of labels that will get you taken down from Streamplace.

- dmca-violation
- doxxing
- engagement-farming
- extremist
- gore
- graphic-media
- illicit
- impersonation
- inauthentic
- intolerant
- misinformation
- misleading
- nudity
- porn
- scam
- security
- self-harm
- sensitive
- sexual-figurative
- sexual
- spam
- threat
- unsafe-link

Some of these things will be allowed eventually in one form or another. In particular, many adult content creators have expressed interest in atproto livestreaming as an alternative to lackluster and user-hostile existing platforms. Don't worry, we fully intend to solve video forever for these use cases too, but please give us the time to get the the labeling and moderation infrastructure in place and mature.

Moderation Actions

In most cases, we will follow the following procedure:

First strike: A label will be applied to your active place.stream.livestream record. This will take your stream down until you create a new livestream title and hit "GO LIVE" again.

Repeat offenders: Your account will be labeled and you will be banned from broadcasting on stream.place. In some extreme cases, we may skip the first strike and go right to this.

There will be an appeals process. More to come.

Conclusion

Our ask for the community is this: please try and Streamplace responsibly. We're in the early days of an open revolution in social media. For the dream of trustless public broadcast to come true, we must scrupulously follow the rules and be thoughtful and deliberate about the content we publish. And again, we're interested in hearing from you!