Planet Minecraft Rules

Last revised 11/18/2024 10:14 am

Welcome

Since 2010, Planet Minecraft strives to be a family friendly community that shares and respects the creative works and individual interests of others. We provide a variety of entertaining ways to share content, socialize and make friends with members from around the world. We hope you will have and help contribute to a positive experience while here.

Collectively, the community works together to keep things civil by moderating our own content and flagging inappropriate behavior. In addition, a team of volunteer moderators help keep this community clean, organized and fun. We aim to have an welcoming, inclusive community and discourage topics that divide, target or push agendas.

There's a lot to do and see here and there are rules & guidelines to follow most of which are common sense. We are all human, except spam bots, they're intentionally disruptive and must be dealt with!

In general, we are all entertaining each other by having fun, making friends and keeping it real. Sometimes things can get too real or out of line. While constructive criticism is one form of acceptable "negative" feedback, we do not allow content or communication that is clearly disrespectful or malicious in nature. Our rule pages will clarify some of the obvious and not so obvious rules and guidelines. Thanks for reading them.

1.Accounts

Accounts allow members to share content, provide feedback, customize a profile page and communicate with other members of the site. The community respects members who participate in civil discussions, share quality content and have an overall positive influence on the experience of others. If your account is used to negatively impact the community, it's status and content is subject to moderation. Create account

Do not

  • Sign up if you are under 13. You must be 13 or older to have a Planet Minecraft account.
  • Bypass bans. Creating another account to repeat an offense made on an existing account.
  • Game the system. Artificially boosting experience, levels or content visibility
  • Spam. Posting irrelevant, inappropriate or advertising content.
  • Impersonate someone. Don't intentionally mislead others to believe you are someone you are not.
  • Use inappropriate usernames. Profanity, racism, registered trademarks are examples of inappropriate usernames.

2.Etiquette

Members are expected to practice proper etiquette while interacting with the community and posting content.

Please do not

  • Insult others or their content. Constructive feedback is appropriate but be respectful. help Blog on Constructive feedback.
  • Use hate speech, derogatory terms or conduct personal attacks on others.
  • Troll or intentionally disrupt an otherwise on-topic discussion.
  • Start or participate in drama. Don't make content that fuels drama.
  • Mini-mod or attempt to moderate other members yourself. Report the content or member to a moderator.
  • Post someone's personal information. Never share real world information on anyone. It's dangerous and a serious violation of privacy.
  • Be unnecessarily profane. No profanity in titles, never in a negative context, keep it to a minimum everywhere else including comments.
  • Learn more by reading our help Blog on Etiquette.

2.1.Preferred Speaking Language

English is the primary speaking language of this community. In regards to submissions, if images adequately provide a preview of the content that everyone can understand, we don't mind supplemental descriptions in other languages. We still recommend providing an English translation and may ask for one in some cases.

3.Advertising & Monetization

Promoting or advertising third-party content, websites, or services is generally prohibited. Follow these guidelines to ensure a fair and open community:

Prohibited

  • No harmful links: Don't link to illegal, dangerous, or inappropriate websites (e.g. pornography, hacking, malware, gambling, drug or trigger sites like screamers.
  • No incentive compensation: We want the site to be open and fair; providing incentives to users in exchange for votes, following your social media, etc. is not allowed. This also includes giveaways that require that kind of engagement. Hosting a contest that requires entries is OK, but not if the engagement is simply following or boosting your accounts either on this site or externally.
  • No unsolicited messages: Don't promote an agenda to our members via Private Messaging or comments.
  • No Ad links: URL shorteners that require viewing ads before accessing content are prohibited. Exception: Lvl 20+ See 3.1 under Commercial Advertising.
  • No Monetized Content: Our community is primary about freely sharing creativity, not making a profit. Level 20+ See 3.1 under Commercial Advertising.
  • No Spam: Avoid posting irrelevant or repetitive content, or cross-posting in multiple sections without purpose. Don't post content without some value or relevance to our community.

3.1.Commercial Advertising

Do not use Planet Minecraft to generate traffic or attention to commercial endeavors. Links to personal websites, projects and social media are allowed. If it appears you're here to take advantage of our community, your account will be banned.

Do not circumvent our commercial advertising rules by including links in your content description or comments. Such actions will result in temporary or permanent removal of the content. Repeated violations will lead to a ban on your account.

Allowed: Professional Portfolios & Commissions. Minecraft Build Teams, Minecraft Market Place partners and members that contribute non-commercial value to the community are allowed to state the fact that they accept commissions or link to their external portfolios. Setting up a commercial page such as listing prices, outlining hiring details or negotiating commercial deals on Planet Minecraft is forbidden.

3.2.Commercial Advertising ( Level 20+ )

Upon attaining Level 20, you are recognized as a more trustworthy member of our community. This milestone reflects your commitment and contribution, distinguishing you from those who might engage in spamming or exploiting our users. Prohibited rules still apply but the following privileges are unlocked.
  • Limited Ad Links: Once you reach level 20, you're allowed limited use of Ad links on your submission downloads. We still recommend adding an alternative ad free link in the description so that your followers have a choice. Ad links are not allowed in other posts formats including but not limited to comments, forum posts and wall posts. In addition, excessive daisy chaining, redirecting from more than one ad link, is forbidden.
  • Donation and Support: You're allowed to accept donations or link to support services such as Patreon subscriptions or Paypal donations.
  • Monetized Content: You're allowed to link to your own Minecraft downloadable content behind a monetization service. However, we reserve the right to remove that privilege for any reason, including any misleading, shady activity or reportedly taking advantage of our users.
We understand that content creators want support and that monetization can be a part of that.
Do not abuse these privileges and it's up to us on whether you are.

4.Moderation Notifications

When you have been moderated, you will receive a moderation notification visible in a separate flag notifications tab. For ease of use, this flag notifications tab will be visible on your icon for a few weeks after you have been moderated.

The moderation notification will clearly state
  • The reason for being moderated (e.g “Copyright Issue”)
  • A message from the moderator (e.g “This skin is copied from Cyprezz”)
  • Information about the moderator who moderated you.
You will also have the option to view all your past moderation logs in your Moderation Dashboard.

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