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For some reason sending someone <3 feels more intimate than sending someone ♥️
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Maybe it's because concocting a heart out of two unrelated symbols takes more effort than just offering a heart made for you?
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Also for my interlocutor to understand <3 they have to be tapped in enough to know that sometimes text can be viewed sideways to form images, it's like an injoke or slang, meanwhile everyone everywhere can parse ♥️.

Also typing <3 allows me to consciously add to it in order to fit the situation, </3 and <33333 take some creativity while 💔 and 💗 kinda don't.
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welcome to coral castle, a chill community sailing on the fediverse. we strive to be a safe, left-leaning, queer-friendly, communitarian space for all kinds of folk. before joining, make sure to read our community guidelines.

community guidelines

  1. you must be over 14 years old to join. coral castle's servers are hosted in chile, and under article 19,628 of the laws of chile, we are unauthorized to collect data from people under 14.
  2. do not spam or raid. the fediverse is not your space to intoxicate.
  3. nsfw/nsfl content must be marked as sensitive. coral castle is built to be used as a casual instance, and as such should be accessible anywhere.
  4. hate speech, paraphilia, and harassment will get you banned. having basic human decency is key anywhere. whether it is in real life or on the internet, don't be a jerk.
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moderation policies

the sanctions for local users will be relative to the gravity of their infringements, varying from simply deleting the offending material, to warning the user through a three-strike system, to immediately banning the offending user.

if you're an instance administrator and you think your instance was sanctioned by mistake, feel free to appeal by emailing me at lux@nixgoat.me

special thanks

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also, to the following organizations:

  • Nekiori, who restored the disk powering coral castle on october 2023
  • Backblaze, for providing our backup service