Community Usage Guide (July 6, 2026)

The OpenStory community is a space where fans can come together to discuss their favorite works, characters, and story worlds.

Since this community was born out of a shared love for the same work, different perspectives and interpretations can be freely exchanged.

Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts freely, but please do so within the bounds of respect for other fans and creators.

This is what our community is all about

The OpenStory community is a place where the love for these works comes together.

This is a place to share your thoughts, discuss your favorite scenes, empathize with others’ interpretations, and discover new perspectives.

This is not a space where there is only one correct answer.

If you can understand that others may have different perspectives, this space will become a place where even richer stories come together.

Please respect one another.

The community is a space used by a diverse group of people.

To ensure pleasant conversations, please refrain from the following types of behavior.

· Profanity, personal attacks, or defamation directed at specific users or creators

· Expressions that mock or disparage a work or a fan’s impressions

· Hate speech or discriminatory remarks based on gender, region, age, disability, etc.

· Stalking, harassing, or threatening other users

While opinions may differ, personal attacks are not part of a healthy conversation.

Please remember that criticism of a work is different from personal attacks.

For Healthy Discussions

Since this is a space where diverse tastes and interpretations come together, please observe the following guidelines.

· Even if you disagree, please respect other fans’ tastes and perspectives.

· Please refrain from suppressing specific opinions or blocking conversations simply because you disagree with them.

· Please refrain from posting or commenting in a way that incites conflict or is intended to deliberately cause trouble.

Please be considerate of fans who haven’t seen the content yet by avoiding spoilers.

When sharing content that reveals major plot developments or the ending of a work, please be sure to follow the guidelines below out of consideration for fans who haven’t seen it yet.

· If your post contains spoilers, please be sure to include #spoiler, #spoileralert, or #spoilerwarning in the title or tags.

· When writing a post, please place content that does not contain potential spoilers at the beginning so that such content is not immediately visible in the community post thumbnail.

· Please refrain from intentionally revealing spoilers with the intent of spoiling the experience for other fans.

Please refrain from posting the following types of content

· Spamming (repeatedly posting the same content), promotional posts, and spam

· Illegal or harmful content, as well as violent or sexually explicit content

· Disclosing or inferring another person’s personal information or identity without their consent

· Unauthorized saving, copying, or reposting of others’ creative works, such as drawings, writings, videos, or images

For more details on using creative works, please refer to the “Fanworks User Guide.”

Please respect each other’s creative works.

Creators’ fanworks (art, writing, etc.) are precious creations uploaded with love for the original works. Please respect each other’s creative works while using the community.

· The copyright for fanworks belongs to the user who created them. If you wish to use another creator’s fanwork as a profile picture or for other purposes, please first obtain the creator’s consent or confirm whether it is available for use.

· If a creator has directly stated through their profile description, posts, or comments that they do not wish for their work to be used, please refrain from doing so.

· If the content continues to be posted after a warning, it may be temporarily changed to the default profile image.

To Maintain a Safe Space

If you come across a post or comment that violates the Community Guidelines while using the community, please let us know by using the report feature.

Posts that violate the Guidelines or Terms of Service may be reviewed and subject to action.

OpenStory hopes to be a space where fans’ passion enriches and expands the world of the work.

Please respect each other’s stories and impressions, and let’s work together to foster a safe and enjoyable community culture.