World-Building Prompts Guidelines

Welcome to World-Building Prompts ! This is your world-building Oracle. Each week, this account will post a set of #WorldBuilding questions associated with a general theme on the AT Protocol, and users will quote them with their answers. These #prompts won't be posted daily, and have no set completion date.

I've already made a Leaflet post highlighting some of the potential questions one may have with the World-Building Prompts account. If you'd like to read my answers (or ask your own questions to be answered), follow the embed below:

Questions for the Question-Asker - World-Building Prompts and Highlights

Third time's the charm, as they say... (Calling it an "FAQ" doesn't work if the questions haven't been asked yet.)

That being said, The Oracle (that's me!) is the only entity behind this account. As such, post interactions will be limited to quote-posts only, outside of noted community days and/or weeks: this is to keep the focus on the community rather than this account. We don't want you to hide yourselves in the replies!

Things will remain simple here, but that doesn't mean that your quotes have to be! All posts will be fully text-based, to be as accessible to as many people as possible. The Oracle encourages you to practice good accessibility etiquette, and alt text image posts when used (especially if they have text)!

This account may post in English, but your quotes don't need to be. Each text post will try to write in as simple, yet specific, English as possible, to make it easier for translation software and for those who aren't native English speakers. Feel free to mirror these posts into your native language!

This account may use other non-IP, original, or "ordinary" fiction and/or character tags, like #OCs, #conlangs, and #CreatureDesign: these worlds would be empty without them! Questions that refer to the above will mention them as either tags or clean words.

Explicit (18+) answers are okay, as are answers that talk about dark or upsetting topics; just make sure that you add tags and/or content warnings to your initial post, at the very least, so the quotes tab can remain as accessible as possible. Even do this when the prompt question itself leans towards such content, as certain topics can be discussed without needing a warning.

In summary, here are a few takeaways:

Post your response as a quote, not a reply. This keeps all of the responses together neatly, and keeps the notifications tab tidy. Plus, it makes it easier to see who is responding to what if each answer is its own separate (quote) post.

Practice good accessibility etiquette. Use alt text on posts with images, especially if those images have text. Prompts that encourage the use of images will have gentle reminders for you to use alt text.

Answer in whatever language feels comfortable to you. This includes alt text for images posted in your responses. The account posts in simple English for accessibility; feel free to translate its prompts in your native language.

This account will use tags for ease of sorting. You are encouraged to do the same for your own posts.

Talking about explicit, dark, or otherwise uncomfortable topics is okay, so long as it has an appropriate warning on the initial post. Certain prompts may encourage the discussion of these topics, but it's best to warn others if your answer leans too hard in a certain direction.

As a reminder, none of these prompts are timed, and none of these prompts carry any tangible reward with completing them. They're here to give you an outlet to talk about your constructed worlds in a way that is casual, like many OC prompt accounts do. Have fun, interact with one another, and stay safe!

— The Oracle, of World-Building Prompts

P.S. It should go without saying that this account's purpose is all about creativity. If I, The Oracle, suspect that you are using generative AI (either text or images) in any of your quoted answers, you will be blocked. Photo-manipulation is fine; using royalty-free assets is fine; generative AI is not.

The data centers that are the backbone of those systems hurt marginalized communities, exploit the vulnerable, and decimate our planet, all to line the pockets of the 0.000001%. Answering these prompts is for fun, not for profit. This is your only warning.