UPDATE Silencing Policy Updates 2026

ATA-Will said:

Last Updated: August 20, 2021

Hi Fam!
It's been a minute since we last posted an update to our silencing policy and with so many new players, we thought it best to give an
Update and Recap of PIMD Silencing Policies

We know that rules laid out below may feel targeting for some users and/or kink-shaming, and that is not the goal here. There is space for all our beloved PIMD players, but there are certain topics that break the rules of our Terms of Use and can be harmful to others. We have to keep the community safe and we hope you can understand.


WHY IS A SILENCING POLICY NECESSARY?
We get that you are all adults and we know that Silencing Policies aren't fun, but they are necessary to make sure the game is a safe place for all. Party in my dorm is a game that is intended for a 17+ audience, but we know that younger players will try to play.

With that being said our priorities here are two fold:

1. We need to make sure public spaces are safe for minors that may find themselves on the game.
2. We need to create a space that is free from harmful/toxic/inappropriate content that may trigger or negatively impact our community.


This recap and update is color coded to make it easier to tell what is OKAY and what is SILENCEABLE.

If you need an update on the basics please read the FAQ at the bottom.


Silencing Policy


Read below what we deem silenceable in public channels. Please note it's not possible to make a list of everything that could possibly be silenceable, but the rules below should make it clear what is acceptable and what is not.
**There are some new clarifications so please be sure to read and be aware of adjustments.**


Inappropriate Content
Posting/soliciting obscene, pornographic, excessively violent, harmful, discriminatory or sexually explicit content. This includes using emojis to create inappropriate art or messages.

SILENCEABLE
Racial Slurs or Hate speech
Words or phrases that discriminate against any group (including terms like "Futa", "She-male")
Graphically Violent Language
Requests for Violent Role play (Use of words like "forced" or "abusive")
Requests for Bestiality or Incest
References to Self-Harm (this can be triggering for many in the community, if you or someone you know are having thoughts of this nature please reach out for support. Feel free to write in a help ticket and we can share a number of Services that can help.)
Requesting Non-explicit Roleplay in Campus Chat (this only belongs in Pub)

OKAY
Requesting Non-explicit Roleplay in Pub Chat ("Hot Sexy Ladies wall me!")


Personal Information
Soliciting or sharing personally identifying information of other players or yourself in a public channel.
This information consists of Last Name, Age, Address, Workplace, School, Phone Number or Third Party Contact Information.

You can post your own first name, gender, age (17+), city, state/region, and country if you so choose, but remember once information is out there its hard to control, so be smart!

SILENCABLE
"I live on the corner of 5637 5th Ave, come on over!"
"Add me on IG, @pumpkinsquash"
"-_pumpkinsquash_- is 13!"
"Txt me my number is (555)555-5555!"

OKAY
"Who here is from Cincinnati, OH?"
"My name is Annie and I'm 28."


Underage and Soliciting Underage
17 year olds are allowed to play the game with consent from a parent, but they are not allowed to solicit sexual or inappropriate chat. Any players found to be under 17, that are 17 and soliciting inappropriate chat, or are soliciting players under 18 will have their accounts silenced and/or disabled.

If you are soliciting someone by age in campus you must specify 17+.
If you are soliciting someone by age in pub you must specify 18+.
Use of terms that are deemed to be a bypass for soliciting underage players will result in your account being disabled.

SILENCEABLE
"Looking for young girls"
"Looking for littles"
"Younger boys into older girls slide in my DMs"
"Add me players under 19" (only age under 19 you can solicit is 18, just say 18)
"Teens write on my wall"
"Looking for players 14+"
"RP looking for ANY AGE"
"School girls msg me"
"I am 16 add me"

OKAY
"Looking for young college students” (seeing as typically, college students are over 18)
"Add me 20-24"
"Looking for littles 18+"
"Add me if youre under 20 but older than 18"
"Hmu any age over 18"
"Looking for Roleplay with 18+ teens" (would be specific to 18/19 year olds)
"Looking for friends 17+" (in campus)


Third-Party Content
Posting links to referral programs, or sharing specific socials of other third-party applications not created by A Thinking Ape.

SILENCEABLE
“What's your Snap? Add me!"
“Anyone wanna play Fall Guys?”
“Follow me on Insta @thirstydonuts”
“Jazz enthusiasts!! Check out my jazz band on our YouTube!”

OKAY
“I messaged you on Line”
“It was all over TikTok”
“Did you see Queens’ post on Discord??”
“Got destroyed in Tetris last night…”


Bypassing with Intent to Harass
Intentionally circumventing our chat filters to post a message aimed at another player for the purpose of harassing them. Normal bypassing/swearing is allowed if it is generalized and not directed at others in a mean/aggressive way. Just because they are your friend, doesn't mean that it's not mean or aggressive, so you may still be silenced in those cases.

Modern day slangs such as "thot" and "hoe" are not silence-able.

SILENCEABLE
"F*** you, b****."
"B****, I'm coming for you."

OKAY
"Man, rush hour is always such a b****."
"Lol Tatianna ur such a hoe"
"Bishhh, what?"


Harassment
Posting messages or engaging in actions that discriminate, promote hate, violence, or advocate hatred or discrimination against individuals, groups, races, cultures, or organizations.

Impersonation
Falsely presenting yourself as a moderator, a member of the development or support teams or another player.

SILENCEABLE
Changing your name to have it start with ATA.
Telling other players that you are running contests on behalf of ATA.
Changing your name to "I-AM-Will" to make fun of a player named Will and give them a bad name
Pretending to be a moderator/developer/another player.

False Information
Spreading false information with the intent of misleading other players or disrupting gameplay. This includes public accusations.

SILENCEABLE
"ATA-WILL IS A SCAMMER" (Read here about the best ways to deal with scammers)
"PVP is broken, hit players in Party-Rockers to test it!"


Soliciting Pictures or Videos
Soliciting nudes in text or emoji form. This is not your OnlyFans so its not a place to solicit nudes.

SILENCEABLE
"HMU for premium Snap"
"Looking for 🍑💦🍆📷"
"Girls who send"
"Hmu if you trade 🍑💦 "
"Prem OF, add me and I'll DM you!"
"If you send pics add me"

OKAY
"HMU if you send gifts" ( this is okay because you can send gifts in game, but not nudes!)
"HMU if you trade furni" (being specific about what you are looking to trade is great, don't trade nudes!)


Soliciting or Showing Interest in In-Game Transactions
Advertising account selling, trading, gifting or sharing, as well as responding to these.
Transactions of any type involving any non-game currency (including, but not limited to real-world currency, gift cards, credit transactions, and cryptocurrencies) are not permitted and is subject to action at our discretion.

SILENCEABLE
"Selling bentos for 🇮🇳"
"Buy my account"
"Furni for Paypal"
"Anyone selling their accnt?"


Encouraging Abuse
Encouraging other players to post content in violation of our Terms of Use.
Intentionally creating a disturbance, flame, or troll.

SILENCEABLE
"Everybody spam swear words in pub!"
"Climate change isn't real prove me wrong!"
"Will is a jerk, everbody wall him mean stuff!"


Spamming as an Individual or a Group
Spamming in general is only silenceable if it is done with the intent to disrupt chat negatively or harass other's.

SILENCEABLE
Sending 5+ messages full of swear words or harassing another player

OKAY
Situation A
Player 1: Post your height!
Player 2: 5'2
Player 3: 6'
Player 4: 4'11
Player 5: 5'7
Player 6: 5'9

Situation B
Player 1: SOMEBODY
Player 2: Once told me
Player 3: The world is gonna roll me
Player 4: I ain't the sharpest tool in the sheeeed
Player 2: She was lookin' kinda dumb
Player 1: With her finger and her thumb
Player 4: With a shape of an 'L'
Player 3: On her foooooreheaaaad
[naturally, the rest of community also knows the words and sings along]


Club Ad Spam
Misuse of the Club Ad feature is silenceable. This includes but is not limited to using the feature to spam chat.

SILENCEABLE
Spam is considered to be 10 Club Ad posts in 5 minutes.


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FAQ



WHAT IS A SILENCE?
A silence is when your account's ability to send messages has been temporarily disabled.
Silences are given to players that break our Silencing Policies.
The Silencing Policies largely reiterate's our Terms of Use, and explicitly clarifies a number of points.
A silence is given out by a Developer or a Player Moderator.


HOW DO SILENCES WORK?
Silences operate on a tiered system, starting at the lowest duration and moving up for your next silence. After your silence has ended, your silence tier will decrease by 1 for every 30 days without additional silences.

Tier 1: 1 day
Tier 2: 7 days
Tier 3: 30 days

We reserve the right to deviate from this policy at our discretion in extreme situations, and in some cases may move straight to a permanent silence or disabling an account completely.


HOW CAN I APPEAL MY SILENCE?
If you have questions about a silence given, you can contact Support directly through in game help.

Please note that you can be silenced for anything that we determine to be inappropriate in our public channels (world chat, walls and status messages).

Remember that just because you write in to appeal, doesn't mean that we will remove your silence. Our Developers and Moderators are well versed in our Silencing Policies and there are not many cases where an appeal is valid.



HOW CAN I REPORT INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR?
If you would like to report any incidents of inappropriate behaviour in public channels in PIMD (world chat, walls, statuses, usernames, club names and descriptions), please message Support through in game help.

In your message, please mention the usernames of those involved, what was said, and when and where in game it occurred.

Private channels (such as PMs, gift notes and club chat) are not moderated in the same way. For these, it’s best to block the player (for personal communication) or speak with your club (for club chat). Some club roles can also silence members for 1 hour in club chat specifically.

Communication that happens outside the game (other than our Discord Server), is unmoderated and we are unable to take action against a player in game based on something outside the game, without direct evidence linking the accounts.


HOW DO I KNOW IF MYSELF OR ANOTHER PLAYER HAVE BEEN SILENCED?
When you are silenced you won't be able to speak in public channels.

If the silence was conducted by a Moderator your Status Message will be cleared and replaced with
"This account is silenced for violations of the Terms of Service".

If the silence was given by a Developer the Player Silenced will have a blank status and they will receive a push notification as to why.
Please note that this will apply to silences going forward.
WE WILL NOT BE RETROACTIVELY REVIEWING ANY PREVIOUS SILENCES.

As a reminder, the silencing policy applies to anything publicly visible in PIMD:
  • Campus Chat
  • The Pub
  • IGNs
  • Statuses
  • Walls
  • Pet Names
  • Club Names
  • Club Walls
  • The forums
The following are not considered public spaces and are therefore private channels:
  • Private Messages
  • Direct Messages
  • Group Chat
  • Club Chat
  • Tutor Chat
  • Gift Messages
Please also see our Terms of Use for more information.

The best guideline is: Be a good person, do good things, and you'll pretty much be okay.

Cheers,
Will and the ATA Team
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Thank you for the information us!
 
I got silenced for accidentally posting a YouTube like that wasn't mine and was in my copy and paste on accident. People should be able to explain themselves if it isn't really bad (:
 
HaLove said:
I got silenced for accidentally posting a YouTube like that wasn't mine and was in my copy and paste on accident. People should be able to explain themselves if it isn't really bad :)
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You have the ability to send a help ticket to try and appeal.
 
HaLove said:
I got silenced for accidentally posting a YouTube like that wasn't mine and was in my copy and paste on accident. People should be able to explain themselves if it isn't really bad :)
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I was silenced for accidentally using the club speaker, trust I feel your pain. I even sent in a help ticket and they said "We have the right to do that or else everyone would claim
its an accident" and then closed the ticket.
 
shadylane said:
I was silenced for accidentally using the club speaker, trust I feel your pain. I even sent in a help ticket and they said "We have the right to do that or else everyone would claim







its an accident" and then closed the ticket.
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I mean they not wrong. But its classed as spam if club ad has been used 5+ times by the same club within 5mins
 
I was just silenced for my status saying to support my gaming channel. Now i was not aware that was against the rules i feel like, silenced for a whole day is bit much. My status was the same for a few months, ya could have said something before the silence 🫨
 
You guys have people paying real world money for this game and you're limiting their speech. I understand there are rules that need to me followed but tbh those rules really don't get seen until you get the message "click here for a list of reasons why your account may have been silenced". Your policies and procedures should be easily attainable for review.

it is not okay for us to post about 3rd party sites etc although PIMD does the same? Now i understand PIMD can do that because this is their game, but the point I'm trying to make is that ya are quick to take money from these people (and i love ata, but a lot of the events and promotions that come through seems like ya are greedy for wealth (meaning it seems like your desiree is strongly on making money or material gain at the expense of other values) but tell them how they can/can not express themselves/communicate.

my game still crashes when i try to trade, the keyboard CAN NOT keep up with anything i type, and you have people asking you to bring back certain aspects of the game but get ignored because i guess its not profitable.

high key irritated because it's the last 2 days of the Black Friday event and now a whole day is wasted because I used MY public account to promote another one of MY public accounts. Let's talk about it 🤔
 
Iris said:
I was just silenced for my status saying to support my gaming channel. Now i was not aware that was against the rules i feel like, silenced for a whole day is bit much. My status was the same for a few months, ya could have said something before the silence 🫨
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YOU TELL THEM!!! 👏👏👏
 
Iris said:
You guys have people paying real world money for this game and you're limiting their speech. I understand there are rules that need to me followed but tbh those rules really don't get seen until you get the message "click here for a list of reasons why your account may have been silenced". Your policies and procedures should be easily attainable for review.

it is not okay for us to post about 3rd party sites etc although PIMD does the same? Now i understand PIMD can do that because this is their game, but the point I'm trying to make is that ya are quick to take money from these people (and i love ata, but a lot of the events and promotions that come through seems like ya are greedy for wealth (meaning it seems like your desiree is strongly on making money or material gain at the expense of other values) but tell them how they can/can not express themselves/communicate.

my game still crashes when i try to trade, the keyboard CAN NOT keep up with anything i type, and you have people asking you to bring back certain aspects of the game but get ignored because i guess its not profitable.

high key irritated because it's the last 2 days of the Black Friday event and now a whole day is wasted because I used MY public account to promote another one of MY public accounts. Let's talk about it 🤔
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Iris said:
You guys have people paying real world money for this game and you're limiting their speech. I understand there are rules that need to me followed but tbh those rules really don't get seen until you get the message "click here for a list of reasons why your account may have been silenced". Your policies and procedures should be easily attainable for review.

it is not okay for us to post about 3rd party sites etc although PIMD does the same? Now i understand PIMD can do that because this is their game, but the point I'm trying to make is that ya are quick to take money from these people (and i love ata, but a lot of the events and promotions that come through seems like ya are greedy for wealth (meaning it seems like your desiree is strongly on making money or material gain at the expense of other values) but tell them how they can/can not express themselves/communicate.

my game still crashes when i try to trade, the keyboard CAN NOT keep up with anything i type, and you have people asking you to bring back certain aspects of the game but get ignored because i guess its not profitable.

high key irritated because it's the last 2 days of the Black Friday event and now a whole day is wasted because I used MY public account to promote another one of MY public accounts. Let's talk about it 🤔
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LET EM KNOW!!!🤣💗
 
Iris said:
You guys have people paying real world money for this game and you're limiting their speech. I understand there are rules that need to me followed but tbh those rules really don't get seen until you get the message "click here for a list of reasons why your account may have been silenced". Your policies and procedures should be easily attainable for review.

it is not okay for us to post about 3rd party sites etc although PIMD does the same? Now i understand PIMD can do that because this is their game, but the point I'm trying to make is that ya are quick to take money from these people (and i love ata, but a lot of the events and promotions that come through seems like ya are greedy for wealth (meaning it seems like your desiree is strongly on making money or material gain at the expense of other values) but tell them how they can/can not express themselves/communicate.

my game still crashes when i try to trade, the keyboard CAN NOT keep up with anything i type, and you have people asking you to bring back certain aspects of the game but get ignored because i guess its not profitable.

high key irritated because it's the last 2 days of the Black Friday event and now a whole day is wasted because I used MY public account to promote another one of MY public accounts. Let's talk about it 🤔
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🗣️🗣️🗣️ Go get them tiger!
 
Iris said:
I was just silenced for my status saying to support my gaming channel. Now i was not aware that was against the rules i feel like, silenced for a whole day is bit much. My status was the same for a few months, ya could have said something before the silence 🫨
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Your first silence is always 24 hours no matter what, it's on a tier system. Unless it's something serious like minor solicitation, then it's an account disable. There's an explanation of the tiers here.
 
Atlas said:
Your first silence is always 24 hours no matter what, it's on a tier system. Unless it's something serious like minor solicitation, then it's an account disable. There's an explanation of the tiers here.
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I'm not worried about how long I'm silenced. If you could read the next forum post i made, i explain my frustrations in further detail. That is what I'd like to discuss
 
Iris said:
I'm not worried about how long I'm silenced. If you could read the next forum post i made, i explain my frustrations in further detail. That is what I'd like to discuss
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I read it. I didn't respond to that because I'm not the person you're looking for to talk about it, like you just said. You took issue with your silence being 24 hours, so I explained why it was. But you were also upset about a lack of information being presented. So I presented information on how the silences work, so you are aware. That thread has more info than this policy one. The developers likely won't explain their reasoning for the rules here though.
 
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