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Your Telegram account must have an @ and a profile picture. If you don’t have both of these, you may see a “can’t access the chat” error.

Reporting

Reply to a post with @admin to report it. You cannot reply to a join message, if you are trying to report a bot, reply to a message of your own with the word “BOT” and report your own message by replying to it with @admin. Do not abuse the reporting system.

Chat Rules

Last modified: July 31, 2025

  1. All Official Chats are SFW!
    1. No porn, gore, fetish, kink images (including candy gore).
    2. No cropped porn.
    3. No porn in profile pictures.
    4. Do not post anything considered illegal in the respective state of the convention.
    5. No AI‑generated art/media (art, video, music, photography, etc) — admins decide what qualifies.
    6. No NSFW sticker packs or even SFW packs that contain NSFW material.
  2. Keep things friendly.
    1. No facilitating drama.
    2. No inciting violence.
    3. Debates are okay if civil—otherwise move to DMs.
    4. No political discussion.
    5. Always ask for permission to DM another individual before doing so, it is not always acknowledged that another user isn't open to DM and this is a common courtesy to do so.
  3. No spam (stickers, gifs, etc).
    1. Avoid flooding the chat—limit image posts to albums of ≤15, or link externally.
    2. No roleplay (take it to DMs).
  4. Respect ad guidelines.
    1. Limit commission/product ads to 1/day.
    2. You may post one additional convention‑related ad per day.
    3. Up to 3 art posts per day (original, non‑forwarded).
    4. No solicitation for donations/charity unless approved by admins.
    5. No “emergency sale” requests that guilt‑trip (e.g., “I’m broke,” rent…).
    6. Listings must be for actual sale/trade (no window‑shopping, interest checks, or raffles).
    7. Market listings (like new, used, etc products) allowed only on Wednesdays.
    8. Non‑furry‑related items (plush, apparel, memorabilia) allowed only on Wednesdays—clarify with admins if needed.
    9. Sellers must be ≥18 years old.
  5. Room share ads require approval.
    1. Before advertising an open spot in your hotel room, you must message an admin and provide proof of your reservation.
  6. No hate/unwelcome groups — banned case-by-case including but not limited to:
    • Furry raiders, alt-furry, xanadu,
    • Nationalist, racist, anti-immigrant, transphobic, homophobic, terrorist groups,
    • Pedophiles, zoophiles.
  7. No doxing/shaming/accusing publicly.
    1. If you have a problem with a member, suspect them to be a scammer, or any other issue, message an admin privately.
    2. Scam lists are unreliable, admins will do their own research.
  8. Administrative policy.
    1. Blocking any convention admin is strictly forbidden across all AEI con chats — removal is non-negotiable.
    2. To report content: reply with @admin; to report bot issues, reply with “BOT” and @admin note.
    3. Abuse of the reporting system is not allowed.

Marketplace Channels

Marketplace Rules

Last modified: July 31, 2025

  1. Please respect SFW marketplace.
    1. No postings that contain porn, gore, fetish, kink images (including candy gore). Nothing extreme that others wouldn't want to see.
    2. No cropped porn.
    3. No porn in currently displayed profile picture.
    4. Any NSFW listings should be done in the NSFW marketplace.
  2. No idle chatter.
    1. The marketplaces are only for sales postings.
    2. All business should be taken to DMs.
  3. Listing guidelines:
    1. Listings that are not brand new or commissions (meaning any item that is considered like new, good condition, wear and tear, used, or salvaged) may only be posted on Wednesdays. This is to ensure more organic listings, such as commissions.
    2. Other listings that may only be posted on Wednesdays include non-fursuit or non-fur related: Plushies, Clothing, Memorabilia, or any additional listings that can/or may fall into this category. If you have any questions, please DM an admin to clarify the listing.
    3. Do not ask for donations or suggested donations.
    4. Listings posted MUST be 100% for sale or trade. No "Window shopping" or "Entertaining offers" without intent to sell or buy. We will remove your post if this is not followed. 3 strikes and you will be removed from the marketplace. Raffles, Contests or anything freely given that is anyway similarly posted is considered inorganic and what some may consider a forced bait. This is not allowed. All ads need to either be a wip/progress or for sale/trade as outlined in the rules. You can do free commissions, but you cannot ask for anything that may collude as baiting for follows, donations or anything that doesn't have to do with the sale/trade/freebie in question.
    5. Do not use an automated feature to do postings aka automated spam. Using this feature to do listings can cause back-to-back postings which will receive a warning. Once three warnings are given, you will be muted and removed. You can appeal the mute/removal after 3 months. If you are once again muted/removed, this will be a permanent ban which cannot be appealed.
    6. Minors cannot post listings in the market or any of the con chats for AEI.
    7. No emergency sales with trigger words that can create the idea of guilt purchases. Examples such as rent/homelessness, food, car payments/broke down or anything similar.
  4. Please do not spam advertisements.
    1. You are limited to 12 posts per day, max one per hour.
    2. Please keep in mind not to spam and to remove your original posting for that listing prior to posting another one.
  5. Do not post anything considered illegal in the respective state of the conventions.
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