/Con­tri­bu­tions:{

> ‘if you want to con­tribute to an exist­ing dataset that we have made (even if it’s to make it look neater or man­age dis­or­gan­ised ele­ments there­of), please email us at disinform.net@proton.me and include the fol­low­ing infor­ma­tion:’;

• ‘which dataset (of ours) you want to sug­gest changes/contributions for’;
  
• ‘what those changes/contributions are
  • what new infor­ma­tion are you adding?
  • what changes do you want to make?
  • why is it rel­e­vant to this dataset specif­i­cal­ly?’;
    
• ‘cita­tions, ref­er­ences, etc. we will not accept any changes/contributions that are just ‘trust me bro’. cite your sources. this is a strict require­ment.’;
  
• ‘rel­e­vance or sig­nif­i­cance to local social sci­ences’;
  
• ‘under no cir­cum­stances will we accept any­thing made or writ­ten with ai slop.’;

> ‘if you want us to list an entire­ly new dataset, please email us that’;

> ‘if you want to con­tribute to a third par­ty data­base, please con­tact them, not us’}

/Sub­mis­sions:{

> rules:{

> ‘1. know your lim­its — don’t joke about sen­si­tive issues, make seri­ous per­son­al and abu­sive attacks on peo­ple, throw base­less accu­sa­tions and leak per­son­al or con­fi­den­tial details in non-satire, etc.’;

> ‘2. do not incite vio­lence, bru­tal­i­ty, abuse, and online bul­ly­ing against any­one at all.’;

> ‘3. for non-satire pieces, try to ref­er­ence your claims as much as pos­si­ble.’;

> ‘4. no nsfw’;

> ‘5. no attacks, jokes, or abuse towards any eth­nic­i­ty, nation­al­i­ty, reli­gion, dis­abil­i­ty, etc. absolute­ly no sexist/rape “jokes”, misog­y­ny, or rape cul­ture apol­o­gism’;

> ‘6. no fuck­ing ai slop, no stu­pid crypto/nft crap, i’m beg­ging you.’};

> guide­lines:{

‘take these as sug­ges­tions and tips rather than strict rules to adhere to’;

> ‘1. try not to start your arti­cles off with quotes’;

> ‘2. try to use active voice over pas­sive voice (not always, but in gen­er­al)’;

> ‘3. keep your short-form writ­ings between 800‑1200 words, and long-form between 2000–2500 words’;

> ‘4. avoid overus­ing spe­cial­ist jar­gon. if you use them, explain them sim­ply’;

> ‘5. if writ­ing satire, remem­ber that it’s an art form. good satire is more than just par­o­dy­ing real­i­ty or jok­ing around; it’s about bal­anc­ing these ele­ments well’;

> ‘6. write nor­mal­ly. overus­ing big words and colour­ful metaphors for no rea­son just makes your writ­ings con­fus­ing. show­case com­mand over lan­guage with skilled use, not overuse’;

> ‘7. make a good first impres­sion, place your hooks well, and keep the read­er engaged through­out. your first sen­tence should make the read­er want to read more’;

> ‘8. if you rely on big­otry, prej­u­dice, or insult­ing reli­gion to be fun­ny, you’re not fun­ny at all — just imma­ture, stu­pid, and big­ot­ed’;

> ‘9. incit­ing vio­lence is not fun­ny.’;

> ’10. use dif­fer­ent struc­tur­ing tech­niques to keep your audi­ence engaged: ital­ics, bolds, short para­graphs, long para­graphs, one-sen­tence para­graphs, bul­let points, etc.’}