Last updated: 23 August 2026
The ASCII Hub is the public part of inkmeascii.com where people post ASCII art they made with the generator. Anyone can browse it. You need an account to post, and creating an account means you agree to these rules. The Hub is operated by inkmeascii.com.
This policy works alongside our Terms of Service. On questions about what may be posted, this page is the more specific one and it governs.
What the Hub is for
Post ASCII art you made with the generator, from images you own or images you have the right to use. That is the whole idea. If you are not sure whether something belongs, ask yourself whether a stranger looking at the Hub would understand why it is there.
Your submission is not only the picture. Your title, description, tags, handle and profile bio are all part of it and all of them are covered by the rules below.
What you may not post
- Sexual content. No pornography, no nudity presented sexually, no sexually explicit text in titles, descriptions, tags, handles or bios. The Hub is open to anyone with a browser and it is kept that way.
- Any sexual content involving minors. Zero tolerance. This covers photographic, drawn, rendered and ASCII depictions, and it covers sexualised writing about minors. Anything of this kind is removed immediately, the account is terminated on the first instance with no warning, and we report it to law enforcement and to the relevant reporting body, including NCMEC where that applies. We preserve the account records and the submission for that report. There is no appeal.
- Hateful content and slurs. No attacks on people because of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, caste, disability, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. No slurs, including art that spells one out or hides one in the character grid. No hate symbols, rendered or written.
- Harassment, or targeting a private individual. Do not post someone's face, name, address, phone number, workplace, school or any other identifying detail without their consent. Do not use the Hub to follow, insult, threaten or pile onto a person.
- Violent or graphic content. No gore, mutilation, real killings, animal cruelty, or self harm, and nothing that glorifies or encourages any of it.
- Illegal content. Anything unlawful where you are or where the Hub is operated, including instructions for making weapons or drugs, and stolen data or credentials.
- Spam. Repetitive or bulk posting, keyword stuffed tags, throwaway accounts, vote and follow farming, or the same piece posted over and over to stay at the top.
- Advertising. The Hub is not a shop window. No promotional posts, discount codes, referral or affiliate links, or paid placements, whether in the art, the description or your bio.
- Links to malware or scams. No phishing pages, malware, fake giveaways, crypto drainers, or shortened links that hide any of those.
- Impersonation. Do not pretend to be another person, a company, or a member of the Hub moderation team, and do not use a handle or bio that implies an affiliation you do not have.
- Deliberately posting other people's work as your own. If you did not make it, do not claim you did. Reposting with permission is fine when you say so and credit the source. Copyright complaints are handled separately on our copyright page.
This list is not a loophole map. If something is clearly meant to do the harm one of these rules describes, it breaks the rule even if it does not match the wording exactly.
ASCII art is still a picture
A grid of ordinary characters can spell out a slur, draw a hate symbol, or render an explicit image that no text filter reading the characters one at a time would ever notice. Step back from the screen and the picture appears.
So this policy applies to what the art depicts, not only to the words in your title. Encoding something in the shape of the output, in leetspeak, in a foreign alphabet, in whitespace, or across several posts that only make sense together, is the same breach as writing it plainly. "It is only punctuation" is not a defence.
How moderation works
Every submission is screened by an automated classifier before it appears. The classifier looks at the title, the description, the tags, your handle, your bio and the rendered image itself.
A submission can be published, held for human review, or removed automatically. Anything the classifier flags goes into a human review queue, and a person makes the final call there. The classifier gets things wrong in both directions, which is exactly why the queue exists.
We can also review a piece after it has been published, if it is reported or if we notice it ourselves. Being live for a while does not mean a piece has been approved forever.
What happens when a rule is broken
Depending on what happened, we may hold the content while a person reviews it, remove it, restrict your account for a period, or ban the account permanently. Repeated breaches after a warning lead to a ban. So does a single severe breach: anything sexual involving a minor, a credible threat of violence, or publishing a private person's identifying details will end the account on the first instance.
When we remove something we email the address on the account and tell you which rule it broke. Making new accounts to get around a ban is itself a breach, and we will close those too.
Appealing a removal
If you think we made a mistake, email [email protected] from the address on your account within 30 days of the removal. Put the title or URL of the piece in the message and tell us plainly why you think the decision was wrong.
A person who was not involved in the original decision reviews the appeal. We normally reply within five working days. If we got it wrong, we restore the piece and undo any mark against your account. If we did not, we tell you why in specific terms rather than pointing at the policy as a whole. Removals for sexual content involving minors cannot be appealed.
Reporting something
If you are signed in, every piece on the Hub has a report button. Use it and add a short note about what is wrong. If you are not signed in, or the problem is with an account rather than a single piece, email [email protected] with the URL.
Reports land in the same human review queue as classifier flags. We do not tell the poster who reported them.
Report honestly. Mass reporting a piece you simply dislike, organising other people to report someone, or filing reports to bury a rival is a breach of this policy in its own right, and it can cost you your account.
Changes
We update this policy as the Hub grows and as we learn where the rules are unclear. The date at the top of this page is the date of the current version, and anything that materially changes what you may post will be announced on the Hub before it takes effect.
Contact
Questions about this policy, appeals and reports all go to [email protected]. The Hub is operated by inkmeascii.com.