Welcome to the Katmai National Park 🐻 Feed

A feed for photography, science, news, art, general questions and more related to Katmai.

To post to the feed, users can simply include relevant #HashTags or refer to specific locations in Katmai.

Feed info and rules

The feed displays ONLY original posts that include at least one of the feed's hashtags OR terms (example: #Katmai, #fatbearweek, Katmai National Park, etc).

Where only a reply post includes a matching term, but the original post did not, that reply is not included the feed at this time. This results in less noise or irrelevant posts.

Irrelevant use of Katmai hashtags - Users who post irrelevant content but include Katmai hashtags may be blocked from automatic inclusion in the feed. These posts sometimes slip through our filtering and will be periodically removed after they appear.

The following are automatically filtered:

• Pictures that are labeled porn, nsfw, etc by BlueSky moderation service.
• Some explicit or objectionable terms.
• Far-right political group terms or administration names referenced in the post. The intention is to minimize politics and keep the spirit of this feed generally positive. We will reevaluate this if needed. Check out my ALT NPS feed which is unfiltered.
• Generative Ai or NFT images.
• Accounts that post exclusively or nearly exclusively other people's images like "Nature is Amazing" are not allowed, with or without crediting or scraping.

We also use BlueSky moderation lists which are automatically updated daily and block 15,000+ accounts such as: content scrappers, Ai Art, bots, scammers, NSFW, Far-right, trolls, racists, accounts that disparage other groups, impersonation accounts and more.

Hashtags and terms

NOTE:

terms are NOT case sensitive

term can be stand alone or prefixed with #

locations can be either: oneword or with spaces

Automatic inclusion terms:

• #katmai
• #katmainationalpark
• #fatbearweek
• #brooksfalls
• #brookscamp
• Katmai
• Katmai National Park
• Fat Bear Week
• Brooks Falls
• Brooks Camp
• 100+ location names in Katmai
• **** more added regularly ****

Require approval terms:

Some Katmai places are common such as "King Salmon" must be reviewed and approved by moderator before they appear in feed. This is cut down on false-positives.

Be sure to use #fatbearweek or "Fat Bear Week".... #fatbear & "Fat Bear" means something else on BlueSky!

Automatic exclude terms:

Use of exclude terms will prevent a post from appearing in the feed even if that post includes the #Katmai tag or other approved terms. Exclude terms are not provided here as many are quite unsavory. Please review the first section rules to get an idea for what may be automatically excluded.

Am I being blocked?

If you are using the #Katmai tag and your posts are not appearing in the feed within a reasonable period of time, you may reach out to the feed moderator to troubleshoot or inquire about removal from our block list.

FAQs

Do I need to be an Katmai expert or professional photographer? NO. We welcome posts from everyone including aspiring Ansel Adams photographers to those just wishing to celebrate Katmai or even asking simple questions.

Is art allowed? YES. Art is encouraged. Ai-generated art is not allowed.

Can I promote my Youtube Channel, book, commissions link, website, etc. in the feed? YES. As long as it is relevant, ex. posting a photograph you took of a bear and including your photography portfolio link. Just please do not spam the feed.

Do I need to request to "join" this feed? NO. Not at this time. As BlueSky grows we may need to reevaluate this.