Welcome to the Yellowstone National Park Feed

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

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

Feed info and rules

The feed displays ONLY original posts that include at least one of the feed's hashtags OR terms (example: #Yellowstone, #yellowstonenationalpark, Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone hashtags - Users who post irrelevant content but include Yellowstone 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:

• Yellowstone TV show specific terms and names (400+)
• 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:

• #yellowstone
• #yellowstonenationalpark
• 100+ location names in Yellowstone
• **** more added regularly ****

Require approval terms:

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

Automatic exclude terms:

Use of exclude terms will prevent a post from appearing in the feed even if that post includes the #Yellowstone 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 #Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone expert or professional photographer? NO. We welcome posts from everyone including aspiring Ansel Adams photographers to those just wishing to celebrate Yellowstone 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 buffalo 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.