DGG Chat

DGG Chat is a live chat hosted on Destiny.gg to chat about Destiny's stream when he is live, and used for communication between DGG members when he is offline. DGG chat is unique in that it allows for streams across various platforms (Kick, YouTube, Twitch, etc.) and watch along with other DGGers, common favorites include Mr. xQcow, Forsen, DariusIRL, as well as embedded streams (typically movies) conducted by chatters.

Chat Guidelines

Not to be confused with the over-arching Destiny community guidelines.

Keeping with the spirit of Ezra Klein’s and Derek Thompson’s Abundance, the philosophy moving forward for the moderation policies of Destiny.gg (“DGG,” or “the chat”) can be summarized in the following manner: too much, or too little, red tape leads to dysfunction and disorganization.

In an ideal world, the chat would exist with minimal intervention. As the community grows, however, the possibility of this becomes less-and-less likely. On the other hand, there is also validity in the desire to preserve the customs and mores of the chat. Often, in the pursuit of change or progress, those with good intentions forget these norms and end up unintentionally impeding the growth they sought.

The purpose of this page is to illustrate a vision for the chat that captures the essence of abundance–a chat that demonstrates both temperance and responsibility.

Disclaimer

Rules are applied and altered at the discretion of the moderation team (“Moderation”), allowing for flexibility in the dynamic environment of the chat.

Unique situations occur all the time, and not every circumstance is going to be covered in this article.

General Rules

The following rules will largely remain intact, with additional details on a few in later sections:

1. Respect Destiny and Stream Guests	Direct criticism is acceptable. There is a line between good faith criticism and baseless insults, though. Any accusations of “bad faith” or “lying” are unwelcome unless they are supported by incredibly powerful evidence; if you think either Destiny or some frequent member of the stream is engaged in blatant lies, why even bother participating, unless simply to anti-fan?
2. No Doxxing	Posting someone's personally identifiable information (PII) for the purposes of creating harassment or trouble for them is not acceptable. Some things are plainly allowed, such as the state a congressman lives in, and some things are plainly disallowed, such as a streamer's phone number or home address. If you're confused, ask yourself if it's necessary to reveal the PII in order to convey whatever it is you're trying to convey.
3. No Threats of Violence	Do not make genuine threats of violence, nor encourage other people to commit individual acts of violence or terrorism. Some limited exceptions apply to this, e.g. wishing one side to win a war, but if you play cute with this you will incur swift punishment.
4. No Bigotry	Edgy jokes are funny, but not in the presence of genuine bigotry. It's okay to make jokes about every group of people, but if people (or the mods) are getting the impression that you're venturing into genuinely hateful territory, expect some behavioral correction. Genuinely hateful and racist remarks will be harshly punished.
5. No Sexual Comments about Women	Sexual or appearance-based comments about women are some of the most otherizing remarks that are commonly made in the community. Unless the content is directly inviting these types of comments (e.g. saying a woman looks sexy in a bikini contest), these types of comments should be entirely avoided.
6. Attack Arguments, not Attributes	Especially when it comes to large political disagreements, the focus should be on criticizing the poor or untrue arguments made by the people we disagree with. Spamming pictures of Trump, accompanied with "fat lol" or "bald lol" is not constructive, leads to a lot of collateral damage, and is overall detrimental to the disposition and perception of the community.
7. No Organized Harassment or Reporting	Calling for other people to engage in hateful or unconstructive behavior against others is prohibited. Calling for people to engage with other groups or content creators in comment sections or other public places generally doesn't rise to the level of harassment, but calling for people to simply demean or attack others, especially individuals, likely would. Mass reporting or emailing campaigns are likewise not permitted, unless directed by or part of some broader campaign greenlit by the moderators or Destiny.
8. No NSFW Posting*	There are plenty of places on the internet to share and enjoy NSFW images, but there's no reason why it needs to be posted in this community. If people want to make references to NSFW stuff that is news worthy, or NSFW due to it being gory (e.g. about ongoing war or conflict images, or certain memes), that's acceptable, but just linking to pornographic or adult material is generally not allowed.
9. Do not Harass Moderators	If you need assistance from a moderator for some particular thing, then request assistance in the ordinary and regular manner. Do not incessantly ping or spam moderators for your personal pet project.
10. No Concern Trolling	Sometimes people make mistakes, sometimes things need to be changed, it is both possible and easy to express these concerns without the doom and gloom people so commonly attach to them. Saying "hey, maybe we should re-examine or change rule x, due to abc reasons" is totally fine, saying "wow, rule x is why no one will ever take us seriously, this is why every person on the internet hates us, this is the end of our community" is difficult to engage with and doesn't foster productive conversation.
* = Covered more in a later section

Moderation Team

See also: Moderation Teams

Bing [Rustle] DGG Chat Head Moderator

RiN_LuX [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator

RightToBearArmsLOL [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator

TitanOrdo [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator

Fajosu [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator

MrMouton [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator

Lemmiwinks [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator

tdnPanda [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator

tena [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator

Mitch [Rustle] DGG Chat Moderator & dinkDonk.mov Operator

Go to destiny.gg/unban to apply for an unban in DGG Chat.

The Code of Conduct(ing)

Check out the DGG Movie Sheet or the DGG Letterboxd to see movies that DGG has watched.

Watching movies is a great way for chatters to bond with one another. It allows for large communities, such as this, to come together and share laughs and build friendships. That said, there are also times where movies can be uninviting to newcomers who are trying to understand the culture of the chat, as well as cumbersome for chatters who just want to chat. In addition to this, Destiny himself has expressed discontent with the idea of streaming movies every time he goes offline.

Put simply: there’s a time and place for both movies and regular chatting.

In an effort to strike this balance, as well as allow chatters from all corners of the globe to have access to movie streams, chatters will get more time to watch on the weekends, but will remain restricted on weekdays (barring special events).

Flaired Conductors

The following guidelines are for selection process and streaming rights of Flaired Conductors (“Conductors”):

• Conductors are chosen by either:
  • Appointment from the Head Moderator; or
  • A popular vote of the chat at a Conductor Election, as called by the Head Moderator.
• Conductors are the only chatters allowed to stream movies or shows in DGG, barring extraordinary circumstances (e.g., no Conductors are available or during special events), as determined at the discretion of Moderation.
  • Conductors from other streamers' channels (e.g., Erobb or Forsen) are prohibited from being embedded in DGG.
  • Streamers who occasionally show movies (e.g., NymN or CarolineKwan) are temporarily blocked while they are conducting.
• Only one Conductor may stream at a time.
• After every two movies, Conductors must run a poll to determine whether they can either:
  • Continue conducting;
  • Allow another Conductor to take over; or
  • Stop streaming movies for a minimum or two hours or the rest of the allotted time for the day, whichever is closer.
    • The votes for the first two options are added together.
    • If the chat votes to continue conducting, the option with more votes wins.
    • If the chat votes to continue conducting with a new Conductor, and no other Conductor is available, the current Conductor may continue for two more movies.
• Conductors are not allowed to stream:
  • While Destiny is live;
  • For monetary gain;
  • Hatewatching/restreaming content from people the community dislikes; or
  • React content (e.g., YouTube reacts).
• If a Conductor also happens to be a streamer, they are not allowed to go live within one hour of ending their conducting stream.

These are the current Flaired Conductors, including their respective streaming timezones:

Timezone	Conductors
NA	Ozma · RiN_LuX · Tort
EU	drt0 · Fruitanari · Pizza
Overlapping	DivideNZL · Nuddel · wisepie

Honorary Conductors
YamburgerTV

Movie Schedules

Normal Movie Schedule
Day	Conducting Allowed?	What Time? (ET)	Who?	What?
Mon-Thu	No.	—	—	—
Friday	Yes.	Friday: 9:00PM-11:59PM (3h)	Any Conductor, any chatter with permission from Moderation if Conductors aren't available. Every two movies, you must poll chat to see whether you can keep conducting, bring in a new Conductor, or end conducting for at least 2 hours.	Movies/Shows
Saturday	Yes.	12:00AM-12:00PM (12h) 10:00PM-11:59PM (2h)
Sunday	Yes.	12:00AM-9:00AM (9h) 1:00PM-5:00PM (4h)

The following guidelines are for when Destiny is away from stream:

• If Destiny goes on vacation for more than two days (with no stream exceeding 1-2 hours), and he states this in a pre-planned manner, movies will be extended via the following Vacation Movie Schedule:

Vacation Movie Schedule
Day	Conducting Allowed?	What Time? (ET)	Who?	What?
Monday	No.	—	—	—
Tue-Thu	Yes.	1:00PM-10:00PM (9h)	Any Conductor, any chatter with permission from Moderation if Conductors aren't available. Every two movies, you must poll chat to see whether you can keep conducting, bring in a new Conductor, or end conducting for at least 2 hours.	Movies/Shows
Friday	Yes.	7:00PM-11:59PM (5h)
Saturday	Yes.	12:00AM-3:00PM (15h) 10PM-11:59PM(2h)
Sunday	Yes.	12:00AM-9:00AM (9h) 1:00PM-6:00PM (5h)

Polling

The following guidelines are for the selection processes for movies while conducting:

• Movie selections are not required to be polled by Conductors
• Polls are conducted via dinkDonk.mov (made by Mitch).
• If a Conductor chooses to conduct a poll, they must abide by the results of the poll.
• If a Conductor plays a TV show outside of an allocated TV show timeslot, they must poll after 2 hours of runtime to continue or not.
  • A simple majority (50%+1) is needed to continue the series, otherwise another selection must be made.
• To officially request a movie, chatters may use this Google Form.
• To view the movies that have been previously watched by chat, click here.

Conflicts Between Conductors

The following rules determine the order in which Conductors go live, as well as the mechanism for determining disputes between Conductors:

• When another Conductor calls dibs to stream next, the current Conductor must place a text box on the screen that says "Next Conductor: [Name]" at all times to prevent confusion.
• In the event of a conflict between two or more Conductors attempting to stream simultaneously, the Conductor with the fewest streams within the past two weeks gets to stream first.
• In the event a Conductor with fewer streams wants to replace the current Conductor, they would take over at the time when the current Conductor would vote to continue conducting.

Live TV (The Hamster_Hawk Amendment)

The following outlines the guidelines for streaming or embedding Live TV (e.g., sports or late night talk shows) in DGG:

• Conductors cannot stream Live TV outside of scheduled streaming times, unless authorized by Moderation.
• Chatters cannot embed foreign channels (e.g., Forsen or Erobb conductors) streaming Live TV, unless authorized by Moderation.
• Chatters may embed legal broadcasts of news, educational content, or sports (e.g., Bloomberg News, AP News, BBC Earth, Thursday Night Football on Twitch, etc.)
• Chatters may embed major sports events (e.g., playoff games, the Olympics, the World Cup) in DGG, with permission from Moderation.

Streaming to Chat

Chatters are not precluded from having a stream of their own. However, they must also build a community of their own instead of using DGG as a platform to launch their streaming careers. Moderation reserves the right to restrict and/or remove any streams at their discretion.

Streaming Rules

If a chatter wants to share their personal stream with DGG, they must adhere to these guidelines:

• They cannot interact with DGG in any capacity, such as:
  • Putting the chat on the screen;
  • Responding to messages from the chat; or
  • Streaming content that DGG is explicitly calling for
• They cannot be in DGG if Destiny is live while they are streaming
• They may only post their embed once per stream, with permission from Moderation
  • If other chatters choose to share their embed (without spamming), that is generally acceptable

State-Sponsored Media

There are certain streams that exist solely to enhance DGG as a community (“Community Streams”). The following outlines the guidelines for Community Streams:

• Chatters that wish to establish a Community Stream must be sanctioned by the Head Moderator.
  • Once sanctioned by the Head Moderator, Community Streams do not need to be authorized by Moderation every time they go live.
• Community Streams can use DGG chat and have it appear on-screen.
• Community Streams cannot stream while Destiny is live.
• Community Streams cannot stream for monetary gain (e.g., receive subscriptions or donations)
  • Anything Else and MrGemzar's stream are exceptions given their work for Destiny.
• Community Streams cannot link to another personal stream.

The following streams are currently considered Community Streams:

• Anything Else by Dan & MrMouton
• DGG Events by Pagi & Elruem
• The DGG Report by EthiopianHussein, CaseNewmark & ZipZip45
• dggJams by picklesnathan, swagy_swagerson, Ark, & peezy
• Art Streams by MrGemzar
• Lo-Fi/Studying Streams by SFB7
• DGG Trivia by Nuddel

Some chatters may want to occasionally stream for the community, while not being considered a Community Stream:

• While it is generally discouraged, chatters may stream a collaborative game (e.g., Jackbox) or chat debates for up to one hour, with permission from Moderation.

Flairs

Main Article: Flairs

The current flair system has become antiquated and riddled with inconsistencies. As such, some flairs will be consolidated, and some new ones will be added.

Below are the flairs that can be awarded to chatters (upon verification by emailing contact@destiny.gg), as well as the prerequisites for attaining them:

Trusted	Chatters that consistently post reliable/relevant links for Destiny’s stream
Contributor	Chatters that contribute to DGG or Destiny’s stream (art, events, Community Streams, etc.)
Lawyer	Chatters that have a JD and passed the bar exam
Medical Professional	Chatters who are medical professionals
Broadcaster	Chatters that have at least 1,000 followers and an average of 75 viewers per stream on Twitch, YouTube, or Kick or Friends of Destiny’s stream
Verified	Chatters that are small streamers or otherwise notable or Friends of Destiny’s stream
Conductor	Chatters that are allowed to stream movies and TV shows to chat
Law Enforcement	Chatters that are experienced law enforcement officers (5+ years)
Lore Master	Chatters that maintain LWOD or moderate the Destiny Wiki

Posting NSFW

The proliferation of NSFW posts, specifically sexually-explicit material, has left many chatters uncomfortable and longing for a change in the philosophy for its moderation. In order to foster a more inclusive environment for chatters to engage with, while preserving some norms of the chat, the following approach will be applied:

• Moderation has the right to remove stream embeds or chat messages that they consider to be NSFW.
• Under no circumstance is posting sexually-explicit NSFW material allowed while Destiny is live.
• If chatters feel that this policy is being over- or under-enforced, they may discuss it with Moderation.

Miscellaneous Provisions

• Chatters are prohibited from sharing or soliciting user scripts that circumvent the enforcement of rules (e.g., scripts that unblock banned embeds).

Utilities

Destiny's chat can be difficult to navigate and use at points if you are trying to do specific things. Thankfully the community has made various sites and scripts to try and help you chatters enjoy the chat more.

Websites

polecat.me	Hosts various hubs DGG information /mentions Shows who has been talking about you. /convo Have you ever seen two schizos debating in chat? With this subdomain you can track multiple chatters talking to each other without all the other plebs in between.
vyneer.me	Hosts chat related details, the information refreshes every 30 days. /vods With this utility you can sync past vods to DGG chat! No need to mald over the fact we are not on screen anymore. /status You can be as paranoid as you want and easily still miss the latest meganuke, but this site allows you to always be on top of what is going on in chat /dggstats Ever wonder who the most terminally online chatters are? Here you can see who frequently types instead of going out and touching grass.
mitchdev.net/dgg	Displays DGG polls by recency.
rustlesearch.dev	List of logs in DGG chat. Allows you to search by user, keyword, phrase, etc.
linkers.ooo	Browsable feed for media linked in DGG chat.
dinkDonk.mov	Official polling site for conductors during Destiny-sanctioned Kino.
moobies.dev	Searchable list of officially conducted movies.
dgg.yky.moe	(WIP) An assortment of statistics for DGG chat from 2014-Present Day

Scripts

vyneer.me/utilities	Installed as a userscript, this allows users to have an extended amount of usage out of chat, avoiding nukes, seeing embeds in chat, and being alerted as to whether or not you are typing a banned phrase.
Kickstiny	A semi-official userscript that allows for greater control of the embedded Kick video player after the MultiKick embed was removed from Kick embeds.
DGG Tweaks	A userscript by YuniDev that adds various UI tweaks to DGG Chat, including Cinema Mode menu/control overlays, a larger link hitbox, a mentions viewer, and a recent-links panel, all configurable from the DGG settings menu.

Discontinued utilites

tena.dev	A site that monitored who posted the most of a particular emote or various stats about a user, this site kept persistent data. /emotes Showed statistics about the various emotes within DGG Chat, namely which emotes have been posted the most and who the top posters of the emote are. Click on a specific emote to get a breakdown of the top 100 posters of the month. /users Provided stats for the top 100 DGG chatters. Also allowed you to search for individual chatters.
dggvods.dev	Transcribed and diarized Destiny VODs. Allows text search of all transcripts. Contains VODs from 1/30/2023 to 2/22/2026.
Better DGG	Actual malware
OverRustle VODs	Forked after its discontinuation and re-released as Orvods
DestiSenpaii.me

See Also

• Emote Cross-Reference