PBLOG

PBLOG is a video sharing and social site created in 1995 and owned by PBLOG Group since 2022. Users are able to make their own ATBW Blog sites that focus on specific topics instead of the general ATBW Blog from five years before, and they are able to make their own rules within these sites as opposed to one big site like the general ATBW Blog that is commonly used, aside from legal laws and a few site-wide rules including no ban evading.

Many ATBW Blog companies including the 11 that are owned by ATBW Blog, as well as Martha Woods Entertainment, all of them govern their own sites with their own admins and staff, and users can create their own subsites within these sites, each of them allowing users to create little communities akin to that of Google+.

History
PBLOG was founded in August 1995 by Kevin Perry as Perry's Net, which then changed its name to PSITE in February 1996 and then PBLOG in January 1998. PBLOG was popular during the 90's, with approximately two million users at the end of 1997, which then jumped to four million in Spring 1999. At the same time, around 300 PBLOG sites were founded within this period.

In April 2000, Perry sold PBLOG to Langile Corporation, which then made it a subsidiary of ATBW Label Networks on the day of the acquisition. On April 20, 2022, PBLOG, along with ATBW Blog, were moved to PBLOG Group, which is the owner of both groups.

PBLOG Site
PBLOG Sites are content sharing sites that focus on a specific topic, and they can be created by anyone who is at least 18 years old or older and has been a user for at least 90 days. They are akin to that of the layout of the ATBW Blog site, but in different colors matching the topic. Sites can also have unlimited communities while subsites can only have up to 50.

PBLOG Subsite
PBLOG Subsites are smaller webpages within PBLOG sites. They focus on a specific subtopic of a topic. Subsites also allow for small communities to be made within it. Rules on creating a subsite vary by individual PBLOG sites. Because they focus on only one subtopic, they lack the ability to create pages (official PBLOG sites are exempt from this limitation) and users can go back to the main site clicking the top left arrow. However, they can create up to 50 communities within a subsite. Their URL displays the subsite's name followed by the main site's name (e.g., escade.atbw.pblog.com). Subsites act as blogs within a main site and they can be accessed by anyone within a site.

PBLOG Community
PBLOG Communities are communities within a subsite and sometimes an entire main site if allowed. They can have unlimited members unless the site/subsite sets a limitation on it.

Rules
Rules vary between individual communities and sites, but as they are still on PBLOG, they are subject to the site's PBLOG rules that all users and sites are required to follow at all times or risk being globally banned or even account termination. Sites that break rules are also shut down and the creator and admins are globally banned permanently.


 * The site prohibits pornography and those who post such will be permanently banned.
 * The site requires all users to be at least 13 years old, and users must be at least 18 years old or older to start a PBLOG site.
 * Abusing multiple accounts to escape local or global blocks is not allowed, even if it takes place on only one site. Rules generally vary by different individual site, but the company will ban anyone globally who does this, but usually only if it spans multiple sites.
 * Plagiarism is not allowed, and neither is uploading copyrighted information. Sites can be shut down permanently without warning if they allow copyrighted information or if they intentionally steal from other sites.
 * The site doesn't allow any sites or topics that mention current ongoing events or situations.
 * All JSON addons must be reviewed by PBLOG staff and only approved ones are allowed. Even though the site says that it takes a few days for staff to respond, on certain occasions it has taken more than several weeks for them to respond. If a JSON file is not approved, it will be revoked by PBLOG staff.
 * All content posted onto PBLOG must be understandable by staff. If an image is not understandable enough, then it is not allowed on PBLOG. PBLOG requires that all admins of PBLOG sites make sure that this rule is followed.
 * PBLOG only allows youtube.com links, flickr.com links, twitter.com links, and twitch.com links sitewide. No other links are allowed. Users who get caught violating this rule risk getting globally banned across PBLOG, and sites that allow it can risk shutdown. The rule was added to prevent malicious links and links that lead to illegal content.
 * PBLOG does not allow privatization of content on anyone's site and there is a strict policy prohibiting excessive privatization of content. The company requires that 85% of all content be viewable on every site hosted on it. Those that refuse to comply risk shutdown.