I know that you have to exclusively ask the person’s permission who draw the artwork or took the photo to allow using it
If the person’s profile said “pfp ok with credit” do I still need to attach a screenshot that the person is fine with using the pfp, or should I say something about [insert username] is ok to credit leaving out the permission screenshot?
If the person put the art out there and is ok with folks using it, then all you need to do is credit them. The screenshot would *help* if you were ever asked about it, but it's also not mandatory. That said, the person being okay with it and the credit being present are both mandatory for you to be following the rules of PFQ. I hope this helps!
would i be able to request to trade art for items/pokemon or vice versa? (have them as a possible currency in an art store or say im selling those items/pokemon for art?)
Yes, you can trade or sell your art on PFQ, for PFQ goods, currency, items, etc. You can even sell your art for real money if you're old enough to legally use a money transfer or banking service such as PayPal -- art for real money is the only real-money trading still permitted on PFQ. Please let me know if you have any questions about this!
Hello. Can I have some clarification for the mass messaging rule.
Like, would just messaging 5 players with the same context but phrased differently still be mass messaging. Or messages that look similar but have different contexts.....
You should refrain from sending out identical or near-identical messages in the majority of instances. Exceptions include if you're running a Contest and need to send out mass notifications to people who are
participants of said contest during the course of it being run. A really good example of this is the Secret Santa contest -- the host of it sends out private messages to every participant to inform them of who they will be giving their gifts to. That's a necessary part of how that contest works, because PMing it lets the Secret Santa stay, well, secret!
If you have a need for sending out so many near-identical messages, then you're more than likely better off just making some sort of public thread about it. Like if you're looking for specific trades, don't go messaging strangers out of the blue. Just make a trade thread in the Trades Forum. The only times you should really be messaging strangers about trades is if they say you can, such as if they're open to PMs or if they're offering free fields, for example. Contacting them privately for things like that is fine, because that's actually specific to them -- it's not just you firing off messages to randos in the void and hoping someone bites. :]
for Market equiv. 
