Community Guidelines
The Social Web is a small place built on trust: everyone here was invited by someone who knows them. These guidelines are how we keep it worth being in. They apply to everything on the service: posts, comments, profiles, usernames, wall posts, images, videos and messages.
1. The short version
Treat people the way you would if they were standing in front of you. Post your own stuff. Keep it legal. Do not bring bots, spam or cruelty here. If you see something wrong, report it rather than fighting it out in the comments.
2. Be a real person
- One account per person, run by you. No bots, automated posting, bulk accounts or accounts operated for someone else.
- Give your invite codes only to people you actually know. Never post them publicly, sell them or trade them.
- If you were banned, stay gone. Creating new accounts to get around a suspension or ban gets every one of them removed.
- We track which code every account came from. When a bot network grows from one code, we remove it as a group, and we look closely at whoever handed out that first code.
3. Harassment and bullying
Disagreement is fine. Targeting people is not. Do not:
- repeatedly contact someone who has made it clear they do not want to hear from you, or keep coming back through new accounts or other people;
- insult, degrade or mock someone for who they are or how they look;
- organize or encourage others to pile on someone;
- wish or celebrate harm against someone, or tell someone to hurt themselves;
- sexually harass anyone, including unwanted sexual comments, advances or images.
4. Hate
Do not attack, dehumanize or call for exclusion of people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, serious disease or age. That includes slurs used as attacks, hateful symbols and stereotypes, and content that praises or promotes hate groups or the people behind violent atrocities. Discussing, documenting or condemning hate to fight it is allowed; make that context clear.
5. Threats and violence
- No threats of violence against anyone, including "jokes" that a reasonable person would take seriously.
- No praise, support or recruitment for terrorist or violent extremist organizations or attacks.
- No gore or graphic violence posted to shock. Documenting real events can be acceptable when the purpose is clear, it is not gratuitous, and you warn people in the text of your post.
- No content that encourages or instructs others to commit serious violence.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 (or your local emergency number) first, then report it to us.
6. Nudity and sexual content
Nudity and sexual content are not allowed. The Social Web does not have tools for marking or filtering adult content, so we keep it off the service entirely. Non-sexual nudity in clear artistic, medical, educational or breastfeeding contexts is the narrow exception, and we decide those calls conservatively.
Anything that sexualizes a minor is never allowed, in any form, including drawings, AI-generated images and text. We remove it, ban the account, preserve the evidence and report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as federal law requires. There are no warnings, strikes or appeals for this.
Sharing or threatening to share intimate images of someone without their consent is never allowed and leads to an immediate ban.
7. Suicide and self-harm
You are welcome to talk about your own mental health, your struggles and your recovery here. What is not allowed is content that promotes, encourages or gives instructions for suicide, self-harm or eating disorders, or that mocks people who are struggling.
If you are thinking about suicide or self-harm, or you are worried about someone, you can call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the United States, any time, for free. You can also chat at 988lifeline.org. Outside the United States, contact your local emergency number or a local crisis line. If you report content about self-harm, our team may reach out to the person with these resources.
8. Privacy and doxxing
- Do not post anyone's private information without their permission: home address, phone number, private email, financial or government ID details, medical information, or their workplace or school when it is shared to target them.
- Do not post photos or videos of people in private settings without their consent, or share private messages to embarrass or target someone.
- Do not try to identify or unmask people who want to stay anonymous.
9. Spam, scams and manipulation
- No spam: repetitive, unsolicited or mass posting, commenting, friend requests or messages.
- No scams, phishing, fake giveaways, pyramid schemes or attempts to get anyone's password, codes or money under false pretenses. We will never ask for your password.
- No fake engagement: buying, selling or trading reactions, follows, friends, reposts or accounts.
- No commercial advertising campaigns. Telling your friends about your band, your art or your small business is fine. Running ads is not what this place is for.
- No malware or links designed to harm devices.
10. Impersonation
Do not pretend to be another person, a brand, an organization or a member of our staff in a way that misleads people. Parody, commentary and fan accounts are fine when they are clearly labeled as such in the name or bio.
11. Illegal content and activity
Do not use The Social Web to break the law or help someone else break it. That includes selling or arranging the sale of illegal drugs, weapons, stolen goods or counterfeit items; fraud; human trafficking or exploitation; and sharing content that is illegal to possess or distribute. We cooperate with law enforcement when the law requires it, as described in our law enforcement guidelines.
12. Other people's work
Post things you made or have permission to share. Credit people when you share their work. If someone posted your copyrighted work without permission, use our Copyright and DMCA process. Repeat infringers lose their accounts.
13. Tools you have
- Block anyone. Blocked people cannot see you or reach you, and you will not see them.
- Mute words and phrases in Settings → Wellbeing to keep them out of your feed.
- Choose your audience for every post: all members, friends only, or just you. Control who can message you and post on your wall in Settings → Privacy.
- Report any post, comment, message, conversation or account from its menu. Reports are confidential: the person you report is not told who reported them. You will hear back when we act on your report.
- Ask for help at Support or in the Help Center.
14. How we enforce
A human on our team reviews reports and decides what to do based on what was posted, the context, and the account's history. Depending on how serious it is, we may:
- Remove or hide the content. You will still see a note that it was removed by moderation.
- Warn you.
- Add a strike to your account. Reaching 3 strikes suspends the account automatically for 7 days.
- Suspend your account for a period of time. While suspended you can read, but you cannot post, comment or message.
- Lock or permanently ban your account.
Serious violations skip straight to a ban: threats of violence, child sexual exploitation, non-consensual intimate images, running bot networks, and evading a ban. When we find a bot network, we can lock, suspend or pause invites for every account that came from the same invite tree in one action, and then review the people in it individually.
Accounts that keep breaking these guidelines after earlier action are banned, even if each individual violation was minor.
15. Appeals
We make mistakes. You can appeal each action against your account once, from Settings → Standing. Tell us why you think we got it wrong. An administrator reviews the appeal and the outcome is final. If your account was locked and you cannot sign in, email [email protected] from the address on the account. This matters most for group actions against an invite tree: if you are a real person who was caught in one, tell us, and we will look at your account on its own.