Community Rules

The one rule

Argue with the opinion, not the person. Everything below follows from that, and breaking any of it can cost you your content or your account. These rules are part of the Terms.

What is not allowed

Threats, incitement to violence, or wishing harm on anyone. Harassment: repeated unwanted contact, targeted insults, or organising other people to pile on someone.

Hate speech: attacking people over race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, illness, age, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Sexual content involving minors, in any form. This is the one rule with no warning and no appeal: the account is closed immediately and the case goes to the authorities.

Sexual or intimate images of a person shared without their consent, and pornography or graphic violence posted into a general feed.

Private information about other people, including home address, phone number, documents and private messages, and pretending to be someone you are not.

Spam and manipulation: bulk or repetitive posting, links to malware or phishing, trading accounts, and using extra accounts to vote on your own opinions or bury someone else’s.

Anything illegal where you or your readers are, and anything you do not hold the rights to post, including other people’s images and writing.

Blocking and reporting

Every profile carries a Block and a Report. Blocking hides your opinions from that account, removes any follow between you, and takes it out of your feed. Reporting sends the account to be reviewed; reports are private, and the person reported is never told who reported them. One report per account is all it takes. A second from you changes nothing.

What happens after a report

Reports are read by a person, not by a filter. Depending on what turns up, the outcome is no action, content removal, a visibility restriction, an account restriction or account closure. Serious cases involving child sexual content or credible threats of violence may be referred to the authorities where required or necessary for safety.

When a moderation decision affects an account or content, the affected user receives a reason and the available appeal route unless disclosure would be unlawful or create a serious safety or security risk.

If a decision was wrong

Write to NicolasUnica@proton.me from the address on the account within six months of the decision, identify the decision and explain why it should be reviewed. Appeals are free and decided by a person in a timely, diligent and non-arbitrary way. A lawful decision is not reversed merely because it is disputed; child sexual content is never restored.