Community Guidelines

Make room for disagreement.

Debate ideas, criticize institutions and discuss politics. An opinion is not prohibited merely for being unpopular, controversial or political. These rules apply consistently regardless of political affiliation or viewpoint. Context matters; disagreement alone is not harassment.

Do not threaten or intimidate.

Do not make credible threats, encourage violence against people, coordinate attacks, stalk someone, or use intimidation to silence them. Do not engage in targeted harassment, sustained bullying, unwanted sexual harassment or coordinated abuse. Criticism is welcome; campaigns to terrorize a person are not.

Be honest about who you are and what you offer.

Do not run scams, solicit credentials through deception, distribute malicious files, commit fraud or impersonate someone. Do not mislead people into believing an account represents FrontPorch, a government office or an organization without authorization. Clearly identified parody must not be used to defraud or threaten people. A display name or public claim is not proof of official status.

Keep the platform usable.

Do not flood feeds, comments or connection requests; send repetitive unsolicited promotions; manipulate engagement; or use automation to evade limits, manufacture relationships or disrupt the service. Good-faith reporting is welcome. Do not knowingly submit false reports, coordinate reports to silence a viewpoint, or retaliate against someone for reporting. A dismissed report does not by itself mean the report was abusive.

Protect children.

FrontPorch prohibits child sexual abuse and exploitation, including child sexual abuse material, grooming, sexual solicitation of minors, sextortion and child sex trafficking. This includes prohibited digitally created or altered imagery. Do not sexualize children, facilitate their exploitation or share material depicting their abuse.

Do not download, repost or forward suspected child sexual abuse material to prove a report. Give the location and relevant context instead. The platform must handle removal, restricted preservation and legally required reports through appropriate safety procedures; the public safety form accepts concerns, while complete response and escalation procedures remain launch requirements. For an immediate threat, contact local emergency services. U.S. concerns about online child exploitation can also be reported directly to NCMEC's CyberTipline.

Respect consent and privacy.

Do not post, threaten to distribute or facilitate nonconsensual intimate imagery, including manipulated or AI-generated intimate depictions. Do not expose private addresses, identity documents, passwords, financial information or other sensitive personal details to intimidate, exploit or endanger someone. Having access to a private post does not give you permission to redistribute it.

Respect the law and other people's work.

Do not use FrontPorch to distribute unlawful content or arrange unlawful activity. Share only content you own or have a lawful basis to use. Copyright can allow criticism, commentary and other lawful uses; reporting a disagreement is not a substitute for assessing those rights. Our copyright contact and notice process must be finalized before public launch.

Reporting and review today.

While logged in, use Report post or Report comment on content you can access. Choose Spam, Harassment, Threats, Privacy or Other, and add useful context. You can also block someone from the available member controls. Reporting does not automatically hide content.

Authorized platform reviewers can examine reports and relevant content, including a retained report snapshot, then hide or restore content or dismiss a report. Reporting identities are not shown to the reported member through the report interface. They are not anonymous to authorized reviewers, and lawful disclosure requirements can apply.

Internal report priorities, assessments, escalation rules, reviewer notes and queue details are private to authorized staff. They are not public badges or voting scores.

Enforcement, appeals and community moderators.

Our enforcement framework calls for proportionate warnings, content removal, temporary restrictions, suspensions and appeals. Current tools support content hiding/restoration and report review; dedicated warning, restriction, suspension and appeal workflows are not yet complete. Urgent safety cases may require immediate action, without a warning first.

If you disagree with a decision, keep the content location and any decision details for review. You can submit an appeal through the public request form without an account. It records the request for staff review; a full appeal decision workflow and response coverage are still being built.

When Community Crowds launch, their moderators will be expected to explain local rules, apply them consistently, protect reporters' confidentiality, avoid retaliation and refer serious safety issues to platform reviewers. Their authority must stay within their communities; community moderation does not grant platform-wide powers or access to private personal posts.