Spoutible's goal is to allow users to “spout off” in a safe, civil, and fun environment. Our rules and policies are designed to protect the community from harassment, threats, disinformation and platform manipulation. Different perspectives and ideas are welcome on Spoutible, but harassment, threats, and intimidation are not.
If you come across a user, post, or other action that appears to break these policies, please report it to us. Enforcement steps include issuing warnings, removing content, suspending accounts temporarily, and banning accounts permanently. More information on our Enforcement Policies can be found here.
Safety
Harassment & Bullying
You may not harass or bully users on Spoutible. Harassment and bullying refer to any behavior that is intended to threaten, intimidate, or harm another person, or that creates a hostile or offensive environment. Harassment includes doxing (publishing other people’s private information), making continuous negative comments, and threatening, intimidating or abusive behavior. Learn More
Hate Speech
You may not direct attacks against people based on their race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity. Learn More
Promotion of Suicide or Self Harm
You may not post content that encourages or promotes suicide or self-harm. Learn More
Violence
You may not threaten or promote violence against an individual or a group of people. Learn More
Terrorism/Extremism
You may not promote, encourage or incite acts of terrorism or post content that supports or celebrates terrorist organizations. Learn More
Inappropriate/Illegal Content
Adult Nudity & Sexual Content
You may not post any media that is pornographic or intended to cause sexual arousal including, full or partial nudity, and simulated sexual acts. Exceptions may be made for breastfeeding, medical, health, educational or artistic content. Learn More
Child Sexual Exploitation
You may not sexualize children in any way including sharing any form of images, videos, text, or links that promote child sexual exploitation, sending sexually explicit media, or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation. Learn More
Violent, Gory, or Graphic Content
You may not post media that depicts excessively graphic or gruesome content related to death, violence, or severe physical harm, or violent content that is shared for sadistic purposes, severely injured or mutilated animals. Exceptions may be made for documentary, educational, food processing and hunting. Learn More
Impersonation
You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations with the intent or effect of misleading, confusing, or deceiving others. Learn More
Fraud
You may not use deceptive means to generate revenue or traffic, including fraudulent schemes, such as fake lotteries, phishing links, or spamming users. Learn More
Illegal Activities
You may not discuss or engage in illegal activities, such as sex trafficking, other forms of human trafficking, selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services.
Intellectual Property
You may not post content or profile pictures that violate intellectual property rights, including trademarks. Learn More
Integrity
Fake Engagement
You may not use 3rd party apps or services to artificially increase the number of views, likes, comments, or other metrics.
Misinformation
You may not share false information that could lead to the destruction of property, injury of others, impact civic processes, or endanger public health. This includes posting or sharing synthetic or manipulated media that is likely to cause harm. Learn More
Defamation
You may not make false statements about another that unjustly harms their reputation. Learn More
Bots or Automation
You may not use bots or automation to systematically, or programmatically, manipulate or over-utilize the service. Learn More
Unsolicited Advertisements & Unauthorized Contests
You may not post unsolicited, unrelated advertisements, unauthorized contests, sweepstakes, and giveaways. Learn More
Direct Messages
All community guidelines also apply to direct messages. Direct Messages sent in Spoutible are encrypted so we are not able to monitor the contents unless a recipient reports the message to us. If you report a direct message, we will then be able to read the direct message and carry out enforcement if necessary.
How to Report Violations
To Report a Spout or Comment:
Go to the problematic Spout or Comment
Select the More Options icon on the top right of the message or comment
In the dropdown list of menu options, choose Report Spout
Select the appropriate problem category and provide us with any information you believe relevant.
Click the SEND REPORT button to send the report to our Safety team.
Spoutible Enforcement Policies
Our goal at Spoutible is to minimize targeted harassment, abuse, and disinformation. When we find a violation of the Spoutible Rules, there are several actions we can take:
Removing a Spout violating Spoutible's policies. When this is done, the account owner will be notified and informed of the violation. If they believe we made an error, they can dispute our action.
Notification about Direct Message violating Spoutible's policies. Direct Messages sent in Spoutible are encrypted so we are not able to monitor the contents unless a recipient reports the message to us. Harassing or threatening messages sent via Direct Message can lead to account suspension (temporary or permanent).
Account Suspension (temporary or permanent). Accounts that repeatedly violate Spoutible or have egregious violations can be temporarily or permanently suspended. If an account is permanently suspended, the account owner will not be permitted to create new accounts on Spoutible. An account suspension can be appealed if you believe that we made an error.
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