Community rules

The community rules apply wherever you interact on Glob Social: nodes, pictures, music, chat, wall posts, comments, shouts, listings, profiles and usernames. The current rule text is Content and conduct rules in the Terms of Service.

Read that section for the authoritative wording. These wiki pages explain the controls you can use when a problem occurs; they do not replace the Terms.

Use the rules across every surface#

A private conversation, a paid shout or a room run by a member is still part of Glob Social. Use the same care when sending a message as when publishing a node.

The conduct section addresses child safety, harassment and bullying, hate, threats and violence, sexually explicit content, encouragement of self-harm, private information, illegal activity, spam and scams, impersonation, and infringement of other people's rights.

For example, if someone posts a threatening chat line, report that line so the review has its words and context. If a person's profile is impersonating someone, report the account. A disagreement about a workshop's admission choice is different from harassment; group controls decide participation, while Report asks for a safety review.

A room owner can choose who joins, who posts and whether chat is open. Those settings do not switch off the platform's conduct rules.

If you see a problem#

Use Report on the content or person and choose the category that fits. Child safety is available in the report sheet. Explain what happened in the optional note, then wait for the sent confirmation.

If you also want to stop contact, use Block from the person's profile or name menu. Reporting and blocking do different things, and one does not automatically perform the other.

Email [email protected] when a report button is unavailable or fails. Include the relevant link and enough context to locate the problem. For a formal notice about music, use the copyright page and its form.

See Reporting a problem for the controls, categories and failed-send messages.

What you may see during review#

Content can be held for review or become unavailable. A wall post marked Pending is visible to its author while its safety check is unresolved. A posting restriction can pause writing in a room or across public Glob Social while reading remains available.

Those states have different meanings. A message refusing your action is not the same as a ban, and a dimmed wall entry is not necessarily removed content.

People make decisions on bans, suspensions, content removal and legal matters. Software assists with screening and can hold material or apply restricted moderation actions. This wiki does not publish the checks used to identify abuse.

If a decision affects you#

Read the notice or error shown with the action. A room posting pause, a site-wide restriction and a sign-in suspension have different scope. For a suspension, the sign-in notice can include an end time.

If you believe a decision is wrong, email [email protected]. Include your username, the content or room involved and what you want reconsidered. See Moderation and appeals for the available route and Copyright notices for the separate copyright process.

The Privacy Policy explains data handling. Account and deletion questions go to [email protected].