Community Guidelines

PopKic Community Guidelines

Released: 2025/11/20 | Effective: 2025/11/20

Overview

Welcome to PopKic, a platform built by the people, for the people. Our mission is to foster genuine human connection, empower creators, and create a fair, self-regulating online ecosystem that reflects the best of real-life community values.

These Community Guidelines are our shared commitment to a safe, positive, and valuable environment. They apply to all content and behavior on PopKic. Our unique Reputation and Contribution system is designed to organically elevate those who follow these guidelines and diminish the reach of those who violate them.

You're in the right place if you're wondering:

  • What's allowed on PopKic.
  • What's not allowed on PopKic.
  • How our Reputation system helps enforce these guidelines.

If you're ever unsure, let this principle guide you: Contribute reputable value. Treat others with the respect and integrity you would in your own community.

Thank you for helping us build a social platform that truly serves its users.

Our Rules: A Summary

The following is a quick summary of what we don't allow. More details and the "why" behind these rules can be found in the full sections below.

  • Safety and Civility: No threats, hate speech, violent organizations, harassment, or exploitation of any kind.
  • Mental and Behavioral Health: No promotion of suicide, self-harm, disordered eating, or dangerous physical challenges.
  • Sensitive and Mature Themes: No nudity or sexual solicitation, gratuitous shock content, or animal abuse.
  • Integrity and Authenticity: No misinformation that causes harm, intellectual property theft, or manipulation of PopKic's systems (including our Score and Economy).
  • Regulated Goods and Fraud: No trade of illegal goods, scams, or undisclosed paid promotions.
  • Privacy and Security: No sharing of private information or attacks on our platform's security.
The PopKic Difference: Content Moderation & Platform Governance

At PopKic, moderation is a shared responsibility between our team and our community. Here's how we maintain the integrity of our platform:

1. We Remove Content and Restrict Accounts

We will remove any content that violates these Guidelines. Repeated or severe violations will result in account restrictions, which can include the loss of privileges, a reduction in your Reputation Score, and in some cases, permanent banning.

2. Community-Driven Moderation through Reputation

A core feature of PopKic is community self-regulation. Users with high Reputation Scores may be invited to contribute to the moderation process by reviewing reports. Their input helps guide our final enforcement decisions, ensuring the community's standards are reflected.

3. The Impact on Your PopKic Experience

Your adherence to these guidelines directly impacts your standing in the PopKic ecosystem:

  • Reputation Score: Violations will lead to a decrease in your Reputation Score, which can limit your access to platform features.
  • Contribution Score & Rewards: Generating content that violates guidelines disqualifies you from earning Contribution Score and the associated Pop Coins and Pop Points. Abusive reporting can also negatively impact your scores.
  • Visibility: Content from users with low Reputation Scores, or content that is borderline under our guidelines, will have its reach organically limited by our systems.
Detailed Guidelines
1. Safety and Civility

We are committed to a platform where users feel safe.

  • Not Allowed: Violent threats, incitement of violence, or glorification of violent acts. Promotion of criminal activity is prohibited.
  • Not Allowed: Hate speech or attacks against people based on their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected attributes.
  • Not Allowed: Operation of or recruitment for violent or hateful organizations, including terrorist groups and criminal cartels.
  • Not Allowed: Any content that sexualizes, exploits, or endangers minors. We report such content to the relevant authorities.
  • Not Allowed: Harassment, bullying, doxing (sharing private information), or coordinated attacks. While we allow robust debate, we draw the line at behavior intended to degrade, shame, or incite harm against an individual.
2. Mental and Behavioral Health

We strive to foster a supportive environment.

  • Not Allowed: Content that depicts, promotes, or provides instructions for suicide or self-harm.
  • Not Allowed: Content that promotes eating disorders, dangerous weight-loss methods, or makes harmful body-shaming comparisons.
  • Not Allowed: Activities, dares, or challenges that could lead to serious physical injury.
3. Sensitive and Mature Themes

We aim to protect our community from unwanted shock and harm.

  • Not Allowed: Nudity, sexual activity, or sexual solicitation. Content that sexually exploits adults is also prohibited.
  • Not Allowed: Extremely graphic, violent, or disturbing content, such as brutal injuries or animal cruelty, that could cause trauma to viewers.
  • Not Allowed: Content that depicts or promotes animal abuse, cruelty, or neglect.
4. Integrity and Authenticity

Authenticity is the currency of trust on PopKic. Manipulation undermines our entire ecosystem.

  • Not Allowed: Misinformation that causes real-world harm, such as false medical advice, dangerous conspiracy theories, or misleading information that could interfere with public safety.
  • Not Allowed: Manipulation of PopKic's Systems. This is a critical rule for our platform. You may not use bots, automated scripts, fake accounts, or any other method to artificially inflate your Reputation Score, Contribution Score, or the engagement on your content. You may not attempt to manipulate the Pop Coin or Pop Point economies.
  • Not Allowed: Intellectual Property Theft. You may not post content that you do not own or have permission to use. Respect copyright and trademark laws. Unoriginal content that reposts others' work without adding reputable value will be penalized by our systems.
  • Not Allowed: Deceptive AI-Generated Content. While AI has creative uses, you must clearly label AI-generated content that realistically depicts people or events when it could mislead others on matters of public importance.
5. Regulated Goods, Services, and Commercial Activities
  • Not Allowed: The trade, promotion, or facilitation of illegal goods, regulated items (like firearms or pharmaceuticals), or fraudulent financial services.
  • Not Allowed: Scams and Frauds. Any attempt to deceive users for financial gain, including phishing and fake investment schemes, is strictly prohibited.
  • Required: Clear Commercial Disclosure. If you are promoting a product or brand in exchange for payment, you must disclose it transparently to maintain trust with your community.
6. Privacy and Security
  • Not Allowed: Sharing other people's private information without their consent ("doxing"), which could lead to stalking, harassment, or identity theft.
  • Not Allowed: Any attempt to hack, disrupt, or reverse-engineer PopKic's platform, servers, or security systems.
Your Tools and Controls

You are empowered to shape your own PopKic experience.

  • Use our robust reporting tools to flag content that violates these guidelines. Valid reports can positively impact your Contribution Score.
  • Customize your privacy and interaction settings to control who can see your content and interact with you.
  • Visit our Safety & Support Center for resources and help.

Together, we can build a social media platform that rewards humanity, not exploits it.