Community Standards

Effective date: August 22, 2023

As part of our ongoing efforts to make Gotlinkme a trusted platform for its users, we’ve developed guidelines that go hand-in-hand with our Terms and Conditions. They outline the do’s and don’ts of using Gotlinkme so that we can best keep you (and your audience!) safe. Please take a few minutes to review our Community Standards and digest ‘em, since – like our T&Cs – you’re agreeing to abide by them by using your Gotlinkme.

If you come across content on a Gotlinkme that violates the standards below, please report it

.Adult content

We want to empower Links of all kinds to carve out their own space on the Internet. We also want to make sure that visitors, including minors, can make informed decisions before they click. Additionally, legal restrictions across Gotlinkme's many international markets limit what content we can or cannot allow on the platform.

You may:

  • create links to adult content as long as it is legal in your region, doesn’t advertise full service sex work, and is marked as sensitive*
  • advertise adult media that you create and sell on other platforms

You may not:

  • upload adult content, including nudity, to your Gotlinkme avatar, link thumbnails, background, or PDFs
  • embed social media feeds that would display adult content directly on your Gotlinkme
  • advertise full service sex work
  • use Gotlinkme commerce or payment locked links to collect payment or donations for adult content directly through Gotlinkme

*When adding a link to your Gotlinkme, you may find that the sensitive content label is not automatically applied.

 

Hate speech

Gotlinkme is a place to share beliefs and ideas as long as it does not cause harm, incite hatred or violence, or discriminate against individuals and groups based on race, skin color, national origin, religious beliefs, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or medical condition. We’re also not a platform that should be used to glorify perpetrators of hatred, violence, or discrimination either.

 

Electoral fraud

Don’t use Gotlinkme to impede your local/national electoral process, which includes misleading the public about where and how to participate, or about who can participate, and selling or attempting to sell your right to vote.

 

URLs

Gotlinkme usernames are meant for everyone– so don’t buy, sell, hoard or trade them. Don’t secure a username without the intention of using it, or with the intention to ‘domain squat’, i.e. to prevent someone else from using it, or to profit from reselling it. This is illegal in some countries, and Gotlinkme does not allow it.

 

Illegal goods and services

Don’t use Gotlinkme to advertise, encourage, or facilitate the sale of regulated or illegal goods, services, or activities, including (but not limited to):

  • Alcohol*
  • Controlled substances
  • Tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
  • Weapons, weapon schematics, accessories and ammunition, including firearms and real-life replicas lacking indicators that clearly denote they cannot be fired
  • Fireworks and explosives
  • Body parts (including body fluids, blood etc.) or offers of humans for sale
  • Endangered or protected species or parts of
  • Regulated plants, insects, animals
  • Offers for adoption/surrogacy
  • Counterfeit goods, including “dupes” of established brands
  • Recalled items
  • Stolen items
  • Products offered through multi-level marketing schemes
  • Embargoed goods
  • Hazardous/toxic materials
  • ID documents
  • Personal information or mailing lists
  • Gambling, including casino and betting games**
  • Human trafficking

Any content designed to target minors must not promote any content that is inappropriate, or that exploits or exerts undue pressure on the targeted individuals.

*You may advertise the sale of alcohol with a liquor license, but you may not sell alcohol directly through Gotlinkme commerce links.

**Fantasy sports do not fall under this policy and may be freely shared on Gotlinkme.

 

Spam and fraud

Don’t use Gotlinkme to spam or scam visitors. This includes (but isn’t limited to):

  • linking out to external sites which might collect personal information under false pretenses
  • creating a large number of accounts to advertise goods/services/domains
  • creating a large number of accounts to collect affiliate per-click funds

 

Harassment

Don’t use Gotlinkme to target individuals with the intention to intimidate, harass, threaten, or bully.

 

Extremist/terrorist content

Don’t use Gotlinkme to advertise, propagandize, praise, or collect funds for extremist groups or their activities.

 

Child harm

Gotlinkme has a no tolerance policy for child harm. Do not upload or link out to content that harms minors or endorses harming minors, including: child sexual abuse material, solicitation of minors, and imagery that feature underage individuals within an inappropriate context. We actively report any such cases of child endangerment or harm uploaded to or linked out from Gotlinkme to relevant authorities, e.g. the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

 

Self-harm

We want Gotlinkme to be a place where Linkers can feel safe as they discuss the journey of recovery in a healthy way, but we also want everyone to feel safe when visiting. As a result, we prohibit content that promotes or idealizes suicide, self-mutilation, or disordered eating.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please consider reaching out for help. Organizations such as 7 Cups, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, and IMAlive provide anonymous, free, and 24/7 support across many countries and languages.

 

Shocking or violent content

Don’t use Gotlinkme to share content intended to shock and disturb visitors such as gore, mutilation, excessive violence, or physical abuse.

 

Copyright and trademark

You should not upload content that infringes an individual’s intellectual property rights (including copyright, trademarks, and patents). If you believe your intellectual property rights are being infringed because of content on Gotlinkme , please reach out to us.

 

Privacy and impersonation

Maintaining individual privacy is very important on Gotlinkme! We don’t allow Gotlinkme profiles that expose others’ personal identifying information (billing details, IDs, etc.), collect identifying information (including IP addresses) without the appropriate legal basis (e.g. explicit consent), or expose private media (image-based sexual abuse, etc.). We also don’t allow Gotlinkme profiles that impersonate other individuals or organizations.

If you collect personal information from visitors, you must ensure that you have a privacy notice that visitors can review before providing their personal data. This privacy notice must comply with all applicable privacy laws and regulations.

 

Misinformation

Don’t use Gotlinkme to post, share or spread misinformation or disinformation. This includes any content that jeopardizes public safety, including but not limited to manipulated media, documentation, or conspiracy theories.

Examples:

  • content that is false, inaccurate, disproven, or designed to misinform others re: current events, social issues or crises
  • potentially harmful alternatives to medical treatment
  • claims that falsely exaggerate or trivialize the effects of or origin of medical conditions or their scientifically-backed treatments, including in relation to COVID-19