Guideline

Hi there! Buddies is currently in early beta and we’re learning a lot each day. As we open up to a broader group of people, we expect this document to evolve. If you have any feedback or suggestions, we’d love to hear from you.

These Community Guidelines are meant to help you better understand:

• The principles that we think make Buddies a special place
• The rules we expect you to abide by as a Buddies user
• What you can do if you come across inappropriate behavior
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Principles

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• Be yourself. The authenticity of Clubhouse begins with the people.
• Be respectful. This applies to every person, at all times.
• Be inclusive. Tolerate, welcome, and consider diverse people and perspectives.
• Build empathy and understanding. Engage in debates that are in good faith.
• Build healthy routines. This is what Buddies is all about.

Please note that these principles are intended to be high-level guidelines only. If you’re interested in knowing what can get people kicked off Buddies, please see the Rules sections below. 🙂

Roles

How does this app works.

Functions and how this app works

Rules

When you use Buddies, you agree to abide by the following rules at all times. You also agree not to encourage others to violate these rules. The latter is taken seriously and can also result in removal from the Service.

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• You must use a real name and identity on the service.
• You must be at least 18 years of age to use Clubhouse (or older if required by your country).
• You may not engage in abuse, bullying, or harassment of any person or groups of people.
• You may not discriminate against, engage in hateful conduct directed at, or threaten violence or harm against any person or groups of people.
• You may not share, threaten to share, or incentivize the sharing of other people's private information without their prior permission.
• You may not transcribe, record, or otherwise reproduce and/or share information obtained in Clubhouse without prior permission.
• You may not engage in any conversations or upload any content that violates any intellectual property or other proprietary rights.
• You may not spread false information or spam, or artificially amplify or suppress information.
• You may not share or promote information (or synthetic or manipulated media) that is intended or likely to cause harm to any person or groups of people, including minors.
• You may not use the service for the purpose of conducting any unauthorized or illegal activities.

If you witness a Rules violation, please follow the instructions below to report it.

Follow these links for our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

And, if you have questions, feedback, or suggestions, please let us know!

Safety

Content Moderation

If someone has not violated any of the Rules, but you would still prefer not to interact with them, here are some tools you can utilize.

Incident Reporting

We depend on the vigilance of each user and the community to report violations of Rules. If you believe a user has violated a Rule, you can report a Trust & Safety incident. Note: Inappropriate use of the incident reporting system or intentional, false reports are against our rules and are taken seriously.

You can report an incident in 2 ways:

• Report an incident in real time: From inside a room, tap on the user you want to report. A profile "half-sheet" will pop up; tap the three horizontal dots at the top right, then tap “Report an incident." Submitting a report from inside the room prompts us to retain the temporary, encrypted audio recording for the purpose of investigating the incident, as noted above.
• Report a past incident: To report an incident after the room has ended, you can go to your user profile, tap the gear icon at the top right and tap “Report an incident.” Note that when you report an incident from your profile, we will not have access to the room’s audio to support the investigation.

Here’s what you should know about reporting another user for a Rule violation:

• If you submit a report, we will not share your identity with the person you are reported.
• All reports that are submitted will be reviewed and investigated. The need for and type of corrective or disciplinary action needed will be determined on a case by case basis.
• We seek to be fair, consistent, and responsive in addressing all reported incidents.
• If the violation directly targeted you, we will share certain information about the process and resolution with you (e.g., the stage of investigation, any concerns that you may be at risk for immediate harm, information on how the resolution could impact you).
• Intentional, false reports of violations are treated as a violation of the Rules.

If another user has reported you for violating a Rule, here’s what you should know:

• If a report has been filed against you, we will contact you through your Clubhouse account with information about the nature of the report. We may keep some details private in order to protect the reporting user(s). If we are unable to reach you, we may restrict your account access temporarily until we are able to do so.
• We will notify you of the result of the investigation and its potential impact to you.
• If you believe a report has been falsely filed against you or you would like to appeal a decision, please contact us, including as much context as possible.
• Any attempt to retaliate against users who participate in reporting or investigation is a violation.

These are examples of potential consequences for Rules violations (non-exhaustive):

• Provide a warning for a first offense of low severity and impact
• Request the removal of or directly remove offending content
• Restrict the ability to participate in some or all conversations
• Temporarily or permanently disable or remove the account
• Notify law enforcement when there is risk of physical harm or a threat to public safety

Consequences for confirmed violations may vary based on the type and severity of the violation, the impact to victim(s), the historical actions of the offending user, and the intent of the actions.

Legal note

Finally, please keep in mind this quick legal note on our Community Guidelines, violations, and how we may enforce them:

• You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Clubhouse users and you agree that we will have no liability or responsibility with respect to those interactions.
• We understand that not all Clubhouse users will share our views as to what constitutes a violation of these Community Guidelines. However, to operate a functional platform, we must reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion what constitutes a violation.
• Our failure to enforce these Community Guidelines in each and every instance in which it might have application does not amount to a waiver of our rights under our Terms of Service or these Community Guidelines.
• We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change portions of these Community Guidelines at any time. If we do this, we will post the changes on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last updated.

Contact

We take these Community Guidelines seriously and ask that you follow them in the spirit in which they are intended. We further recognize that these guidelines must continually evolve, so please do contact us with questions, suggestions, or comments here.

Thank you for reading, and for helping us build an amazing community! 🙏🏽

Your Buddies Team