Community Guidelines

1. Purpose and authority

These Community Guidelines apply to all activity on WORL, including profiles, questions, answers, comments, messages, and other interactions. They supplement the Terms of Service. Our goal is a useful and safe environment, but access and participation are privileges subject to our rules and operational discretion.

We may interpret and enforce these rules in context, including behavior that undermines the Service even if not specifically listed. Enforcement is subject to mandatory legal requirements and is described in the Terms of Service.

2. Be responsible for what you publish

You are responsible for the legality, accuracy, and consequences of your contributions. Do not assume that publication means our approval or verification. Do not post content you lack rights to share, or present speculation as verified fact in a way likely to cause harm.

If you rely on a question or answer, independently verify it. Content is not professional advice, and the Service does not guarantee its quality. See the Terms of Service for disclaimers and allocation of responsibility.

3. Questions and answers

Ask questions in good faith with sufficient context and a clear topic. Use informative titles; avoid repetitive, misleading, deliberately provocative, or artificially fragmented questions. Search for existing discussions where practical.

Answers should address the question, distinguish fact from opinion, disclose material uncertainty, and avoid fabricated sources or credentials. Do not manipulate voting, rankings, accepted-answer status, or engagement. We may close, merge, retitle, reclassify, or remove questions and answers at our discretion, subject to law.

Do not use Q&A threads to solicit dangerous acts, distribute unlawful instructions, promote scams, or publish someone else’s confidential information.

4. Respect and safety

Do not threaten, harass, stalk, intimidate, bully, or incite violence against others. Do not engage in hateful abuse or targeted degradation based on protected characteristics. Criticism of ideas and respectful disagreement are allowed; sustained personal attacks are not.

Do not sexualize minors, exploit vulnerable people, encourage self-harm, or publish content that creates serious foreseeable safety risks. We may take immediate action where we believe a risk is urgent.

5. Privacy, identity, and consent

Do not reveal private contact details, addresses, identification documents, credentials, private correspondence, or other sensitive information about someone without an appropriate lawful basis and permission. Do not impersonate individuals or organizations or falsely claim professional qualifications or affiliation.

Public posts may be indexed or copied by others. Review the Privacy Policy before disclosing personal information. Reporting misconduct does not authorize publishing private details about the accused.

6. Intellectual property and attribution

Post only material you are authorized to share. Respect copyrights, trademarks, confidentiality, and other rights. Give attribution where appropriate, but attribution alone does not replace permission when permission is legally required.

By submitting content, you grant the license described in the Terms of Service. That license does not grant you ownership of others’ contributions or of our brand and site materials.

7. Spam, promotion, and manipulation

Do not post repetitive promotions, unsolicited bulk messages, referral schemes, fraudulent offers, phishing links, misleading advertisements, or content primarily designed to game search or recommendation systems. Disclose material commercial interests when relevant.

Do not buy or sell engagement, coordinate fake interactions, create networks of deceptive accounts, or evade technical or moderation restrictions. We may remove promotional content regardless of whether it is technically lawful.

8. Security and technical misuse

Do not probe, disrupt, overload, scrape, or interfere with the Service or other users’ accounts without authorization. Do not distribute malicious files, attempt credential theft, or exploit vulnerabilities. Report suspected security issues privately through the Contact page rather than publishing exploit details.

9. Unlawful and harmful content

Do not use the Service to facilitate fraud, infringement, threats, exploitation, trafficking, or other illegal activity. Do not solicit or share prohibited goods or services. Content that is lawful in one place may still violate our rules or be restricted where the Service operates.

We may act against misleading or harmful content even without a final court ruling, while respecting mandatory notice, complaint, and other applicable obligations.

10. Moderation actions and reports

We may warn users, label or limit content, remove posts, close discussions, reduce visibility, restrict features, suspend accounts, terminate access, or preserve information for investigations. We may act proactively or in response to reports, and we do not promise to investigate every report or reach a particular outcome.

Use the Contact page or available reporting tools to identify the content, explain the concern, and provide relevant context. Do not file knowingly false or retaliatory reports. Where law provides a formal notice, complaint, appeal, or dispute mechanism, that mechanism remains available.

Moderation may be based on context, severity, patterns of behavior, safety risks, and operational considerations. A previous decision not to remove similar material does not bind us in future cases.

11. No guarantee of publication or audience

We do not guarantee that content will be published, remain available, appear in search, receive answers, reach followers, or preserve its original formatting. Rankings, reputation, recommendations, and visibility may change or be removed.

Deleting content or leaving the Service does not automatically withdraw the license previously granted under the Terms of Service or remove all copies, subject to the Privacy Policy and applicable law.

12. Updates and contact

We may update these Guidelines as the Service evolves. Material changes will be communicated where required by law. Continued participation after a valid update takes effect indicates agreement where legally permitted.

For reports and questions, use the Contact page. See the Cookie Policy for tracking information and the Privacy Policy for personal-data practices.