Community Guidelines

ChapterWhen exists so readers can discover stories and authors can publish them. Behave as a good-faith member of that community: respect other people's work, arguments, and boundaries. When in doubt, don't publish it — ask through Contact & Support first.

• Originality: publish only work you created or have explicit permission to publish. Plagiarism and unauthorized reproduction are prohibited and handled under the Copyright & Takedown Policy.
• Accurate presentation: use truthful titles, synopses, genres, content warnings, and age ratings. Do not mislabel adult content as suitable for everyone.
• Age ratings and warnings: label content with the provided ratings (Everyone, Teen, Mature, Adult) and content warnings honestly so readers can make informed choices.
• Prohibited content: no unlawful material, sexual content involving minors, non-consensual intimate content, credible threats or instructions facilitating wrongdoing, malware, or spam.

• No harassment: no personal attacks, hate, threats, doxxing, or sustained unwanted contact.
• No impersonation: do not pose as another user, author, or staff member. One account per person unless approved.
• No spam or manipulation: no repetitive promotion, artificial engagement, review manipulation, or automated abuse of comments, reactions, follows, or reports.
• Stay lawful and on-topic: respect copyright in comments, avoid posting others' private information, and keep discussion relevant to the work.

Use the report control on the offending novel, chapter, or comment and choose the closest reason (spam, harassment, copyright, inappropriate, or other with details). For account-level issues or appeals, use Contact & Support. Deliberately false reports are themselves a violation.

• Content actions: offending material may be hidden from public surfaces or removed.
• Account actions: warnings, temporary publishing or interaction restrictions, suspension, or permanent deactivation for severe or repeated violations.
• Review: administrators review reports individually; actions are recorded for accountability. If you believe a mistake was made, appeal through Contact & Support with links to the affected content and an explanation.