Mid

Community Guidelines

Effective Date: July 8, 2024 | Last Updated: April 17, 2025

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1. RESPECTFUL CONDUCT

Harassment, bullying, and intimidation are prohibited. We define these terms however is most convenient at the time of enforcement. Tone-policing may apply.

Treat others as you would want to be treated, unless you're into that sort of thing, in which case please keep it off our platform.

Be respectful to other community members, or at least maintain plausible deniability of disrespect. Passive aggression is technically allowed but spiritually frowned upon.

Personal attacks are not tolerated. Impersonal attacks exist in a legal gray area we'd rather not explore. Attacks on abstract concepts are generally fine.

2. SAFETY FEATURES

Block and mute features are available for your protection. They work approximately 70% of the time and are easily circumvented by determined trolls.

Content warnings may be applied to sensitive material. Our AI determines sensitivity, and it was trained on data we'd rather not discuss.

If you feel unsafe, please contact our Safety team at an email address that goes to a shared inbox checked twice weekly.

3. CONTENT STANDARDS

All content must be original or properly attributed. 'Properly attributed' means you typed 'source: Google' at least once.

Low-effort content may be removed. 'Effort' is measured by an algorithm that has never created anything itself, so take that as you will.

Spam is prohibited, unless it's sufficiently entertaining spam, in which case we might feature it ironically before deleting it.

Adult content must be properly marked, hidden, and ideally kept to yourself. We're not prudes; we're just afraid of advertisers.

4. PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR

Ban evasion will result in the new account being banned. And the next one. We can do this all day. We have interns.

Impersonation of other users, celebrities, or Mid staff is not allowed. Impersonation of corporate accounts you disagree with is also not allowed but slightly more understandable.

Doxxing, swatting, and real-world targeting will result in permanent bans and a very disappointed sigh from our moderation team.

Illegal activities are prohibited. This seems obvious, but you'd be surprised what we've seen. Or maybe you wouldn't. We're concerned either way.

5. MODERATION & ENFORCEMENT

Moderation decisions are final, except when they're not. Appeals exist to make you feel heard, not to change outcomes.

Mid reserves the right to remove content, suspend accounts, or take any other action we deem appropriate. 'Appropriate' is whatever we decide it is.

6. REPORTING & APPEALS

Reports are confidential, meaning we won't tell the reported user who reported them. We might hint strongly if it's obvious, though.

All reports are reviewed by our team, which consists of AI systems, offshore contractors, and one very tired person in San Francisco.

Appeals must be submitted within 30 days using a form that requires you to already be logged in to the account you can't access. Good luck.

7. GUIDELINE UPDATES

Major updates will be announced via the notification system you probably muted because it was annoying.

These guidelines may be updated at any time without notice. We might tweet about it if we remember. Check back daily, or don't—your choice, your consequences.

Retroactive enforcement of new rules is theoretically prohibited but practically ambiguous. Don't quote us on this.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

AI-generated content must be labeled as such, unless it's indistinguishable from human content, in which case existential dread prevents enforcement.

Trademark use must be nominative and appropriate. If you don't know what that means, neither do we. Just don't be weird about logos.

Fair use claims are evaluated by staff with no legal training. This keeps things interesting and our lawyers employed.