Community Guidelines

StudySocial works because people are willing to show friends their real week: what classes they have, when they are free, what they have committed to. That only happens when people feel comfortable. These guidelines exist to protect that feeling.

They apply to everything other people can see: your name, username and profile picture, class names, event and commitment titles, room text, what you write in a group project, and anything else you put where a friend or a project-mate will read it. They are not a contract — the Terms of Service are — but breaking them is a reason for us to act.

Treat people on StudySocial the way you would want to be treated in a study group you actually like. Disagree if you need to, but do it without insults. Assume the person on the other end is a real student with a real week.

Do not target anyone with insults, humiliation, or unwanted attention. Do not threaten to hurt anyone, and do not encourage others to. Do not use class names, event titles, or usernames as a way to mock or intimidate someone. Sending repeated friend requests to someone who has said no, or keeps ignoring you, counts too.

Do not attack people because of who they are — including their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, age, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Slurs, hateful symbols, and “jokes” at the expense of a group are not welcome anywhere on StudySocial.

Do not use StudySocial to sexualize, exploit, or endanger anyone, and never a minor. Do not post sexual content where other people can see it, and do not use the app to solicit sexual content from anyone. We treat anything that puts a minor at risk as the most serious thing that can happen here, and we will remove the account involved.

Keep your profile authentic. Use your real name or the name people actually know you by, so the right friends find you. Do not pretend to be another student, a professor, a school, or anyone else, and do not pick a username designed to be mistaken for someone else’s.

When a friend shares their schedule with you, that is trust, not an invitation. Do not use it to follow them, show up uninvited, or keep tabs on where they are.

• Do not share someone’s schedule, room, or class list outside StudySocial without their okay. The same goes for anything written in a group project you are part of.
• No doxxing: do not post anyone’s personal information — address, phone number, email, or anything else — anywhere on StudySocial.
• No stalking. If someone has stopped responding, blocked you, or asked you to stop, stop.
• Do not add a “managed person” to your account as a way to track someone who has not agreed to it.

Remember that you control your own sharing too. You can turn schedule sharing or details sharing off in Settings → Privacy at any time.

Do not use StudySocial to advertise, sell, or recruit. Do not send friend requests in bulk to people you do not know. Do not post links to phishing pages, malware, or scams, and do not upload files designed to harm anyone’s device. If you would not click it yourself, do not share it.

StudySocial is for organizing your work, not for getting around it. Do not use the app to share exam content, answers, or other material where your school prohibits it, and do not use it to help anyone else break their school’s academic rules. Your school’s rules about collaboration and academic honesty still apply to you; StudySocial does not change them and cannot excuse you from them.

• Do not try to get around a block — for example, by creating a new account to reach someone who blocked you.
• Do not try to see a schedule or details that someone has not shared with you.
• Do not probe, attack, or interfere with StudySocial’s security controls.
• Do not use bots, scripts, scrapers, or other automated tools to access StudySocial or create accounts.

If you find a security problem, please tell us through the contact form instead of exploiting it. We would much rather hear about it.

Do not use StudySocial to do anything illegal, to plan anything illegal, or to help anyone else do so. This includes posting content you do not have the right to share.

You can report a person from the Safety Center. Pick a reason, add a short description if it helps, and send it. The person you report is not told who reported them. You can see the status of your own reports.

You can also block someone. Blocking is private: the blocked person is not notified. You can see and manage the accounts you have blocked in Settings → Safety.

If you are in danger, or someone else is, contact local emergency services first. StudySocial is not an emergency service.

Honest answer: StudySocial does not have a moderation team. Reports go into a queue that the people who run StudySocial review themselves. We read every report, but we cannot promise how quickly.

When we act, the outcome depends on what happened. It might be:

• removing the content;
• a warning;
• restricting some features;
• a temporary suspension;
• permanent removal of the account.

We decide case by case. Serious things — threats, anything involving a minor, getting around a block — can go straight to removal. We do not promise a particular outcome, a particular process, or a timeline, and we may act without notice when we think it is needed to protect someone. If you think we got a decision wrong, write to us through the contact form.