Community Guidelines

Wable is a community for neurodivergent people that fosters meaningful connections in a safe, inclusive and respectful way. To uphold the integrity of our environment, we hold our members accountable for the way in which they treat each other on the app.

Our Community Guidelines are established to keep our users safe and well informed. These guidelines clearly stipulate what content and conduct is not acceptable, on and off the platform.

Profile Guidelines

Your Age: To join Wable, you must be at least 18 years old. It's prohibited to create a profile that deliberately misrepresents your age as under 18. We may request your ID to confirm your age, and if found underage, we reserve the right to block you from the platform.

Your Profile Pictures: We aim for your profile to reflect your true identity! Hence, we mandate that at least one of your profile images exclusively features you and clearly displays your entire face.

We prohibit:

Profile pictures that are extensively altered or feature exaggerated or unnatural digital effects to the extent that it becomes unclear whether you are the individual depicted in the photos.
Any added symbols, icons, frames, or stickers not from Wable on your profile photos.
Memes or images consisting predominantly of text are not suitable as profile photos.
Profile images of children on their own.
Profile images of unclothed children.

Your Username: Wable members are permitted to utilize initials, abbreviations, contracted or shortened versions of their name, nicknames, full names, and middle names. Your username need not be your legal name, but it should authentically represent the name you commonly use.

We do not allow:

Any words or phrases that go against our Community Guidelines.
Utilizing the name of a celebrity or fictional character.
Words or characters (excluding valid names) such as descriptive words, symbols (e.g., $, *, @), emojis, numbers, or punctuation.

Adult Nudity and Sexual Activity: We prohibit nude, sexually explicit, or sexually vulgar profile content. Additionally, we do not allow the commercial exchange of romantic or sexual activity, content, or services, including attempts to sell, advertise, or buy adult sexual content.

Bullying and Abusive Conduct: Our community is dedicated to fostering meaningful and positive connections. Therefore, we do not tolerate content or behavior that harasses, bullies, or targets any individual or group. This encompasses belittling, insulting, or intimidating behavior; making unsolicited comments about someone’s appearance; engaging in emotional abuse; blackmail; repeated unwanted contact; or expressing, encouraging, or praising acts of violence.

Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: We maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards any form of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Content that sexualizes or poses a danger to children, whether real or fictional (e.g., anime, media, text, illustrations, or digital images), is strictly prohibited. This encompasses any visual depictions or discussions of sexually explicit conduct involving a child. For the purposes of this policy, a child is defined as anyone under the age of 18. It is forbidden to upload, store, produce, share, or encourage the sharing of child sexual abuse material, even if the intent is to express outrage or raise awareness about this issue.

Commercial and Promotional Activity: Wable is not intended as a marketplace. Therefore, we prohibit the use of Wable for unsolicited commercial or promotional purposes.

Controlled Goods and Substances: Members are prohibited from using our platforms to engage in the buying, selling, supplying, distributing, or directly facilitating the purchase, sale, supply, or distribution of illegal drugs and/or the misuse of controlled goods and substances. This encompasses e-cigarettes, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, or the misuse of legal substances such as prescription drugs, tobacco, or alcohol.

Dangerous Organizations and Individuals: Wable does not allow organizations or individuals that promote, glorify, condone, or are associated with a violent, dangerous, or terrorist-based agenda to have a presence on our platform.

Identity-Based Hate: Wable strives to cultivate a diverse and inclusive community. Therefore, we do not tolerate content or behavior that promotes or condones hate, dehumanization, degradation, or contempt directed at marginalized or minoritized communities based on protected attributes such as race/ethnicity, national origin/nationality/immigration status, caste, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or serious health condition, or religion/belief.

Inauthentic Profiles: At Wable, we value authenticity, and we require all members to accurately represent themselves on their profiles. Impersonation or misrepresentation is strictly prohibited on our platform. This includes catfishing, which involves creating an online persona that does not reflect your true identity, as well as providing false information about yourself, such as your name, gender, age, or permanent location.

Misinformation: We prohibit the sharing of demonstrably false or substantially misleading content that is likely to cause serious harm or negatively impact individual or public safety. This includes content that directly contradicts information and guidance from leading and reputable global health organizations and public health authorities, false or misleading information on any civic process, and dangerous and unproven conspiracy-type theories.

Physical and Sexual Violence: We do not tolerate any content, imagery, or behavior that commits or threatens credible acts of physical or sexual violence. This includes physical stalking, using our platform to assist, facilitate, or support exploitation or human trafficking, and sexual assault of any kind, which we define as unwanted physical contact or attempted physical contact that is sexual in nature.

Scams and Theft: Wable prohibits any scam or theft activity intended to defraud or manipulate members out of financial or material resources. This includes requesting or seeking financial support, lying about your intentions for financial gain, or faking romantic intentions to deceive members out of financial or material resources.

Sexual Harassment: We do not tolerate sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is considered to be any non-physical, unwanted, and unwelcome sexual behaviors between members. This includes cyberflashing (i.e., sharing unsolicited sexually explicit images), in-person indecent exposure, sharing or threatening to share sexual or intimate images without the consent of the person involved or depicted, sending unwanted sexual comments or images, and fetishization.

Spam: We do not permit any kind of unwanted or irrelevant content sent in bulk or high frequency. This includes sharing misleading or misdirecting links, creating an excessive number of accounts causing disruption to other members, or having multiple active profiles on our platform to engage in unwanted interactions.

Suicide and Self-Injury Promotional: We prioritize the well-being of our members and recognize that some may face challenges related to mental health, self-injury, suicidal thoughts, substance use, or eating disorders. While we encourage members to share personal experiences with these issues in a supportive environment, we strictly prohibit any content that portrays, encourages, glorifies, or facilitates activities that could contribute to suicide, self-injury, or unhealthy relationships with food or body image.

Violent and Graphic Content: We do not permit violent, graphic, or gory content. This includes descriptions of violence in usernames or profile content, photos containing real or realistic-appearing blood, bodily fluids, or injury, or images depicting guns of any kind (except on a uniformed member of law enforcement or military personnel).

Manipulation of the Platform: Our main goal is to cultivate a community based on genuine and meaningful connections. Hence, any endeavors to artificially alter connections, matching, conversations, or engagement through automation or scripting are strictly prohibited.

Safety Reporting: At Wable, ensuring safety is always our top priority. We employ a combination of human moderation and automated systems to monitor and review Wable accounts, identifying any content that may go against our Community Guidelines, Terms and Conditions, or pose any other risks.

Our members play a crucial role in maintaining Wable's safety by reporting any content or behavior that may violate our Community Guidelines. If you encounter anything that makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, we strongly encourage you to either Unmatch or Block & Report the member.

However, it's important to note that simply disagreeing with or disliking a member or their content isn't sufficient grounds for reporting. We may take action against members found to be intentionally filing false or inappropriate reports against others, especially if based solely on their protected attributes. This includes reporting transgender or nonbinary members without valid reason or repeatedly filing false reports of misconduct.

Enforcement Philosophy: All Wable members are expected to adhere to the platform rules outlined in our Community Guidelines. If your behavior violates Wable's Community Guidelines, values, or is deemed potentially harmful to Wable or its members, we may take various actions on your account. When determining the consequences for violating our community guidelines, we consider several factors including.

For instance, we may:

Remove the content
Issue a warning
Ban the offending member from Wable

Additionally, when necessary, we may collaborate with law enforcement to aid in potential criminal investigations related to member conduct.

Your conduct towards others outside of the Wable app can also lead to action against your account. If we become aware of harm between members during dates, meetups with friends, via text messages or direct messaging platforms, or relevant alleged criminal or harmful behavior committed in your past or outside of Wable, we may take necessary action as if it occurred on our platform.

If you believe we have made an error in taking action on your account or content, you can always reach out to us via support@hellowable.com.