Community Guidelines

Be respectful of the people and communities on PriveFans. People are different. That’s what’s beautiful about the internet and creativity: communities of varying types can assemble and flourish. We want PriveFans to be an intimate and safe venue for a diverse range of Models and their communities.

How these guidelines are enforced

Please realize that PriveFans is a diverse community, and while you may not necessarily agree with someone’s point of view, it may not be a violation of our Community Guidelines. That said, when you see a page on PriveFans that you feel violates our community guidelines, please take the time to report them via our reporting tool. A member of the Trust & Safety team will review the report, and if our Community Guidelines have been violated, the case manager will contact the Model to let them know that they are outside these guidelines.

This is a commitment to Models. We know this is your livelihood. We invest heavily in making these decisions as fair and transparent as possible. We always want Models to feel like they have an open line of communication. So how does this translate to moderation? Our first reflex is always to try to educate Models to help them understand how a rule has been broken and how to remedy the issue. In cases where the violation is particularly bad or intentional, we may take further action, such as suspending or removing their account. In the most extreme cases, we may ban a Model from using PriveFans.

Because you are earning on PriveFans, we may be held accountable for what you do with those funds, so we may also look at what you do with your membership off our platform. As a result, when we talk about “On PriveFans,” it means the Models you are funding on and through PriveFans. When reviewing a page, we look at how posts/products are shared, where the page is linked to, and where the traffic comes from. No matter what happens, we always give Models the opportunity to appeal a decision by contacting us and sending any relevant information they believe was not considered. We may not change our minds, but we will always listen.

Be safe, be respectful, make stuff

These Community Guidelines exist to shape and guide PriveFans and the growing number of Models and communities using it. This is not about building an arbitrary framework of “right” or “wrong.” It’s about making PriveFans a place where diverse Models and their communities feel excited, supported, and happy to exist, while still allowing for different—and sometimes even conflicting—points of view.

These guidelines summarize a thorough, thoughtful, and living internal policy that we spent time thinking about and defining with guidance from community and safety experts. We’re proud of these guidelines because we believe they will help Models build a safe and supportive environment in which they can continue to create, share, and build intimate and lasting relationships with their Fans.

Authenticity

To summarize: PriveFans is for Models who put something original out into the world. As a Model, you may not post content that infringes on others’ intellectual property rights.

• You can’t create fake pages or collect money for things you’re not actually doing. For example, you cannot create a fan page for someone else.
• You cannot pretend to be or impersonate someone else by using the name, brand, or works of another to deceive Fans. We will review satire and comedy in a different way as we believe these subgenres are original creations.
• You also can’t use PriveFans as a prank or to fund non-activity. For example, a Model cannot collect funds for ‘not doing’ something, such as, ‘I will stop tweeting videos of playing the harmonica badly if I reach $200 per month.’

If you want to read more about our copyright infringement policies, you can find more information in our Copyright and Trademark Policy.

Bullying, harassment, and threats

We don’t allow bullying or harassment because we want PriveFans to feel like a safe place for our various communities. At the same time, we want people to be able to express themselves, be critical, and discuss controversial issues.

We recognize that discussing celebrities, media, or other public figures can sometimes involve harsh criticism, and we believe that is an appropriate part of free debate. However, we draw the line when it comes to harassing private figures or taking any action that might affect people’s physical safety, regardless of whether these people are private or public figures.

As much as we want you to be able to express yourself, we want all of our users to have the right to express their opinion without feeling intimidated. Even the most difficult conversations should take place in the most respectful way. Here is how we define these behaviors:

• Bullying and harassment: You cannot attempt to intimidate anyone, either directly or by using your influence over others. We treat real-life interactions more seriously than online interactions because they can be more threatening and lead to physical violence. When both sides engage in similar behavior, such as feuds between public figures, we are less likely to take action.

• Threats: Anyone on PriveFans should be able to express their opinion in a way that doesn’t threaten another person. We take threats of violence very seriously. Any Model or Fan threatening the well-being of an individual or group will be removed. This includes threatening behavior such as stalking or inciting others to commit violent acts.

If you are a victim of this behavior and feel that your personal safety is at risk, we suggest you contact your local law enforcement, in addition to reporting the behavior to us.

Hate speech

PriveFans connects Models to their Fans all over the world. We are a global platform built on promoting creativity, which makes us a very inclusive group. Therefore, there is no room on PriveFans for projects funding hate speech, such as calling for violence, exclusion, or segregation. This includes serious attacks on people based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, serious medical conditions, caste, or immigration status.

When reviewing an account for a potential hate speech violation, we consider the following questions:

• Is there a call for violence against someone based on a characteristic like those listed above?
• Does the Model use dehumanizing language when talking about people based on one of the above characteristics?
• Is the Model using racial slurs or negative depictions of someone based on a characteristic like those listed above?
• Does the Model mock or deny the experience of victims of hate crimes such as the Holocaust?
• Is the Model targeting people based on their immigration status in a discriminatory way, or simply discussing immigration policy?
• Is the statement legitimate criticism of a State, institution, or belief, or does the context make it clear that the user is using code words or proxies to attack people based on the above characteristics?

This list is not exhaustive, but we want to be transparent about how we work in the gray areas between speech and action. If you come across what you believe to be hate speech on PriveFans, please take the time to report it.

Doxing

We take a strong stance against doxing, which is sharing an individual’s private information or aggregating their public information for the purpose of intimidating them through harassment. Doxing isn’t speech countering speech; it is shutting down others' ability to speak and removing our ability to discuss ideas.

​Chargebacks

Chargebacks are initiated when individuals, or in PriveFans’s case, Fans, reach out to their financial institutions to dispute a transaction. To protect Models, PriveFans will review excessive and potentially fraudulent chargebacks and may prevent Fans from subscribing to additional Models during that review. If a Fan’s chargebacks are found to be fraudulent, PriveFans reserves the right to suspend or remove their account.