Keep the loom steady.

Respect the Person Behind the Page

Storyloom welcomes strong opinions about stories, but not cruelty toward people.

• No harassment, threats, hate speech, doxxing, intimidation, stalking, or targeted abuse.
• No attacks against readers, writers, hosts, moderators, admins, or staff.
• Disagree with ideas, interpretations, and craft choices without turning disagreement into personal harm.

Protect Original Work

Storyloom exists because writers trust the app with their work. That trust has to be protected everywhere.

• Do not plagiarize, repost, mirror, scrape, mass copy, or claim another person's writing or creative work.
• Do not upload cover art, images, names, or material you do not own or have permission to use.
• Do not encourage others to bypass copy-protection, steal chapters, or reproduce paid, private, hidden, or unpublished material.

Post With Context

Community spaces work best when posts have enough shape for other readers and writers to respond meaningfully.

• Keep posts relevant to the topic, club, profile, story, chapter, or conversation where they appear.
• Use Intros for introductions, General for broad discussion, Social for lighter conversation, and staff-controlled topics for official announcements or contests.
• Avoid repetitive self-promotion, unrelated links, low-effort spam, and posts designed only to farm reactions.

Be Honest About Story Content

Readers should not have to guess what kind of story they are entering.

• Use accurate genres, tags, ratings, warnings, and summaries when publishing.
• Do not mislabel mature, violent, explicit, or potentially triggering material to chase discovery.
• If staff asks for clearer warnings or categorization, update the story before pushing it further.

Reviews Should Help Readers

Reviews are for reader experience, not revenge, harassment, or manipulation.

• Review the story, not the author's identity or personal life.
• Do not review-bomb, trade fake reviews, pressure readers for ratings, or use multiple accounts to inflate engagement.
• Spoilers should be handled with care where the interface or discussion context makes them visible.

Book Clubs Need Room to Breathe

Clubs are shared reading rooms. Hosts guide the pace; members keep the room alive.

• Respect host schedules, pinned reads, polls, room rules, and currently reading selections.
• Vote honestly on club suggestions and host handoff requests.
• Inactive or low-support suggestions may be cleared over time so better-supported rooms can emerge.

No Harmful or Illegal Use

Storyloom cannot be used to exploit people, coordinate harm, or evade safety systems.

• No sexual exploitation, non-consensual material, real-world threats, fraud, malware, scams, or illegal activity.
• No impersonation, ban evasion, coordinated manipulation, or attempts to bypass access restrictions.
• No content or behavior that puts minors, vulnerable people, or the wider community at risk.

Reports Are for Real Concerns

Reporting helps staff and moderators find issues. Misusing reports makes the community harder to protect.

• Report plagiarism, harassment, threats, impersonation, spam, mature-content issues, copyright concerns, and policy violations.
• Do not report content only because you dislike the genre, trope, pairing, style, or opinion.
• Include enough context for staff to review the issue without guessing.

How Enforcement Works

Storyloom may act when a post, story, account, review, club, or conversation harms trust in the app.

• Actions may include warnings, hidden posts, removed content, paused threads, feature limits, rejected submissions, suspensions, or account closure.
• Volunteer moderators focus on community and book club spaces; staff handles writer applications, first-story review, story enforcement, account action, and admin controls.
• Severe or repeated violations may lead to action without a long warning cycle.

Need help?

Signed-in users can use the Support page. You can also contact support@storyloom.ca for safety, copyright, account, or policy concerns.