Community guidelines
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Short version: help keep BrighterTube educational. Vote honestly, one person one voice, and be kind in what you write. The editor makes the final call on everything.
BrighterTube has no comments or public profiles. The ways you can take part are slop votes, reports, suggestions, messages and shared playlists. These guidelines cover all of them.
Slop votes
- Vote on whether a video teaches, not whether you agree with it or like the creator. A clear explanation of a view you disagree with can still be education.
- Use the reason chips (clickbait, entertainment not teaching, wrong or misleading, ad/promo) when one fits. They help the editor decide quickly.
- One vote per person per video. Don't use extra accounts, devices or bots, and don't organize pile-ons. Votes only put a video on the review list; they never take it down by themselves.
Reports
- Report a video that's broken, mislabelled, inaccurate or clearly not educational, and say what's wrong in a sentence.
- For a copyright problem or a creator removal, use the copyright page instead, so it's handled properly.
Suggestions
- Suggest channels, playlists and videos that genuinely teach. A short note on why helps.
- Creators are welcome to suggest their own channel, once. Repeated self-promotion slows things down for everyone.
- One suggestion is enough; repeats don't speed things up, and there's a daily limit.
Anything you write
- Be kind. No harassment, hate, threats or personal attacks, including about creators.
- Don't post other people's personal information.
- Playlist names you share publicly should be fine for anyone to see.
- No spam, scams, or links to malware.
What happens if these are broken
Most problems sort themselves out: votes from people whose flags editors keep declining count for less, and rate limits stop floods. Beyond that, we may ignore or remove submissions, turn off a share link, or suspend an account. Serious abuse or anything illegal may be reported to the right authorities.
Disagree with a decision? Tell us why. Decisions can be revisited, and good arguments change minds. See also the Terms of Use.