Safety & Community Guidelines

Be respectful. No harassment, hate speech, threats, discrimination, sexual content involving minors, doxxing, spam, or scams. If you wouldn’t say it with your name attached to a crowded hallway, don’t say it here. The full rules live in our Terms of Service.

• Freedom Wall posts are reviewed before publication. Nothing appears on the public wall until a moderator approves it.
• Reports are read by humans. When you report a chat or a post, an automated classifier pre-screens it, but a human moderator makes every enforcement decision — nobody is banned by a bot.
• Bans are real. Violations can mean content removal, a 24-hour ban, or a permanent device-level ban for serious or repeated abuse. Enforcement is designed carefully so shared campus computers don’t get innocent people banned.
• Blocking is instant and permanent. Block anyone at any time; you will never be matched with them again.
• Appeals are heard. If you believe a ban was a mistake, email us via the Contact page and a moderator will re-review it.

Inside any chat, open the menu and choose Report — the conversation context is attached automatically so moderators can see what happened. On the Freedom Wall, use the report option on the post. Reporting is anonymous; the other person is not told who reported them.

• Never share your full name, address, class schedule, phone number, or social accounts with a stranger — no matter how friendly the conversation feels.
• Never send money, GCash, gift cards, or account credentials to anyone you met here. Report anyone who asks.
• If you agree to meet someone in person (we recommend you don’t), meet in a public place and tell a friend where you are.
• Screenshots are allowed by others’ devices — assume anything you send could be saved.
• Trust your gut. If a chat turns uncomfortable, end it, block, and report. You owe strangers nothing.

The Freedom Wall often carries posts from people having a hard time. If that’s you right now, you don’t have to carry it alone. In the Philippines you can reach the National Center for Mental Health crisis hotline at 1553 (landline, toll-free, 24/7) or 0917-899-8727. Talking to a professional is a stronger move than any anonymous post.

Most AnimoChat conversations are funny, comforting, or just pleasantly random — that’s the work of thousands of users choosing to be decent while anonymous. Report what breaks the rules, be patient with new people, and the wall stays worth reading.