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Profile Guidelines

We don’t allow profiles that contain any of the following:

  • Abusive language of any kind: including profanity, vulgarity, racism, illegal activity, etc.
  • Contact information: including email addresses, URLs, instant messenger IDs, phone numbers, addresses, etc.
  • Unauthorized use of copyrighted or trademarked material
  • Business or political advertisements or solicitations
  • References to illegal activities or drug use
  • Languages other than English, Spanish, or French
  • Material that exploits or solicits personal information from individuals under the age of 18
  • Overt solicitation for sex or descriptions of sexual activity, anatomy, etc.
  • Solicitation of multiple or additional partners
  • Insufficient or illegible content

Approving a Profile

  • When you update your profile text, we’ll review it before it gets posted, which can sometimes take up to 1 hour.
  • Whenever you make an update, the new text is reviewed before it becomes visible to other members.
  • We review every section of the profile, including the main profile essay, short answers to other profile questions, first name, occupation, etc. 
  • You’ll be notified via email once your profile has been reviewed and approved.

Pending Approval

  • When you submit an update to your profile text, it will go into “Pending” status. That means it’s waiting for us to review the changes.
  •  Your previous profile text will still be posted during this time, unless you don’t have any previously approved text.

Profile Approved

  • If your profile is Hidden, it will become Visible when your updated profile text is approved. This only happens when your profile is Hidden.
  • If you want to keep your profile Hidden, then you’ll need to adjust your visibility settings again after your profile update is approved.
  • If you’re using Private Mode, your profile will not become Visible when an update is approved. 

Profile Rejected

  • If your new profile text doesn’t meet our guidelines, it won’t be approved or displayed on the site and we’ll send you an email to let you know why. 
  • If your previous profile text was approved, it will remain posted on your profile in most cases. 
  • Sometimes, a profile rejection will cause your profile to become Hidden instead.