Most platforms bury their real intentions in a privacy policy nobody reads and change them whenever it's convenient. This is the opposite: a short list of promises we intend to be held to. If we ever break one, you should be able to point at this page.
1. You are never the product
We will never sell your data, and we will never show you ads. Addaly is not funded by turning your attention or your history into inventory. There is no behavioural profile of you being built here to sell to anyone.
2. No public scores on human beings
There are no follower counts, no public karma, and no downvotes — anywhere, for anyone. We do keep an internal trust signal to fight spam and abuse, but it is never shown, never ranked publicly, and never becomes a number people chase.
3. Anonymous means anonymous
Everything you post is attached to the name you were handed, never to the account behind it. When you claim a name to keep it across devices, the login you use to claim it stays private. Nobody browsing Addaly can connect your handle to your email, phone, or real identity.
4. Distress is met with support, not punishment
If you write something that sounds like you're struggling, your post stays up and help resources are offered alongside it. We will never remove or penalise someone for reaching out in pain. The only things we act on are content that encourages harm to yourself or others.
5. You'll always know why, and you can appeal
If something you posted is removed, you get a plain-language reason — not a silent disappearance. Every removal can be appealed to a human, and appeals are read.
6. Opinions aren't crimes
Political and uncomfortable views are welcome in the rooms that opt into them. We may limit how far a divisive post travels, but we do not delete people for disagreeing. The line is drawn at hate, harassment, and harm — never at dissent.
7. No policy whiplash
These rights don't change quietly. If we ever need to revise them, we'll say what changed and why, in language a person can read.
Questions about any of this belong in the open. Bring them to the rooms, or read the rules for how we keep them warm.