Community rules set the standards for posts and comments in Red Tent—what we expect, what is not allowed, and what can happen when guidelines are broken. Use this hub for the policy overview; step-by-step acceptance, reporting, blocking, and crisis flows live in linked articles below.
What Community rules are for
The PMDD Community is a peer-support space inside the app—not medical care and not private messaging. These rules describe how to participate safely and respectfully so members can share lived experience without harassment, misinformation, or harm.
- Applies to posts, comments, and reactions in Community—not daily tracking on Home or charts in Reports.
- Full legal text appears in the in-app Community Guidelines document; this article summarizes the essentials.
- You must accept the current Guidelines version before you can post or comment—see Accepting Community Guidelines for gate steps at first visit and before publish.
Expected behavior
- Be kind — treat other members with compassion. Disagreement is fine; bullying, shaming, or personal attacks are not.
- Support, don't judge — PMDD looks different for everyone. Share your experience without invalidating someone else's.
- Share experiences, not medical advice — discuss what helped you, but do not diagnose, prescribe, or pressure others to change treatment. Encourage talking with qualified healthcare providers for health decisions.
- Protect privacy — do not share another member's posts, health details, or screenshots outside the app without their consent.
What is not allowed — conduct
- Harassment, hate speech, or discrimination based on identity, health status, or other protected characteristics.
- Threats, glorification of violence, or sexually explicit or soliciting content.
- Spam, scams, commercial solicitation, or misleading links unrelated to peer support.
- Impersonation of another person, a member, or Red Tent PMDD.
- Illegal content or sharing someone else's private information without permission.
What is not allowed — harmful content
- Content that promotes, glorifies, or gives instructions for self-harm, suicide, or dangerous behavior—sharing struggles and seeking support is welcome; reach for professional crisis resources when you need urgent help.
- Graphic descriptions of violence, abuse, or self-harm.
- Medical misinformation that could cause harm—presenting unverified claims as established fact when they could lead others to dangerous health decisions.
Sensitive topics and trigger warnings
PMDD intersects with mental health, relationships, trauma, and reproductive topics. Discussing them is part of peer support.
When your post may be distressing to read, start with a clear trigger warning—for example, TW: suicidal ideation—so others can decide whether to engage. Trigger warnings are a courtesy, not a guarantee that every reader will be prepared.
If guidelines are broken
Red Tent PMDD may review reports and take action at our discretion—we do not promise to catch every violation. When a problem is identified, enforcement can include:
- Removing or modifying a specific post or comment.
- Sending a warning about the violation.
- Restricting community features (posting, commenting, or reactions) temporarily or permanently.
- Restricting community access at the account level for repeated or serious violations.
Community enforcement affects Community features only—tracking, journals, Safety Plan, and other personal health tools stay available. If you believe an action was taken in error, you may appeal by emailing support@redtentpmdd.com with a description of the situation.
How rules relate to Terms and Privacy
- Terms and Conditions — master agreement for using the app.
- Privacy Policy — how information is collected, stored, and deleted.
- Community Guidelines — standards for Community participation (this article summarizes them).
- Research Data Sharing Notice — optional research contributions, separate from Community.
If documents conflict, Terms take precedence, then Privacy, then these Guidelines. See Privacy and legal to open each document in Settings.
Your safety tools in the app
- Accepting Community Guidelines — first-visit gate, checkbox, scroll requirement, and version updates.
- Reporting posts and comments — private report sheet, reasons, and what happens after you submit.
- Blocking users — hide someone's posts and comments from your feeds; block scope for anonymous vs display-name content.
- Community safety — publish-time checks, Report, and Block.
- Crisis hotline in Resources — urgent support and hotline placement outside Community.
Community tab overview covers feed basics. Community profile settings explains how your display name and anonymous posting work in threads.