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Community safety

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Community safety tools include publish-time checks, Report, and Block. This article walks through what happens before your post or comment goes live and how to flag concerning content in the feed.

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Safety checks when you publish

When you tap Post, Save on an edited post, or the paperplane send control on a comment, Red Tent runs on-device checks before your text goes live.

01
Community Guidelines
If a new Guidelines version needs acceptance, the Community Guidelines sheet appears first—scroll, check the agreement box, then tap Accept & Continue. See Accepting Community Guidelines.
02
Couldn't post
When your draft matches a bundled prohibited phrase, an alert titled Couldn't post asks you to review Community Guidelines. Edit your text and try again.
03
Posting...
After checks pass, your post or comment publishes to the Community feed on the privacy boundaries described in Community rules.
  • Checks run on your device when you tap publish.
  • The bundled list targets clearly prohibited content such as directed harassment, credible threats, illegal solicitation, and how-to self-harm instructions.
  • Peer-support posts about distress, PMDD symptoms, and hard days generally publish when they follow Community Guidelines.

Report a published post or comment

Use Report on content already in the feed when you want moderation review. The overflow menu (⋯) on someone else's post or comment opens the private report sheet.

01
Report Post
Choose Report Post or Report Comment, pick a reason such as Self-harm or dangerous content, add optional details, then tap Submit.
02
Thank you
After a successful report, that item hides from your feeds while review runs. See Reporting posts and comments for rate limits and My reports history.

Block an author

Block hides someone's posts and comments from your feeds. You can block from the same overflow menu as Report—with or without filing a report first.

01
Block user
On a post or comment, open the overflow menu (⋯) and choose Block @username or Block Anonymous User.
02
Blocked users
Manage your list under Settings → Community → Blocked users. See Blocking users for scope and unblock steps.

Supporting others in the feed

  • Lead with kindness—many members post during difficult luteal days.
  • Add a trigger warning at the top of posts that may be hard to read—see Community rules.
  • Use Report when published content crosses Guidelines.
🔒Community posts and comments sync through Apple's CloudKit Public Database. Block lists, reports, and rules acceptance stay private to your Apple ID through iCloud.