ground rules

Welcome to Mesh, where trust matters.

We created Mesh as a place for you to bring your best self.  Here, you can grow, learn and build your community. While our communities are independently run, we have some ground rules to help Mesh stay safe and open for you and for everyone.

Each community makes their own rules.

Community moderators are the pillars of every Mesh community. We trust them to make their own rules and lead their communities in a way that best supports their members.

However, our Ground Rules always come first. When conflict is escalated to the Mesh team, we will prioritize the spirit and letter of Mesh Ground Rules.

Respect yourself and others.

There are so many places on the internet where you can be a jerk. Mesh isn’t one of them. Mesh is where you bring your best self. Here, we are supportive of one another, act in good faith and are open to others.

If you disagree with someone, don’t do ad hominem attacks. If you want to get angry and argue, do it somewhere else. Or better yet, step away from the phone and take a walk.

Keep yourself and others safe.

We consider it a community responsibility to keep ourselves and others safe. If you see someone being harmed, harassed, or abused, report that conduct to a community leader or to Mesh.

If you notice that someone is being unsafe, privately contact community leaders to flag it with them. If the behavior continues and community leaders aren’t addressing it, report them to Mesh.

Mesh has a zero tolerance policy for unsafe behavior. If someone is being hurt, we act immediately. If it’s not clear that the behavior is harmful (a.k.a. grey area), we give the benefit of the doubt.

If users are engaging in patterns of harmful behavior, we will ban them from Mesh. If a user has been repeatedly reported or banned from multiple communities, we may also ban them from Mesh.

Don’t pretend to be someone you are not.

Trust is the foundation of our communities. Use your real name or a nickname if you can.

Parody community accounts are fine, as long as it’s a public figure or celebrity. Obviously, do not impersonate private citizens. That’s just not cool.

Don’t steal other people’s work.

Don’t share stuff you didn’t create without attribution and never take credit for something you didn’t make.

Mesh is home to creators and artists, and we believe they deserve credit for what they’ve produced. We’ve made it easy for you to attribute the original artist by linking to their Mesh account, website or social account. If you don’t know who that is, say so.

If you are knowingly or repeatedly stealing content without permission, we’ll kick you out.

Selling is mostly ok.

You can sell goods and services on the Mesh platform, but it’s up to community leaders to decide whether it’s allowed and/or appropriate for the community.

That being said, Mesh is not a store. The safest way to buy and sell on Mesh is by linking to your e-commerce store, OnlyFans or PayPal account. We are not responsible for issues that arise from sales on Mesh.  Ensure that you are following your payment processor rules and guidelines.

Do not sell anything you do not own or have permission to sell.

Do not bring your multi-level marketing (MLM) pitch to Mesh. MLMs are not welcome at Mesh and MLM salespeople will be banned.

Do not sell nudity or pornography on Mesh. If you want to sell sexual content, link to your OnlyFans account (as long as your community allows it!)

Don’t spam anyone.

Be respectful. Don’t post comments on other creators’ pages promoting your own page.

Don’t send a large number of unsolicited private messages asking for support. Do not use bots or other forms of fake engagement.

Each community has its own rules about spamming. If a community leader is spamming using their community leader privileges, you can report them to Mesh.

Mesh is for people who are older than 13.

We take the safety of children very seriously.

If you post content that includes your children, ask them first. It’s possible they may not want their lives broadcast on the internet. Once something is on there, it never goes away.

Some Mesh communities are not appropriate for children. You must be 18+ to access communities that include nudity or drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol.

Mesh community members who are younger than 16 cannot use direct messaging.

Mesh is not a place for genitalia.

Do not share pictures of genitalia! We have no problem with your genitals, but the App Store does. We ask that you limit sharing images of nipples and nudity to Mesh communities that are 18+ and that welcome sexual images and nudity.