Community Guidelines

Surf is a place for open, honest expression. Share your ideas, your work, your humor, and your point of view, including perspectives that others may not share. The best conversations leave room for disagreement.

We try to keep a light touch. The guidelines that follow aren't about policing opinions or taste, they're here for the moments where expression starts to cause real harm to other people. Short of that, you have a lot of freedom to simply be yourself.

Treat every person on Surf with basic human respect. Disagree with ideas, not people. Conversations can be passionate without being cruel.

Targeted harassment, bullying, and hate speech have no place on Surf. This includes content that attacks individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Be yourself. Surf is built for genuine human connection, not manufactured personas, coordinated manipulation, or artificial engagement.

Do not impersonate others, operate bot networks, use automated tools to inflate engagement, or engage in coordinated inauthentic behavior. Parody and fan accounts must be clearly and prominently labeled as such.

Surf is for everyone. Content that endangers others, physically, emotionally, or financially, is strictly prohibited.

Do not share content that promotes self-harm, glorifies violence, facilitates illegal activity, or exploits vulnerable individuals. If you or someone you know is in danger, contact local emergency services immediately. In the U.S., you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988; we may also surface crisis resources when we detect content related to self-harm.

Share content you have the right to share. Give credit where credit is due. Intellectual property theft undermines the creative community.

Do not post content that infringes on copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights. If you share someone else’s work, attribute it properly. Surf complies fully with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Surf supports free expression within the bounds of law and basic decency. Some content may be sensitive, use content warnings to give others a choice about what they see.

Certain types of content are always prohibited, regardless of context, intent, or artistic merit.

If you see something that breaks these Guidelines or the law, report it. In-product reporting tools route your report to our moderation team, and you can also reach us by email. Reporting is confidential, and we don't tolerate retaliation against people who report in good faith.

We act quickly on the most serious harms. Consistent with the TAKE IT DOWN Act, if you are depicted in an intimate image (including AI-generated or “deepfake” imagery) shared without your consent, you can request removal and we will remove valid reports, and identical known copies, generally within 48 hours.

Do not attempt to compromise the security, integrity, or availability of the Platform. This includes technical attacks, exploitation of vulnerabilities, and abuse of Platform features.

These Guidelines describe the kinds of behavior that are and aren't allowed, but the examples here are not exhaustive. Violations are assessed on a case-by-case basis and handled proportionally. Surf Platforms Inc. interprets and enforces these Guidelines and decides what constitutes a violation and the appropriate action, consistent with applicable law.

In serious cases, conduct that happens off Surf, such as credible real-world threats, coordinated abuse organized elsewhere, or membership in a violent organization, can affect your standing on Surf. Attempting to evade enforcement (for example, by creating new accounts after a ban) is itself a violation.

We believe in transparency. When we take action on your content or account, we aim to notify you with a clear explanation and, where appropriate and lawful, an opportunity to appeal. Appeals are reviewed by someone other than the original decision-maker.