Code of Conduct
Effective June 27, 2026
Scoop is a place for honest experiences, not score-settling. These guidelines exist to keep the platform useful, fair, and credible — for everyone on it.
1. What Scoop is for
Scoop is where you share real experiences with people you've directly interacted with — at events, through mutual connections, online, or in everyday life. Think of it as social context: a way to help your network understand what it's actually like to spend time with someone. Posts may be visible to other Scoop users and may remain associated with your profile unless removed under this Code of Conduct, our Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, or applicable law.
2. What makes a good post
Write about things that actually happened. Be specific — the situation, the event, the interaction. It's fine to share something negative if it's honest and constructive. Ask yourself: would a fair-minded person reading this understand exactly what happened, without feeling like it's a personal attack? Do not make false or unsupported claims of criminal, unethical, or harmful conduct.
3. Acceptable vs. not acceptable
"I hate him, what a piece of trash"
"He asked me out at the gallery event and seemed great, but he ghosted me after. Didn't appreciate the lack of follow-through."
"She's fake and two-faced"
"At the networking event she told me one thing and apparently told others something very different. Made it hard to know what to trust."
"This person is disgusting"
"I had a really uncomfortable interaction with him at the Rooftop Social. He kept interrupting and dismissed everything I said. Not something I'd repeat."
4. On multiple posts about the same person
If several people independently post about the same person because they had similar experiences, that's valid — patterns matter. Coordinated pile-ons are not. We may use timing, post similarity, and report patterns to detect manipulation. Posts written just to pile on tend to say more about the people writing them. Scoop's community can read the difference, and so can we.
5. How flagging works
If you see a post that seems unfair, misleading, or harmful, you can flag it. Reports are reviewed by peer reviewers and may also be reviewed by platform moderators. If the panel upholds the flag, the content may be removed and the poster may receive a warning, suspension, or ban. Repeated bad-faith reporting, abuse of the flagging system, or coordinated mass flagging may result in consequences. If your post is removed, you may appeal by contacting [email protected].
6. Consequences
We may warn, suspend, or ban accounts based on the severity, frequency, and context of violations. As a general guide: your first upheld violation gets a warning. A second or third upheld violation within 6 months gets a temporary suspension. A fourth, or anything severe, is a permanent ban. Severe content — threats, illegal material — may be hidden immediately pending review and results in a permanent ban regardless of prior history.
7. Related policies
This Code of Conduct is part of the Scoop platform agreement and is incorporated into our Terms of Service by reference. By using Scoop, you also agree to our Privacy Policy. The Code of Conduct may be updated independently from the Terms of Service; the current version is always available at this page.