Community Guidelines

Banter is welcome.
Targeting people is not.

Yapp is a fun place to talk — roast, joke, argue, get loud. We built it so people can speak the way they actually speak. But fun runs on one rule: go after ideas all you want, never after a person. Cross that line and things get taken seriously, fast.

Effective: 9 July 2026 Part of: the Terms of Service

01The vibe

Yapp is voice-first and anonymous. That combination is powerful — you can say what you actually think without your name attached. We want that freedom to stay. It stays as long as everyone remembers there's a real person on the other end of every yap.

Short version: talk like you're in a room full of strangers who could become friends — not like you're untouchable because nobody knows your name.

02Totally fine here

✓ THE FUN STUFF — NO ONE'S COMING FOR THIS
  • Banter, roasts, and comebacks — trading heat in a thread is half the point.
  • Gali and profanity — swearing is expression, not a violation. We don't punish colourful language. (Voice replies with heavy profanity may show a heads-up chip so listeners know what they're tapping into — that's a courtesy, not a penalty.)
  • Spicy opinions — politics, cricket, movies, institutions, celebrities. Disagree loudly.
  • Dark humour — jokes that wouldn't survive a family WhatsApp group are fine here.
  • Arguing back — someone came at your take? Come back harder. That's a conversation.

03Never fine here

✗ THE LINE — CROSSING IT HAS CONSEQUENCES
  • Threats — telling someone they'll be hurt, killed, or harmed. Doesn't matter if you'd never do it. Doesn't matter what language it's in. A threat is a threat.
  • Harassment and bullying — repeatedly going after one person, piling on, following someone across threads to keep the abuse going.
  • Telling someone to hurt themselves — zero tolerance, no context where this is a joke.
  • Doxxing — posting anyone's real name, number, address, photos, or anything that unmasks them. Anonymity is the deal here, for everyone.
  • Hate against people — attacking people for their religion, caste, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, or disability. Criticising an idea is fine; calling for harm against the people who hold it is not.
  • Sexual content involving minors — in any form. Instant permanent ban and a report to authorities.
  • Scams, spam, and impersonation — fake giveaways, phishing, pretending to be someone real.

The test is simple: heat aimed at an idea is banter. Heat aimed at a person — to scare them, hurt them, or expose them — is a violation.

04How enforcement works

Yapp isn't a free-for-all — everything on the platform can be reviewed. Voice replies are automatically transcribed and those transcripts, along with text comments, are scanned by automated systems that understand context — they can tell the difference between friends trading gali and someone actually threatening a person. Reports from users and human review sit on top of that.

When something crosses the line, consequences escalate:

1
Removal + warning. The content comes down and you get a direct message from @yapp telling you exactly what happened and why.
2
Strikes + restrictions. Repeat it and strikes stack — posting and replying can be limited while your account is on notice.
3
Bans. Keep going and the account is suspended — temporarily, then permanently. The worst violations (threats, CSAM, doxxing) can skip straight here.

Making a new account to dodge a ban is itself a violation — and we keep enough signal to catch it.

05Reporting & appeals

  • See something? Long-press any post, yap, or comment and report it. Reports are anonymous — the person you report never learns who reported them.
  • Block instantly: you can also block any user; you'll stop seeing each other entirely.
  • Think we got it wrong? Email yappcares@gmail.com with your @handle and what happened. A human reads every appeal. We aim to respond within 15 days, usually much faster.

That's the whole deal. Have fun, talk your talk, and let everyone else have theirs. 🎙️