Evenhand and the Sunroom

Community guidelines

Short version: be the founder you wish had reviewed your first launch.

1. 1. Be kind, be specific

   Criticise the product, never the person. Building is hard, and everyone here is doing it. Honest feedback is welcome; cruelty is not.

2. 2. No review swaps or paid ratings

   Don't offer to trade reviews, ratings or stars, and never pay or ask for them. Swaps skip the fair queue that makes Evenhand work. Post a request in the Exchange instead.

3. 3. No spam or advertising

   Sharing what you're building is great. Repeated promotions, course pitches, affiliate links and cold sales messages are not.

4. 4. Respect privacy

   Don't share someone's private messages, personal details or recordings outside Evenhand without their permission.

5. 5. Rest & rants is gentle

   People come there on hard days. Listen, encourage, don't pile on. Reports in that room go to the top of the team's inbox.

What happens when something goes wrong

• Anyone can report a message from its menu, or a direct message from the conversation page.
• A small team of moderators reviews reports, usually within a few hours.
• Depending on what happened, the team may remove a message, send a friendly warning, or mute someone in the Sunroom for a while. Serious or repeated problems can lead to a suspension, decided by the owner.
• You always see the reason, and when a mute ends. Mutes only affect the Sunroom; the exchange keeps working.
• Direct messages are private. The team only sees messages someone reports.

Back to the exchange.