These guidelines are part of our Terms of Service and apply on the website and in the AYearAgo.Today apps for iPhone and Android.

Community guidelines

AYearAgo.Today is a place for reflection and self-improvement. We have no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users. These rules apply to everything on the Service: journal entries, photos, logs, comments, profiles, usernames and private messages.

You must not post, send or do any of the following:

• Child sexual abuse or exploitation. Any content that sexualizes or endangers minors, including drawings and AI-generated images. We remove it, end the account and report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the authorities.
• Intimate images shared without consent, whether real, edited or AI-generated, and threats to share them.
• Sexually explicit content, in text or images, even when marked 18+.
• Hate. Attacks on people because of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, serious illness or age.
• Harassment and bullying, including targeting someone with insults or unwanted repeated contact, and posting someone's personal information to expose or intimidate them.
• Threats and violence, including threatening or inciting violence and praising terrorism or violent attacks.
• Encouraging self-harm, suicide or eating disorders, including instructions or challenges. Writing honestly about your own experiences and recovery is welcome.
• Illegal content or activity, such as selling drugs or weapons, fraud, or infringing someone's copyright or other rights.
• Spam, scams and impersonation, including advertising, misleading links, fake accounts, pretending to be another person or us, and gaming likes, experience points or achievements.
• Attacks on the Service, such as malware, hacking, scraping, overloading our systems, or getting around limits, blocks or bans.

Reporting, blocking and moderation

Reporting. If you see something that breaks these rules, use the Report link on the journal entry, photo, log, comment, message thread or profile, on the website or in the apps. Anyone, with or without an account, can also use our report form. We aim to review reports within 24 hours. This is a target, not a guarantee.

Intimate images. If an intimate image of you was shared on the Service without your consent, use our intimate image removal form. We remove the image within 48 hours of receiving a valid request and make reasonable efforts to remove identical copies.

Blocking. You can block any member from their profile. Blocking works both ways: neither of you sees the other's posts or comments, and neither of you can message or comment on the other.

How we moderate. Journal entries, photos and logs you save as public, comments, usernames, biographies and private messages are checked automatically against a list of blocked words, and text with a blocked word isn't saved. Everything else is decided by people: a member of our team reviews each report, including the reported private messages. We don't monitor private messages otherwise.

What we may do. If content or behavior breaks these rules or the law, we may make the content private, remove it, warn the author, or suspend or end the account. When we act on your content or account, we email you a statement of reasons: what we did, why, which rule it broke, and that a person made the decision. We don't send it when the law or someone's safety requires otherwise, for example in child-safety cases.

Appeals. If you think we got it wrong, reply to ayearagotoday@outlook.com within 6 months of our decision and tell us why. Someone who wasn't involved in the decision will review it and tell you the result. If you live in the EU, you may also be able to use a certified out-of-court dispute settlement body, and you can always go to court.

Repeat violations. We end the accounts of people who repeatedly break these rules, including repeat copyright infringers. Sending reports you know are false is itself a violation.

Questions: ayearagotoday@outlook.com, or see our Support page.