Community Code of Conduct

1. Zero tolerance

We remove violating content and act against violating accounts without warning when the severity warrants it. Zero tolerance means a single serious violation (a credible threat, hate speech, sexual content involving minors, doxxing) can result in an immediate permanent ban — we do not require a pattern of behavior before we act.

2. What is not allowed

2.1 Harassment, hate, and threats

• Harassment, bullying, stalking, or targeted abuse of another player
• Hate speech or content that attacks or demeans a person or group based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or veteran status
• Threats of violence or real-world harm, against a person, group, or place
• Doxxing — sharing another person's private or identifying information without their consent

2.2 Sexual or objectionable content

• Sexual, pornographic, or sexually exploitative content of any kind, including in avatars, handles, and chat
• Content sexualizing minors in any form — treated as a zero-tolerance, immediate-ban violation and reported to the relevant authorities where required by law
• Gratuitously violent, gory, or otherwise gratuitously disturbing content
• Content that is unlawful, obscene, or otherwise objectionable

2.3 Impersonation

• Impersonating Quiet Compute LLC, its staff, or moderators
• Impersonating another player, public figure, business, or organization to mislead others
• Using a display name, company name, or avatar designed to deceive other players about who you are

2.4 Spam and cheating

• Spamming chat, flooding channels, or repeatedly transmitting the same message
• Advertising, soliciting, or promoting unrelated products, services, or other games
• Sharing links to malware, phishing pages, or other harmful destinations
• Cheating, exploiting bugs, or using unauthorized third-party tools to gain an unfair advantage
• Coordinating account boosting, sharing, or trading in violation of the one-person-one-account rule in our Terms of Service

3. Consequences

Violations of this Code of Conduct may result in, at our sole discretion and without prior notice:

• Content removal — deleting or hiding the offending chat message, avatar, display name, or company name
• Warning — for first-time, lower-severity violations
• Temporary suspension — a time-limited restriction on chat, account access, or specific features
• Permanent ban — for severe violations (see Section 1) or repeated lower-severity violations
• Forfeiture of in-game progress, currency, or items tied to a banned account, as described in our Terms of Service

We moderate reactively (via reports) and, at our discretion, proactively (via automated filtering and manual review). A moderation action is not required to follow any fixed sequence — the consequence fits the severity of the violation.

4. How to report a violation

If you see content or behavior that violates this Code of Conduct, report it by email to privacy@quietcompute.org, with as much detail as you can provide — the player's handle, the channel, the time, and a description or screenshot of what happened.

We review reports and act on confirmed violations. We do not disclose the outcome of another player's case, but we will confirm that a report was received and reviewed.

5. Appeals

If you believe a moderation action was taken in error, you may appeal by emailing privacy@quietcompute.org with your account handle and the reason you believe the action was mistaken. We review appeals but are not obligated to reverse any decision.

6. Relationship to other policies

This Code of Conduct is part of, and incorporated by reference into, our Terms of Service. Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle the personal information involved in a report or moderation action. Where this Code of Conduct and the Terms of Service conflict, the Terms of Service control.

7. Contact

Questions about this Code of Conduct? Contact: