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Use Qwry to ask, answer, learn, and discuss—not to provoke people, derail pages, or manufacture attention. Stay relevant to the question and topic. Repeated low-effort posts, intentional disruption, and behavior meant to make the site harder to use may be removed.

Ask genuine, answerable questions

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Answer the question that was asked

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Treat people with respect

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No violence or exploitation

Do not threaten, glorify, coordinate, or meaningfully facilitate violence, abuse, exploitation, trafficking, or self-harm. Content that sexualizes or exploits minors is prohibited. Non-consensual intimate media and sexual coercion are never allowed.

Keep dangerous and illegal activity off Qwry

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Respect privacy and consent

Do not reveal or threaten to reveal someone's private or confidential information. This includes home addresses, precise live locations, private contact details, identity documents, financial information, medical records, credentials, and the real identity of a person using a pseudonym. Do not solicit sensitive information that is unnecessary to answer a question.

Represent yourself honestly

Usernames may be pseudonymous, but accounts may not deceptively impersonate a person or organization, fabricate credentials, or hide a relationship that would matter to readers. Do not use additional accounts to evade restrictions, mislead others, or create the appearance of independent support.

Do not manipulate votes or engagement

Vote on usefulness, not on who posted. Do not buy, sell, trade, coordinate, or automate votes; direct groups to overwhelm a page; or reward people for engagement. Reports must identify a genuine concern and may not be used to silence disagreement. Qwry limits which votes can generate points, caps point gains from repeated voting patterns, and may reverse manipulated awards. See the points and reputation guide for the published rules.

No spam or disguised promotion

Do not post repetitive content, deceptive links, unsolicited offers, scams, or answers written mainly to drive traffic or sales. Relevant recommendations are allowed when they directly answer the question. Disclose employment, ownership, sponsorship, affiliate, or other material relationships that could affect your recommendation.

Share only what you have the right to post

Respect copyrights, trademarks, confidentiality obligations, and other legal rights. Quote only what is necessary, credit the original work, and add your own useful explanation. Do not publish pirated material or request unauthorized copies.

Do not interfere with Qwry

Do not attempt to compromise accounts, bypass access controls, scrape restricted data, overload the service, exploit vulnerabilities, or interfere with normal use. Report security concerns privately through the contact form rather than posting working exploit details publicly.

Moderation and enforcement

Qwry may add a warning, request an edit, limit visibility, merge a duplicate, remove content, restrict features, or temporarily or permanently suspend an account. Serious safety threats, child sexual exploitation, credible violence, malware, scams, and deliberate privacy violations may lead to immediate action.

Decisions consider context, severity, intent, harm, and account history. Rules may be updated as the community changes. If you believe a decision was mistaken, use the contact form and include the page URL, the action being appealed, and why you believe it should be reconsidered.