Safety
Community guidelines.
Honest writing only works inside a place that's safe to write honestly. Here's what we don't allow, how moderation works, and what to do if you encounter harm.
What's not allowed
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Reported to NCMEC. Account permanently banned.
- Explicit sexual content — especially involving real identifiable people without consent.
- How-to self-harm or suicide content. We support honest writing about mental health struggles. We do not host instructions.
- Doxxing, stalking, targeted harassment. Even anonymous publishing cannot be used to expose someone else.
- Coordination of illegal activity. Writing about your past is fine. Planning a crime here is not.
- Hate speech and incitement to violence against people based on identity.
- Spam, deception, automation. Diarly is for human writers.
How moderation works
Three layers, in this order:
- Auto-screen on publish. Every entry destined for an audience runs through OpenAI's Moderation API and our own anonymity checks before it goes live.
- User reports. Anyone reading a public entry can flag it via the report button. Reports go to a human queue.
- Admin review. A small in-house moderation team reviews every flagged item. We do not outsource moderation. We do not use third-party content review vendors.
Private entries are not screened. They're yours.
If you encounter harm
- Report the entry. Use the report button on the entry page or visit /report. Reports are anonymous.
- Email us directly for urgent or sensitive concerns: security@diarly.draftlabs.com. We respond within 24 hours on weekdays.
- In immediate crisis, contact local emergency services. In the US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).
What we never tolerate
CSAM. Credible threats of violence. Harassment of individuals using Diarly to expose them. We act on these immediately and we report them to law enforcement when required.