Content and Community Guidelines
Cereal feels strongly in the value of free expression and that you, as an author, should have creative freedom to write stories as you please. We also want to protect authors and readers from abuse and hostility so that Cereal is a joyful and safe place to read. This guideline outlines examples of limitations we may enforce to uphold community standards.
These guidelines apply to both content as well as comments.
If you have violated these guidelines, Cereal will work with you to remedy the violation so you can continue to use the service. We will always contact you before taking any action. If you need any clarification on what is allowed, please contact us! We're happy to clear things up.
We understand that writing may contain some of these elements for journalistic or non-harmful reasons (as an example: a fictional depicition of doxxing a fictional character is permissible). However, as outlined in our Terms, Cereal reserves the right to remove content or terminate accounts for any reason, including violations of community guidelines, determined at our sole discretion. Content removal is a measure of last resort to protect the safety and well being of the community. Cereal reserves the right to update these guidelines without prior notice.
If you find a violation of these community guidelines, please report them to us: cereal@cerealreads.com
Content and Community Guidelines
The below topics and actions are not allowed on Cereal.
- Terrorism or extremist violence: Promoting or glorifying terrorism or extremist violence.
- Racism and hate speech: Content containing derogatory remarks or promoting discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or any other protected characteristic.
- Sharing copyrighted material: As agreed upon in our Terms of Service, Cereal does not allow content that infringes on copyrights. To report copyrighted content, please see our Copyright Policy.
- Spam: Posting repetitive, irrelevant, or unsolicited content.
- Doxxing: Revealing personal or confidential information about individuals without their consent.
- Personal attacks or Bullying: Harassing or attacking individuals based on their personal characteristics.
- Trolling: Deliberately provoking or annoying others.
- Illegal Activities: The promotion or encouragement of illegal activities. Also, the facilitation of such activities outside of fictional stories. In other words, don't use Cereal to break the law.
Mature Content Guidelines
Additional clarifications on sexually mature content.
- Underage erotica is not allowed: The pornographic portrayal of the sexual acts of minors
- Bestiality, scat, snuff and necrophilia are not allowed: Any content depicting or promoting bestiality, scat, snuff or necrophilia.
- Erotica involving mythical or extra-human creatures (werewolves, aliens, shifters, furry) is allowed
- Glorification of sexual violence is not allowed: Any content promoting or encouraging excessive sexual violence for pleasure.
- Incest is allowed, as long as it doesn't violate other guidelines