Humanym

Humanym — Community Guidelines

Last updated: August 28, 2026

Humanym is a quiet place for letters between strangers. These Community Guidelines describe how we keep it that way — what we ask of you, what crosses a line, and what happens when one is crossed. They work alongside our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy; where the Terms govern the agreement, these Guidelines describe the spirit.

Humanym is for adults — you must be 18 or older — and it is anonymous by default. In each conversation you appear under an alias, and your real name is never shown unless you and your correspondent both, privately, choose to reveal it.

The spirit of the place

Write to a stranger the way you would hope to be written to: with care, with honesty, and in good faith. Humanym matches people by how they write, not by how they look or by what they want from each other. A good letter is unhurried and real. Almost everything below follows from that one idea.

Every letter is read before it's sent

Before any letter reaches another person, it passes a brief automated check. This is not a censor reading over your shoulder for opinions — it looks for a short, specific list of things that don't belong in a letter to a stranger:

• Keep contact details out of it. No phone numbers, email addresses, handles, or links. Anonymity is the whole point; let it hold.
• Keep it non-explicit. Humanym is not a place for sexual content.
• No threats, no harassment. Nothing menacing, hateful, or cruel.
• No spam or solicitation. Don't advertise, sell, recruit, or paste the same letter to everyone.
• Write something real. A letter should be coherent, human, and meant for a person — not gibberish or filler.

If a letter doesn't pass, it simply isn't delivered. A letter that doesn't pass is not, by itself, a mark against your account — the check is a gate, not a punishment. And a blocked letter stays private between you and the check: the person you were writing to is never told that a letter was attempted or held back.

Lines that bring a person in

Some things an automated check can't see. When another writer reports a letter, a real person on our team reviews it and decides whether to clear it or remove it. These are the lines that, crossed, can cost you a letter — or your account:

• Let people stay anonymous. Don't try to work out who someone is, and don't press them for their real name, their location, or any way to reach them off Humanym.
• One person, one account. Everyone gets a single account. Making new ones to dodge a block, a suspension, or a ban is itself a violation.
• A block is final; a report is a trust. If someone blocks you, the conversation is over — respect that. Report letters that genuinely cross a line, and don't file reports in bad faith to harass someone.
• Keep it on the page. Humanym is for correspondence, not commerce. Don't use it to move people onto other apps, to sell, to fundraise, or to recruit.

Reporting and blocking

If a letter crosses a line, you have two tools. Blocking ends a conversation at once and removes it from your view. Reporting sends the letter to a person on our team, who will read it and either clear it or remove it. A person reviews every report within 24 hours, and the person you report is never told who filed it. Use reporting for genuine harm — it's how the quiet of this place is kept.

When a line is crossed

We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive behaviour. When a report is upheld, we remove the letter and eject the person who wrote it — a suspension or a permanent ban — within 24 hours of the report.

When a person on our team removes a letter or finds a pattern of harm, the response is measured, and it escalates only as far as it needs to:

• Probation. A first or minor issue. Some actions are restricted for a time, and the restriction lifts on a set date. You can keep writing within those limits.
• Suspension. A temporary lockout for something more serious or repeated. You cannot use your account until it lifts — and you may appeal.
• A ban. Permanent removal, for the most serious harms or for evading an earlier decision. You may still appeal.

We don't relish any of this. The aim is always to protect the people writing here, with the lightest touch that does so.

Appeals

If you believe a decision was a mistake, you can say so. From a suspended or banned account you will find a place to submit an appeal; a person reviews every one, usually within 5–7 business days, and we will reach out by email. If you would rather simply leave, you can delete your account at any time — there is a 30-day grace period before it becomes permanent, in case you change your mind.

In closing

Humanym works because the people here choose to be thoughtful with one another. Write well, write honestly, and you will never need to think about any of this again.