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Ayy Community Guidelines

Last updated: 8 November 2026

Ayy is an 18+ service for consensual nearby social communication. These rules apply to profiles, ayys (public-nearby broadcasts), Say ayy requests (Direct Approaches), private chats, shared socials cards, reports and other interactions using Ayy.

A visible nearby profile, a broadcast, a message, an authenticated connection or the absence of a block is not permission to approach, follow, photograph, identify, pressure or contact a person outside the app.

Respect:

  • Block;
  • Ignore;
  • Mute;
  • requests to stop contact;
  • lack of response;
  • changes in another person’s willingness to communicate.

Do not repeatedly contact someone who has made clear that contact is unwanted. Do not evade blocks by creating or using another identity.

Harassment, threats and stalking

Do not use Ayy for:

  • threats or intimidation;
  • encouragement or glorification of targeted violence;
  • harassment, bullying or coordinated abuse;
  • stalking or coercive tracking;
  • attempts to identify or follow a nearby person without permission;
  • repeated unwanted Direct Approaches/messages/broadcast targeting;
  • using proximity information to pressure or frighten someone.

Hate and dehumanizing abuse

Do not attack, threaten or dehumanize people based on protected or comparable personal characteristics. Context and applicable law matter, but targeted hateful abuse is not permitted.

Sexual safety

Do not use Ayy for:

  • sexual exploitation or coercion;
  • non-consensual sexual content;
  • threats to share intimate material;
  • sexual harassment;
  • facilitating sexual violence.

Profile photos, intros and ayys can be seen by people nearby, so they must not contain nudity, sexually explicit material or graphic violence.

Ayy is adults-only, but child sexual abuse/exploitation, grooming and sexual solicitation of minors are strictly prohibited under the Child Safety Standards.

Persistent public identity

Normal Ayy broadcasts include the sender’s saved profile and a persistent public publishing identity for the same account/installation. Other nearby users may recognize or link separate broadcasts. Broadcasts only does not make your broadcasts anonymous. Do not misuse another person’s public identifier, photo or nearby presence to stalk, profile or locate them.

Privacy and personal information

Do not publish or threaten to publish another person’s private/sensitive information without authorization. Do not use Nearby to doxx, track, expose or infer someone’s identity/location for harmful purposes.

Impersonation, fraud and illegal conduct

Do not use Ayy for:

  • harmful impersonation;
  • scams or fraud;
  • credential theft;
  • illegal goods/services;
  • instructions or coordination intended to commit unlawful harm;
  • unauthorized access to another user/device/account;
  • interference with Ayy’s infrastructure, moderation or safety controls.

Platform abuse

Do not:

  • evade rate limits or bans;
  • forge/alter moderation assertions or account authority;
  • abuse report systems to harass others;
  • fabricate or manipulate evidence;
  • deliberately flood public-nearby broadcasts or Direct Approaches;
  • attempt to extract cryptographic/service secrets from other users.

Blocking and reporting

You can block without reporting. A block is intended to stop/mute the relevant social interaction according to the product’s supported surfaces.

If you report, submit only relevant evidence. A report is an allegation, not proof by itself. Report volume does not automatically create a suspension or public reputation penalty.

If you explicitly select private-chat messages or other private material as evidence, that submitted copy becomes restricted Ayy safety data accessible to authorized reviewers. Unselected private-chat history is not uploaded merely because you report.

Enforcement

Depending on severity, context, evidence, history and applicable policy, Ayy may:

  • take no action;
  • warn;
  • apply a scoped limitation;
  • temporarily suspend for 1, 5, 7 or 30 days;
  • permanently suspend;
  • take a legally required safety action.

These actions are not an automatic ladder. Significant actions should be reviewable and eligible actions can be appealed through the supported process.

Emergencies

Ayy is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, contact the appropriate local emergency service.

Contact

Safety/support/privacy/child-safety intake: support@kalaphos.com.