The unified policy for all folk.zone services, unless a service-specific addendum states otherwise. Canonical source: folkzone/POLICY.md in the homelab repo.

folk.zone is an independent, community-operated collection of free and open-source internet services hosted by a single person. It is not a company and is not venture-backed. It runs on consumer hardware in a home, offered freely and without warranty as a contribution to the IndieWeb commons.

The operator may suspend, limit, or shut down any service at any time, with advance notice whenever possible.

• Eligibility: accounts require a valid email and acceptance of the community standards below
• Account responsibility: you are responsible for activity under your account
• Acceptable use: no illegal content, no spam, no automated abuse, no scraping of other users' data, no circumvention of rate limits or security controls
• Content ownership: you keep the rights to what you post; you grant the service only what it needs to display and federate it
• Privacy: the operator does not sell or share user data. See the privacy section for what each service stores.
• Account deletion: on request, or self-serve where the service supports it
• Termination: the operator may suspend accounts that violate these terms, with notice where practical

Core principle: be a good neighbour. This is a small commons, not a growth platform.

Always prohibited: illegal content, CSAM, doxxing, spam, malware, and automated harassment. Hate speech, harassment, and incitement are prohibited; content warnings are expected for sensitive material; misinformation posted in bad faith is treated as a standards violation, not a debate. Commercial use is allowed in moderation: an indie author may talk about their books; an ad campaign may not.

• The operator moderates, assisted by service-local moderators as the community grows
• Actions escalate: content removal, warning, feature limits, suspension, account removal
• Appeals go to the operator's contact address; decisions get a written response
• For federated services, moderation extends to remote instances: known-bad instances are defederated, and the list is documented

At launch, services use invite-only or application-based registration. This is a capacity choice, not a permanent policy: the plan is to open registration as moderation capacity allows.

Registered users in good standing may receive invitations to distribute at the operator's discretion.

folk.zone uses Resend for transactional email (noreply@folk.zone). It sends account confirmation, password reset, opted-in notifications, and critical service announcements. No marketing email, no selling addresses. See Email and SMTP for the delivery setup.

No SLA. This is a homelab: services may go down for power outages, ISP issues, hardware failure, updates, or sleep. Status is at status.folk.zone; planned maintenance is announced ahead of time.

Material policy changes are announced on the social service and, where supported, by email. Continued use after a change constitutes acceptance.

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