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What can be uploaded, how to treat people, and what happens when someone breaks them. On the site and in our Discord servers.

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3Community Conduct

Guideline 3.1

Harassment, Threats, and Discrimination

Treat other members, developers, and staff with respect. Harassment, intimidation, credible threats, hateful conduct, sexual harassment, and targeted abuse are prohibited. This includes repeated unwanted contact, slurs directed at protected groups, coordinated attacks, and attempts to expose someone else's private information.

Disagreement, criticism of a mod, and good-faith debate are allowed. Address the content or behavior at issue rather than attacking the individual. A single severe incident may warrant action even without repeated behavior.

If you encounter harassment, preserve relevant evidence and use the report function instead of escalating the conflict. We review the context and seriousness of reports before taking action.

Allowed

  • Constructive criticism of a mod or community decision.
  • Respectfully disagreeing with another member.
  • Blocking or reporting abusive behavior.

Not allowed

  • Threatening violence or encouraging others to target a member.
  • Posting discriminatory slurs or sexual harassment.
  • Publishing private contact details without permission.

Guideline 3.2

Spam, Low-Quality Content, and Disruption

Posts, comments, mod descriptions, and uploads should contribute meaningfully to the community. Provide enough context for others to understand your question, feedback, or work. Repetitive posts, mass mentions, misleading titles, deliberate baiting, and promotional spam may be removed.

Constructive criticism and beginner questions are welcome. Content is not a violation merely because it is simple, unfinished, or created by someone learning to mod. However, knowingly unusable uploads, empty file listings, misleading screenshots, or repeated attempts to inflate engagement may be restricted. Staff have the final say on determining low-quality content.

Before posting, check for an appropriate category or existing discussion. Make edits or updates to an existing listing when that is more useful than creating repeated copies.

Allowed

  • Asking a focused question with relevant details.
  • Sharing a work-in-progress mod and clearly labeling its limitations.
  • Offering respectful, specific feedback.

Not allowed

  • Reposting the same message or file repeatedly.
  • Creating misleading download listings or empty uploads.
  • Using bots or coordinated activity to manipulate reactions or rankings.

Guideline 3.3

Direct Messages and Private Communications

Treat private communications with the same respect as public discussions. Do not use GPM-related messaging or the official Discord server to harass, threaten, scam, solicit unwanted payments, or send repeated unsolicited promotions.

Respect others' privacy. Do not publish private conversations or personally identifying information to embarrass, intimidate, or target someone. Sharing relevant excerpts with GPM staff to report misconduct, or with authorities when appropriate, is permitted.

Discord direct messages and communications on third-party services are not operated by GPM. GPM will review reports involving them only when the conduct has a sufficiently direct connection to our community or creates a meaningful safety concern. We cannot guarantee access to messages exchanged elsewhere.

Allowed

  • Sharing message excerpts privately with staff when making a genuine report.
  • Asking someone for permission before publicly quoting a private discussion.

Not allowed

  • Sending repeated unwanted messages after being asked to stop.
  • Publishing a member's private messages to incite harassment.
  • Sending unsolicited commercial pitches or scams.

Guideline 3.4

Member-Generated Content

Member-generated content includes comments, descriptions, reviews, images, profiles, uploads, and posts on GPM-operated services. Content must follow these guidelines, respect others' rights, and be placed in relevant categories.

Do not post illegal content, explicit sexual material, hateful attacks, threats, personal information without authorization, scams, or instructions intended to harm other users. Do not manipulate votes, reactions, reviews, follows, or reputation through coercion or artificial activity.

Discussion of controversial or political subjects is not automatically prohibited, but it must remain relevant, civil, and consistent with the rest of these guidelines. GPM may remove content that is misleading, unsafe, or unrelated to the purpose of the service where it was posted.

Allowed

  • Posting relevant discussion and properly credited images.
  • Offering honest reviews and criticism.
  • Discussing sensitive subjects respectfully when relevant.

Not allowed

  • Posting pornography, doxxing, or threatening content.
  • Buying or coordinating fake reactions or reviews.
  • Posting fraudulent links or impersonating another creator.