Community Guidelines

Last updated: May 19, 2026

SolomonSignal forums, idea submissions, product reviews, and comments are public. They exist so founders can validate ideas with real feedback and discover tools other builders trust. To keep that signal high, we ask everyone who posts to follow these rules.

1. What we welcome

  • Honest feedback on ideas, products, and decisions — including hard truths.
  • Hands-on experience and concrete data. “I tried this for 3 weeks and the migration took 4 days” beats vague opinion every time.
  • Disagreement, debate, and dissent — as long as it stays focused on the substance, not the person.
  • Self-promotion when it’s in context. Linking your own tool inside a relevant thread is fine; spamming the same link across many threads is not.

2. What we don’t allow

The following content will be removed, and repeat offenders will lose posting access:

  • Harassment, doxxing, or personal attacks — including against people who aren’t on the platform.
  • Hate speech — content that incites hatred against or demeans an individual or group on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, age, nationality, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.
  • Sexually explicit content — including nudity, sexual fetishes, escort/companionship promotion, and AI-generated explicit imagery.
  • Threats and incitement of violence — including content that promotes self-harm or eating disorders.
  • Illegal activity and stolen goods — including drug sales, weapons sales, counterfeit products, and pirated software/media.
  • Misinformation — demonstrably false claims about elections, public health, scientific consensus on climate, or other matters of public concern.
  • Spam and engagement manipulation — link farming, fake reviews, vote manipulation, sock-puppet accounts, coordinated promotion campaigns.
  • Phishing and deceptive practices — content designed to trick readers into giving up credentials, paying for fake products, or installing malware.
  • Doxxing and private information — sharing someone’s personal data, address, phone number, or private messages without consent.
  • Content that exploits or endangers minors — zero tolerance. Reports go to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and law enforcement.

3. AI-generated content

You can use AI to help write your posts, but you’re responsible for what you publish. We will remove:

  • AI-spun content that contradicts known facts about a tool, product, or person.
  • Fake reviews — including AI-generated reviews written without ever using the product.
  • AI content posted at high volume to manipulate rankings or feeds.

4. How moderation works

Three things happen in parallel:

  1. Reader reports. Every thread and reply has a Report button. After three independent reports, the thread is automatically pulled from public listings while a moderator reviews it.
  2. Moderator review. A SolomonSignal moderator reads the reported content, the surrounding context, and the reporter’s reason. We either restore the content, leave it removed, or take account-level action against the poster.
  3. New-account approval. Posts from accounts less than seven days old, and posts in forums tagged as high-risk, are held for moderator approval before they appear publicly. This is a temporary spam control, not a punishment.

5. Enforcement

Consequences scale with severity and repetition:

  • First minor violation — content removed, with a private note explaining why.
  • Repeated minor violations — temporary posting suspension.
  • Severe violations (hate speech, harassment, child safety, doxxing) — immediate permanent ban with no warning.
  • Spam and manipulation — all related content removed, account banned, and the underlying IP/email pattern blocked.

6. Appeals

If you believe content was removed or your account was actioned in error, email [email protected] with the URL or username and a short explanation. We review every appeal within 5 business days.

7. Why these rules exist

SolomonSignal carries advertising, and the platforms we work with (including Google AdSense) require us to enforce policies against the categories listed above. More importantly: a forum that tolerates hate, fraud, and spam stops being useful to anyone who came here to actually validate an idea or evaluate a tool. The rules above keep this place worth showing up to.