Acceptable use

Last updated: 8 May 2026.

The rule

Don’t be a dick.

That’s the whole policy. Everything below is just examples for people who want them spelled out.

What that means in practice

When you write, comment, or share a link on Unmarked, please don’t:

• Threaten, harass, or abuse anyone.Disagreement is fine. Cruelty isn’t.
• Punch down.Slurs, dehumanising language, and targeting people for who they are aren’t welcome.
• Post other people’s stuff without permission. Don’t pass off someone else’s photos or words as your own. If a story involves another person, give them the courtesy of asking before you publish.
• Out people’s private information. Home addresses, phone numbers, real names of people who use a different one online — leave them alone.
• Post sexual content involving minors. Ever. This gets reported to the authorities, no exceptions, no warnings.
• Spam.Affiliate-link dumps, SEO sludge, crypto shilling, “check out my dropshipping store” — none of it. Unmarked is not a marketing channel.
• Use share links to dodge consequences.If a journey was shared with you, don’t republish it somewhere public without the author’s say-so.
• Break the law where you live or where the servers live. The servers are in Australia and the United States. Use your head.
• Try to break the site. Scraping, brute-forcing tokens, abusing the comment form, hammering the API — find a hobby.

What happens if you do

Depending on what you did and how often, we’ll do one of:

• Hide or delete the offending content.
• Revoke a share link or invite.
• Ban the email or IP address from posting or commenting.
• Delete the account.
• For anything illegal — refer it to the relevant authorities.

We don’t run a tribunal. Calls about what counts as “being a dick” are made by the owner of the site, and they’re final. If you think we got it wrong, email us and say so calmly — that’s usually enough to get a second look.

Reporting something

If you see something on Unmarked that breaks this policy — a comment, a postcard, a journey — email hello@unmarked.blogwith a link and a sentence about why. We read everything that comes in and we’d rather hear from you than not.

For authors

You’re responsible for what you publish here. That includes making sure you have the right to post the photos and words you put up, and that the people in your stories are okay being in them. If a subject of one of your posts asks you to take it down, do.

Changes

If this policy changes in a meaningful way we’ll bump the date at the top and, where it matters, email account holders. Small wording fixes don’t get an email.