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.
• Ban the email or IP address from commenting.
• 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.

Changes

If this policy changes in a meaningful way we’ll bump the date at the top. Small wording fixes don’t get flagged.