Community Guidelines

Last updated: June 27, 2025

Welcome to AUDNC Music! Our community guidelines ensure that everyone feels safe, respected, and empowered to share their creativity. These guidelines apply to all content on our platform, including music, posts, comments, profiles, and interactions. By using AUDNC Music, you agree to follow these guidelines along with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

1. Overview

AUDNC Music is built on the foundation of creativity, respect, and community. We want everyone to feel welcome and safe while discovering and sharing music. These guidelines help us maintain a positive environment where artists and music lovers can connect authentically.

Violating these guidelines may result in content removal, account suspension, or termination. We review all content fairly and provide clear communication about any actions taken.

Our Core Values:

  • Creativity First: Support original content and artistic expression
  • Respect Everyone: Treat all community members with dignity
  • Stay Safe: Keep harmful content off the platform
  • Be Authentic: Represent yourself honestly

3. Respectful Communication

Constructive feedback and honest opinions are welcome, but always focus on the content, not the person. Before commenting, ask yourself: "Would I want to receive this feedback?"

✅ Examples of Good Feedback:

  • "This wasn't my favorite track, but I love your vocals!"
  • "The beat is great, though I think different lyrics might work better"
  • "Not really my style, but I can tell you put a lot of work into this"
  • "Amazing production quality! Really professional sound"

❌ Unacceptable Comments:

  • "You're trash! Stop making music!"
  • "This is garbage and so are you"
  • "Nobody will ever listen to your awful music"
  • Personal attacks about appearance, voice, or character

4. Abuse & Harassment

We have zero tolerance for abusive or threatening behavior. This includes any activity intended to attack, demean, intimidate, or harm other users.

⚠️ Immediate Account Termination

The following behaviors result in immediate, permanent account termination:

  • Threats of violence or harm
  • Doxxing (sharing personal information without consent)
  • Sexual harassment or unwanted advances
  • Persistent harassment after being asked to stop
  • Coordinated harassment campaigns

What to do: If someone is harassing you, block them immediately and report the behavior. We investigate all reports thoroughly and take swift action.

5. Hate Speech

We don't allow content that promotes hatred, discrimination, or violence against individuals or groups based on:

  • Race or ethnicity
  • Religious beliefs
  • Gender identity or expression
  • Sexual orientation
  • Disability
  • Age
  • National origin

✅ Acceptable:

  • Educational content about historical events
  • Discussing social issues respectfully
  • Artistic expression that doesn't promote hatred
  • Academic or journalistic content with proper context

❌ Not Allowed:

  • Slurs or derogatory language targeting protected groups
  • Content promoting supremacist ideologies
  • Calls for violence or discrimination
  • Holocaust denial or similar historical revisionism

6. Impersonation & Misleading Content

Be authentic. You can use stage names or professional identities, but you cannot pretend to be someone else or deliberately mislead others about your identity.

✅ Allowed:

  • Using your artist name or stage name
  • Creating tribute content (clearly labeled)
  • Fan accounts with proper disclosure
  • Parody content that's obviously satirical

❌ Not Allowed:

  • Using another artist's name as your display name
  • Using someone else's photos without permission
  • Creating fake official accounts
  • Misleading metadata or track information

7. Privacy & Personal Information

Respect others' privacy. Don't share personal information about other people without their consent.

❌ Never Share:

  • Full names, addresses, or phone numbers
  • Private conversations or recordings
  • Photos of others without permission
  • Private social media content
  • Financial or identity information

Your own privacy matters too: Be cautious about sharing your personal information publicly, even in your own content.

8. Inappropriate Content

Keep content appropriate for our diverse, all-ages community. We don't allow:

  • Sexually explicit content: Pornography, graphic sexual content, or content primarily intended for sexual arousal
  • Excessive profanity: While some adult language is acceptable in artistic contexts, excessive or gratuitous profanity is not
  • Graphic violence: Disturbing violent imagery or content glorifying violence
  • Disturbing content: Content designed to shock, disgust, or traumatize viewers

💡 Content Guidelines:

We understand music often deals with mature themes. Content warnings and appropriate tagging help users make informed choices about what they consume.

9. Child Safety

🚨 Zero Tolerance Policy

We have absolutely no tolerance for content that exploits, endangers, or sexualizes minors. Such content will result in immediate account termination and reporting to law enforcement.

This includes but is not limited to:

  • Any form of child sexual abuse material
  • Grooming behavior or inappropriate contact with minors
  • Content that sexualizes minors in any way
  • Instructions for illegal activities involving children

If you see it, report it immediately. Child safety is everyone's responsibility.

10. Violence & Threats

We don't allow content that threatens, intimidates, or incites violence against individuals or groups.

✅ Acceptable:

  • Historical or educational content about violence
  • Artistic expression that doesn't glorify violence
  • News commentary or analysis
  • Fictional content clearly marked as such

❌ Not Allowed:

  • Direct threats against specific individuals
  • Instructions for violent acts
  • Content glorifying mass violence or terrorism
  • Graphic depictions of real violence

11. Self-Harm & Dangerous Activities

We care about your wellbeing and don't allow content that promotes, encourages, or instructs self-harm, suicide, or dangerous activities.

🤝 Need Support?

If you're struggling with thoughts of self-harm, please reach out for help:

  • Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
  • International: Visit findahelpline.com

✅ Supportive Content:

  • Mental health awareness and resources
  • Recovery stories and encouragement
  • Professional mental health guidance
  • Community support discussions

❌ Harmful Content:

  • Instructions for self-harm or suicide
  • Pro-eating disorder content
  • Dangerous challenges or stunts
  • Content romanticizing self-destructive behavior

12. Spam & Manipulation

We want authentic engagement on AUDNC Music. Artificial manipulation of plays, likes, follows, or other metrics undermines the community and isn't allowed.

❌ Prohibited Activities:

  • Using bots, scripts, or automated tools
  • Buying fake plays, likes, or followers
  • Mass following/unfollowing to gain attention
  • Repetitive commenting or messaging
  • Creating multiple accounts for manipulation
  • Clickbait titles or misleading metadata

✅ Authentic Promotion:

  • Genuine interactions with fans and other artists
  • Sharing your music on social media
  • Collaborating with other creators
  • Engaging meaningfully in the community

13. Illegal Activities

Don't use AUDNC Music to promote, facilitate, or engage in illegal activities, including:

  • Drug trafficking: Selling or distributing illegal substances
  • Weapons sales: Selling firearms, explosives, or other weapons
  • Fraud and scams: Deceptive practices to steal money or information
  • Money laundering: Concealing the source of illegal funds
  • Human trafficking: Any form of modern slavery
  • Terrorism: Supporting or promoting terrorist organizations

Educational content about these topics for awareness purposes is allowed when clearly contextualized and not promoting illegal activity.

14. Misinformation

We don't allow content that spreads false information that could cause harm, especially regarding:

  • Health misinformation: False medical advice or conspiracy theories
  • Election integrity: False claims about voting or election results
  • Public safety: Misinformation during emergencies or crises
  • Historical denial: Denying well-documented historical events

💭 Opinion vs. Misinformation

Sharing your opinions and perspectives is encouraged! Just make sure to clearly present opinions as such, not as established facts.

15. Platform Integrity

Help us maintain a secure platform by not attempting to:

  • Hack or gain unauthorized access to accounts or systems
  • Distribute malware, viruses, or malicious code
  • Scrape or automatically collect data from the platform
  • Reverse engineer our software or services
  • Circumvent security measures or access controls
  • Use our platform to train AI models without permission

If you discover security vulnerabilities, please report them through our responsible disclosure process rather than exploiting them.

16. Reporting Violations

Our community helps keep AUDNC Music safe. If you see content that violates these guidelines, please report it.

How to Report:

  1. Use the Report Button: Found on every post, track, and profile
  2. Contact Support: Visit our Help Center
  3. Email Us: safety@audncmusic.com for urgent matters

What Happens Next:

Our Trust & Safety team reviews all reports objectively. We'll take appropriate action and notify you of the outcome when possible. Please don't make false reports – this can result in action against your account.

17. Enforcement Actions

When guidelines are violated, we may take various actions depending on the severity and context:

⚠️ Warning

First-time minor violations typically receive a warning with guidance on our guidelines.

🚫 Content Removal

Violating content is removed from the platform with notification to the creator.

⏸️ Account Suspension

Temporary suspension for repeated violations or more serious offenses.

🔒 Account Termination

Permanent removal for severe violations or repeated offenses after warnings.

📋 Appeal Process

If you believe we made a mistake, you can appeal our decision through your account settings or by contacting our support team. We review all appeals fairly and will reverse actions when appropriate.