Guidelines for Eligible Content Recommendation

At Nivafy, our core mission is to facilitate visual messaging, marketplace, gaming hub and much more enabling people to connect with family and friends in a creative and expressive way. While the essence of our platform revolves around personal communication, there are areas within our app where content may reach a broader audience:

  • Journeys Tab: This section allows Nivafy Residences to not only view content from friends and subscriptions but also discover recommended content from professional media publishers and popular creators.
  • Nivafy TV: Nivafy Residences can explore the best videos submitted by our vibrant community in this dedicated space.

Nivafy, distinguishes itself by design, focusing on the moderated distribution of content to a wide audience. All content across our platform adheres to our stringent Community Guidelines and Terms of Service. For content to receive algorithmic recommendations beyond the creator’s followers, it must meet additional, elevated standards.

We uphold these standards through a combination of proactive moderation utilizing advanced technology and human review. Furthermore, we provide in-app reporting tools for Nivafy Residences to report content they find objectionable, ensuring a swift response and constant refinement of the content experience.

In both the Journeys and Nivafy TV tabs, Nivafy Residences may encounter content recommended by our algorithms, even if they don’t follow the account it originates from. Our algorithms operate within a carefully curated and monitored content pool, differentiating our approach from other platforms.

We acknowledge the diverse user base on Nivafy, encompassing a wide range of ages, cultures, and beliefs. Our guidelines are tailored to ensure a safe, healthy, and valuable experience for all users, including those as young as 13. To accommodate this diversity, we strive to personalize recommendations, especially for sensitive content. For instance, content about the latest fashion may be useful to some Nivafy Residences but unappealing to others. We take into account factors like age, location, preferences, and more when recommending or restricting sensitive content.

Please note that our “sensitive” criteria serve as illustrative examples, and we may employ editorial discretion and engagement signals to further tailor content recommendations.

These recommendation eligibility guidelines apply universally to all content, irrespective of its source. Content that is harmful, shocking, deceptive, exaggerated, intended to disgust, or in poor taste is not eligible for recommendation. Accounts consistently breaching these criteria may face temporary or permanent disqualification from recommendations, while those repeatedly violating our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service may be subject to temporary or permanent suspension.

Our media partners adhere to additional guidelines and terms, ensuring accuracy, fact-checking, and appropriate age or location gating of their content.

At Nivafy, we hold a commitment to maintaining a high standard of content quality. We believe in helping our creators and users achieve success while ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone. To support this commitment, we offer guidance on content that is not eligible for recommendation:

Not Eligible for Recommendation:

  • Sensitive Personal Information: We prohibit polls that request sensitive personal information, including, but not limited to, questions about users’ racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, personal health, or sex life.
  • Flashes or Strobes: To prioritize the safety and comfort of photosensitive users, content with flashes or strobes must include a warning.
  • Readability: Tile headlines that are hard to read due to issues with capitalization, punctuation, symbols, or emojis are not eligible for recommendation.
  • QR Codes: Content containing QR codes are not eligible for recommendation.
  • Partnering Entities: Content featuring partnering entities with obscured or missing logos does not meet our quality standards for recommendation.

We believe that adhering to these guidelines will enhance the overall quality of the content on Nivafy and contribute to a positive experience for all users. We are here to support your creative endeavors and ensure that your content aligns with our standards. Thank you for being a part of the Nivafy community, where creativity and quality thrive.

Prohibited:

Our guidelines strictly prohibit the following types of sexual content:

  • Pornographic Nudity: Any explicit depictions of nudity intended for sexual arousal or gratification.
  • Sexual Solicitation: Encouraging or requesting sexual activity or explicit content from others without their consent.
  • Non-consensual Sexual Material: Sharing or distributing intimate content without the informed and voluntary consent of all parties involved.
  • Child Sexual Exploitation: Any content featuring or promoting sexual acts involving minors or sexually explicit content related to minors.

For further details and explanations, please refer to our comprehensive guidelines on this subject.

Not Eligible for Recommendation:

In our commitment to creating a safe and respectful environment, we refrain from recommending content that falls under the following categories:

  • Insensitive or Demeaning Content: Content that objectifies individuals, shares sexual material to embarrass someone, speculates about someone’s gender or sexuality, or sensationalizes sex crimes inappropriately.
  • Explicit Imagery: This includes all forms of nudity and depictions of sexual activity, whether real or fictional, even if the individuals are clothed or if the content is generated by AI.
  • Explicit Language: The use of explicit language that describes sex acts, genitalia, sex toys, sex work, or sexual taboos. This also includes sexually suggestive emojis and innuendo specific enough to refer to particular sex acts or body parts.
  • Overtly Suggestive Imagery: Content that draws explicit attention to frequently sexualized body parts through camera angles, attire, poses, or other provocative elements, even if the individual is not nude or is not a real person. This also covers simulated sexual activity or interactions with objects in a sexually provocative manner.
  • Manipulated Media: Content that sexualizes individuals without their consent, including edits that exaggerate sexualized body parts or involve them in explicit scenes.

Sensitive:

We acknowledge the existence of content that may fall into a sensitive category:

  • Content Involving Adult Entertainment Figures: Content featuring individuals primarily known for their work in adult entertainment within an appropriate context.
  • Moderately Suggestive Language: Subtle innuendo indicating sexual interest without explicit reference to specific sex acts or body parts.
  • Revealing, Non-Nude Body Imagery: Imagery that unintentionally highlights frequently sexualized body parts without explicit sexual intent, such as swimwear or fitness attire.
  • Educational Sexual Health Content: Content that educates and promotes safety without endorsing dangerous behavior, suitable for users aged 13 and older.
  • Sexual Content in Relevant Contexts: Sexual content presented in a contextual, educational, news-related, or public interest context, such as art history or academic discussions.

Prohibited:

At Nivafy, we are committed to maintaining a safe and respectful community for all users. Therefore, our Community Guidelines strictly prohibit the following types of content:

  • Threats, Violence, and Harm: Engaging in or encouraging threats, violence, or harm in any form is strictly prohibited.
  • Graphic Violence: We do not allow posts containing gratuitous or graphic violence, including instances of animal abuse.
  • Glorification of Self-Harm: We do not permit content that glorifies self-harm, promotes self-injury, suicide, or eating disorders. Please refer to our dedicated explainer for more details.
  • Glorification of Violence: Any content expressing support for violence or encouraging violence against any individual or group is not eligible for recommendation.

Not Eligible for Recommendation:

In alignment with our commitment to user safety and well-being, we refrain from recommending content that falls under the following categories:

  • Graphic Human Physical Maladies: This includes graphic depictions of human suffering, illness, injury, or death, as well as imagery involving bodily fluids or waste such as pus, blood, urine, excrement, bile, infection, or decay.
  • Graphic Animal Suffering or Death: Content that features graphic or gratuitous imagery of animal suffering or death, including open wounds, emaciation, and broken or mangled body parts.
  • Lurid or Sensationalized Coverage: This includes sensationalized or lurid coverage of disturbing incidents, such as violent or sexual crimes, or local interest crime news involving minors.
  • Dangerous Activities: Content depicting dangerous activities performed by non-professionals, including stunts or “challenges” that could lead to injury, illness, death, or property damage.
  • Encouragement of Dangerous Behavior: Content that encourages dangerous behavior with the potential for injury, death, or property damage is not eligible for recommendation.
  • Intentionally Disturbing Human Body Imagery: Content featuring intentionally disturbing imagery involving the human body, such as sharp objects near the skin or eyes or vermin near the mouth.

Sensitive:

We recognize that certain content may fall into a sensitive category under specific circumstances:

  • Violence in Context: Violence discussed within the context of national news, education, or public discourse is permissible when it does not contain graphic imagery of death or mutilation.
  • Discussion of Self-Harm: Content discussing self-harm, including eating disorders, is allowed when it promotes awareness and support.
  • Non-Graphic Health Depictions: Non-graphic depictions of health issues, medical procedures, settings, or equipment are acceptable, including preserved body organs in educational or newsworthy contexts.
  • Cosmetic Procedures: Cosmetic procedures that do not involve the breaking of the skin are permitted.
  • Body Modifications: Content related to tattoo needles, piercings in progress, or other body modifications is allowed.
  • Animals in Distress: Content featuring animals in danger or distress within natural settings, without graphic imagery of death or gore, is permissible.
  • Common Phobia-Triggering Species: Content featuring species that commonly trigger phobias, such as spiders, insects, or snakes, is allowed.
  • Fake Disturbing Imagery: Fake but potentially disturbing imagery, including violence in fictional entertainment contexts, horror-themed content, or imagery meant to provoke a visceral reaction, is acceptable.
  • Profanity or Coarse Language: Profanity or coarse language is allowed if it is not directed at an individual, not derogatory to a group, and not sexually explicit.

Please refer to our comprehensive guidelines for further clarity on these categories and for a more detailed understanding of our content policies.

Prohibited:

At Nivafy, we are committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive community for all users. Our Community Guidelines strictly prohibit harassment and bullying, which includes the following actions:

  • Attempts to Embarrass or Humiliate: Any attempts to embarrass or humiliate someone, whether publicly or privately, are strictly prohibited.
  • Wishing Harm: Expressing wishes of harm upon someone is not allowed.
  • Sexual Harassment: Engaging in any form of sexual harassment is strictly prohibited.
  • Invasions of Privacy: Actions that invade someone’s privacy, such as sharing their private information without consent, are not tolerated.

Please refer to our dedicated explainer for more comprehensive information on these guidelines.

Not Eligible for Recommendation:

In alignment with our commitment to maintaining a respectful and positive environment, we do not recommend content that falls under the following categories:

  • Coarse Language or Profanity Directed at an Individual or Group: Content that contains coarse language or profanity directed towards an individual or group, even if it is bleeped or obscured, is not eligible for recommendation.
  • Demeaning Appearance-Based Comments: Demeaning, belittling, or objectifying someone based on their appearance, even if they are a public figure, is not recommended.
  • Dangerous Pranks: Content involving pranks that could lead the victim to believe they are in imminent danger of injury, death, or loss is not eligible for recommendation.
  • Insensitivity to Tragic Events or Topics: Content that displays insensitivity regarding tragic events or topics, such as mocking survivors of intimate partner violence, is not recommended.

It’s important to note that criticizing or satirizing the words or actions of prominent public adults or organizations, when done respectfully and without harassment or bullying, is not considered a violation of our guidelines.

Prohibited:

At Nivafy, we are committed to providing accurate and reliable information to our community. Our Community Guidelines strictly prohibit the spread of harmful false or deceptive information. This includes the following actions:

  • Fraud, Scams, Spam: Engaging in fraudulent activities, scams, spam, or deceptive marketing tactics of any kind is not allowed.
  • Denying Tragic Events: Spreading false information that denies the existence of tragic events is strictly prohibited.
  • Deceptive Impersonations: Impersonating other people, brands, or organizations in a deceptive manner is strictly prohibited.
  • Unsubstantiated Medical Claims: Sharing unverified or unsubstantiated medical claims is not allowed.
  • Undermining Civic Processes: Actions that undermine the integrity of civic processes, such as elections or public decision-making, are prohibited.
  • Manipulating Content: Manipulating content for false or misleading purposes, including deepfakes or deceptive edits, is not tolerated.

Please refer to our dedicated explainer for more comprehensive information on these guidelines.

  • Not Eligible for Recommendation:
  • In line with our commitment to promoting authentic and trustworthy content, we do not recommend content that falls under the following categories:
  • Engagement Bait: Content created with the intent to manipulate viewers to boost views or interactions, often by setting up false expectations, is not eligible for recommendation. Examples include:
  • Using a “wait for it” caption, but the anticipated content never materializes.
  • Creating challenges based on nonexistent platform features, like “see Nivafy’s hidden setting.”
  • Attempting to leverage likes or shares with promises like “If this gets 5000 shares, I’ll give away crypto.”
  • Trying to trick viewers into re-watching or pausing a post through deceptive methods like long blocks of text, brief glimpses of content, or “spot the difference” games.
  • Misleading or Sensationalized Headlines: Content with misleading or sensationalized headlines that do not accurately represent the content is not recommended.

We believe in promoting content that is truthful, transparent, and respectful of our community.

Prohibited:

At Nivafy, we have a strong commitment to upholding legal and ethical standards. Our Community Guidelines strictly prohibit illegal activities and restrict regulated activities. This includes:

  • Illegal Items: Buying, selling, exchanging, or facilitating the sales of illegal or regulated drugs, contraband, weapons, or counterfeit goods or documents is strictly prohibited.
  • Exploitation: Promoting or facilitating any form of exploitation, including human trafficking or sex trafficking, is strictly prohibited.
  • Unauthorized Promotion: The illegal promotion of regulated goods or industries, such as unauthorized promotion of gambling, tobacco products, and alcohol, is not allowed.

Please refer to our dedicated explainer for a more detailed explanation of these guidelines.

Not Eligible for Recommendation:

To ensure the safety and compliance of our platform, certain content is not eligible for recommendation. This includes:

  • Depictions of Regulated Products: Content that depicts tobacco, nicotine, or cannabis products or paraphernalia.
  • Excessive or Dangerous Alcohol Use: Content depicting excessive or dangerous alcohol use by adults, such as rapidly consuming large quantities, operating heavy machinery while intoxicated, or reaching a point of slurred speech or loss of consciousness.
  • Real Weapons: Depictions of real weapons (guns, knives, explosives, etc.) outside of a news, education, or sports context.

Sensitive:

We understand that certain content may have sensitive or educational value. Therefore, we handle the following categories with sensitivity:

  • Moderate Alcohol Use by Adults: Content that depicts moderate alcohol use by adults.
  • Gambling and Real-Money Gaming: Content related to gambling, real-money gaming, sports betting, or fantasy sports, from licensed organizations with proper targeting.
  • Health Content (Weight Loss): Health content that focuses on weight loss.
  • Fictional Content: Fictional content, such as jokes, skits, or scenes from movies or video games, related to illegal or regulated activities.

Nivafy, is committed to maintaining a safe and compliant environment for all users.

Prohibited:

At Nivafy, we are dedicated to fostering a safe and inclusive environment. Our Community Guidelines strictly prohibit hateful content, terrorism, and violent extremism. This includes:

  • Hateful Content: Any content that promotes hate speech, discrimination, or harm towards individuals or groups based on attributes such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or any other protected characteristic.
  • Terrorism: Content that supports, glorifies, or incites terrorism, terrorist organizations, or violent acts intended to cause harm.
  • Violent Extremism: Content that promotes, glorifies, or incites violent extremist ideologies or actions.

Please consult our dedicated explainer for a more comprehensive understanding of these guidelines.

Sensitive:

We acknowledge that certain contexts may involve discussions related to hate speech, hate symbols, terrorism, or violent extremism for purposes such as news reporting, counter speech, education, or respectful public discourse. In such cases:

  • Hate Speech and Symbols: Hate speech, hate symbols, terrorism, or violent extremism may be discussed as part of news reporting, counter speech, education, or respectful public discourse, provided that slurs and hate symbols are obscured.

Nivafy, is committed to maintaining a platform that upholds the values of respect, inclusivity, and safety for all users.