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FAQ: SQUIRT CONTENT / GUIDELINES
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- Posting Guidelines
- What happens if I post something against guidelines?
- What if I see something on the site that violates guidelines?
- Women on Squirt
- Escorts and Rentboys
1. Posting and Photo Guidelines:
We are strongly committed to not censoring or policing the information that is posted to Squirt, as much as possible. However, to keep this forum comfortable and safe for all men (which includes men of all identities, races, religions, nationalities, and abilities etc) and to prevent abuses by a few people and certain groups, we have established the following guidelines.
PLEASE NOTE: These guidelines apply anywhere/everywhere on the site, including email or within Squirt IM, Chat Rooms, and for Videos recorded to your profile.
18+ ONLY Guidelines:
Squirt is for adults, ages 18+ only. Squirt is strongly committed to preventing minors from being exposed to, or exploited by, adult material. As a result, the following material will be removed and your membership suspended immediately:
- Posts made by anyone under the age of 18 or claiming to be under the age of 18.
- Posts that refer to, depict, offer or solicit encounters with anyone under the age of 18 years. This includes historical references (IE When I was 16) or fictional accounts (Cocktale stories).
- Please note - the 18+ restriction applies site-wide, without exception, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE LEGAL AGE OF CONSENT IS LOWER IN YOUR JURISDICTION. Posting anything, anywhere on the site that refers to, depicts or represents anyone who is, or appears to be, under the age of 18 will result in the immediate and permanent suspension of your membership, without warning or refund.
Other Posting Guidelines:
Posts that (upon review by and at the sole discretion of the moderator) involve the following content are removed immediately from the site and may result in suspension of your membership:
- Personally identifying information: Including your full name, telephone or mobile number, street address, email address, messenger service IDs, etc.
- Information that personally identifies anyone else: As above.
- Links to external websites.
- Libelous material - including disclosing personal information about other members such as HIV status, accusations of illegal activities, etc.
- Posts offering or soliciting commercial services: Including apartments for rent, cleaning services, porn for sale, professional photography, etc. Note - exceptions are made for escorts, please see the Escorts and Rentboys section for more info.
- Posts that refer to bestiality (sex involving animals).
- Posts that "spam" the site: repeated postings of a similar nature anywhere on the site.
- Email spamming other members: repeated messages to members, or mass- sending the same message to multiple members.
- Posts that refer to the exchange or use of illegal narcotics.
- Posts which are homophobic and/or anti-sex in nature.
- Posts that target and oppress individual groups based on age, race, gender presentation, sexual orientation, physical ability, nationality, etc, or any such posts that compromise someone else's use and enjoyment of the site.
- Posts or messages that threaten or harass other members, or are considered abusive.
- Any other information, posting or message that is considered by a moderator to be inappropriate, off-topic, abusive, or not within the purposes of the Squirt website.
What material is allowed on Squirt?
Because Squirt is strongly committed to freedom of speech, in particular our right to speak candidly and honestly about our sexual lives and desires, items that may be uncomfortable or controversial to some members may be approved to the site.
While we understand that many of these topics can be emotional and challenging for our community, we also feel that valuable dialogue on these issues can result from allowing this material to remain on the site. Quite often, by the end of a heated discussion on Squirt, members get a richer understanding of other guys' points of view, and a broader understanding of our community as a whole. We like that!
If you disagree strongly with something that is posted and allowed to remain on the site, we encourage you to exercise your freedom of speech - that is what Squirt is here for! Post your own comment to the discussion - just be sure to avoid any abusive or threatening comments or they will be removed asap.
You can also always drop Ed, the Squirt editor a comment on anything you see on Squirt, he's always happy to get feedback from members.
What are the photo guidelines?
Photos uploaded to Squirt must meet the following criteria:
- Photos cannot be of anyone under the age of 18, or depict/represent anyone under that age. No Exceptions. If your photos appear to depict anyone under the age of 18, they will be removed immediately and your membership suspended without refund.
- Photos must be of you, and cannot be of celebrities, models, pornstars etc
- You can only upload photos that clearly identify yourself - do not include photos that identify friends, family, lovers, other men, etc. (IE - group or couple shots, include only your face in your pics!).
- Photos must be your own, not copied from other profiles, websites etc.
- Photos depicting women must include at least one man.
- Photos cannot include text - such as names, websites, contact information, etc.
- Photos must not include copyrighted material such as drawings, animation, logos, etc.
What are the guidelines for Squirt webcam chat?
All of the above content posting guidelines apply to the Squirt private instant message, Squirt Video Chat Rooms, and videos that are recorded and posted to your profile.
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2. What happens if I post something against guidelines?
If any post contains information regarding anyone under the age of 18, it is removed from the site immediately and the poster's membership is automatically, permanently suspended. Squirt is for men 18+ only, there are absolutely no exceptions.
For other types of guideline violations: in some extreme cases, posts will be removed and memberships suspended without warning, if the offence merits such an action in the moderator's sole discretion.
For general guideline violations, if you post something that is against guidelines (see above - Posting and Photo Guidelines) the following will occur:
FIRST VIOLATION:
The first time you violate guidelines, the following actions are taken:
- The material is removed / edited immediately.
- You receive a warning from a Squirt moderator.
- The warning indicates why your post was against guidelines and that further guideline violations will result in the suspension of your membership.
- Your profile is flagged for moderator review - your future posts to the site are automatically reviewed by admin for additional violations.
- Your profile will be flagged as having received a guideline warning.
SECOND VIOLATION:
For members who have previously been warned for violating guidelines, the following actions will be taken:
- The material will be removed / edited immediately.
- Your membership will be suspended automatically.
- There are no refunds or reactivations for suspended memberships.
COMMENT VIOLATIONS:
If you post multiple off-topic or escalated posts to the Message Boards, Cocktales or Cruising sections (IE starting or prolonging flame wars) Squirt admin may suspend your comment posting ability. Meaning - you still access your membership, but can't participate in any public comment areas of the site any longer.
We strive to maintain as much of a moderator-free forum as possible, to allow for free speech and candid dialogue. The above warning / suspension system is in place only to maintain a safe and effective community for all Squirt members to enjoy.
CHAT ROOM VIOLATIONS:
The posting guidelines apply to the Squirt Video Chat Rooms as well. If you violate Squirt Guidelines in a chat room, one of three things will occur, depending on the severity of the violation:
- A squirt moderator will remove you from the room you are chatting in, and send you a warning to abide by chat room guidelines in future.
- For more serious offences, you will be removed from the chat room and your ability to enter/participate in the chat rooms will be suspended.
- If the guideline violation is extreme, your membership to Squirt will be immediately, permanently suspended. There are no refunds for suspensions.
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3. What if I see something on the site that violates guidelines?
Squirt is your community! Keep it safe and enjoyable for everyone by using the "Report to moderator" tool - available in every module on the site!
This is the Report to a Moderator icon. It appears everywhere members can post to the site, as well as in Squirt Video Chat Rooms, and in the video player when you are watching a profile video. If you see something that you feel should not appear on the site, or violates our posting guidelines, alert site admin by clicking this icon right away.
Once you've clicked the Report icon, fill in the fields on the report post pop-up, and include a note on why you feel the post violates site guidelines. Hit submit, and a notification is instantly sent to Dick Hunter to review the material.
Note - no one else on the site will know you submitted a report post, it's confidential and only site admin sees the report.
Dick will review the post and if it violates guidelines, he'll take the appropriate action. If he doesn't feel any violation has occurred, he won't take any action. Please note - Dick doesn't respond to report post messages - so you won't get a reply back after you submit one.
A note of caution - if you abuse the Report to Moderator tool, (IE - sending multiple reports about an ex-lover who hasn't actually violated guidelines ) your ability to flag posts for moderator review will be suspended, and future reports will be ignored. If you abuse the Report to Moderator tool in the Squirt Video Chat Rooms, your ability to enter the rooms may be suspended.
If you are concerned about something sent in a Squirt email or instant message, please click the contact us link at the bottom left of every Squirt page and send Dick Hunter a note about it.
Because of the thousands of posts and videos being submitted every minute on Squirt, Dick Hunter and Squirt's admin team cannot approve every message, posting, or video before it gets posted to the site. As a result, in addition to our review of site material, we expect and encourage all members of the Squirt community to participate in keeping it a great place to Cruise.
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4. Women on Squirt:
Generally, Squirt is a website for men who have sex with other men, however they choose to identify. But because we are a sex-positive website and understand that some members of the Cruising community are bi, and/or enjoy including female partners in sexual play, we allow women to use the site in the following manner:
Profiles - Women are allowed to have profiles either profiling them individually or with another man.
Photos - If a woman is present among photos, there must also be at least one man represented.
Cruising Listings - Listings for places that women frequent, but where man on man action also occurs can be listed. Listings for locations that cater to a male/female only audience (IE straight swingers clubs/groups, straight dogging locations) will not be approved.
Message Boards - References to exclusively heterosexual sex are not allowed. Posts about bisexual sex involving women and more than one man are allowed.
Cocktales - Stories about sex with women must include some man on man action. Exclusively hetero (male/female) stories will not be approved to the site.
A note about cross dressers and transsexuals - posts by these sexy ladies and their admirers are always okay!
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5. Escorts and Rentboys
Squirt allows escorts, rentboys and masseurs to post on Squirt. Likewise, we allow members seeking escorts to post on the site. Based on our firm belief that sex is good and healthy, we want everyone to be getting it however, and with whoever they want.
However, as a courtesy to our members who are not seeking out escorts, all escorts must choose the field that identifies them as an escort when setting up their profile. IE - in the area that says I am: gay/straight/bi, etc - escorts must select escort.
This way, you can tell right away if a guy is an escort or not, simply by reading his profile.
Of course, escorts must abide by Squirt guidelines as all other members do - no exceptions.
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