Building Together
Our community guidelines ensure WeReally remains a trusted, respectful, and productive space for creating and sharing knowledge.
Respect and Civility
Treat all community members with respect. Disagreements are fine, personal attacks are not.
Good Faith Participation
Contribute honestly and constructively. We're building knowledge together, not competing.
Transparency
Be open about your sources, methods, and potential conflicts of interest.
Quality Over Quantity
Focus on providing well-researched, accurate contributions rather than rushing to post.
Original Contributions
Share your own knowledge or properly attribute others' work. Plagiarism will result in account suspension.
Factual Accuracy
Ensure your contributions are accurate and up-to-date. Cite reliable sources for factual claims.
Appropriate Content
No hate speech, harassment, adult content, or illegal material. Keep it professional.
On-Topic Contributions
Keep posts relevant to the community's focus. Off-topic posts may be moved or removed.
Source Everything
Link to original research, articles, data, or personal experience. Every claim needs a source.
Document Your Chain
If building on others' work, show the full chain from original source to your contribution.
Update When Needed
If source information changes or new evidence emerges, update your contributions.
Quality Sources
Prefer peer-reviewed research, primary sources, and reputable publications over blogs or social media.
Verify Before Attesting
Only attest to contributions you've personally reviewed and verified. Your reputation is on the line.
Be Objective
Don't attest to friends' work just to help them out. Only attest to quality, accurate contributions.
Explain Your Reasoning
When attesting, explain why you're vouching for this contribution. Help others understand your thinking.
Challenge When Needed
If you find errors, speak up constructively. Questioning bad contributions helps everyone.
Start with Discussion
If you disagree with a contribution, comment respectfully and present your evidence.
Escalate to Community
If discussion doesn't resolve it, flag for community review. Moderators and trusted members will weigh in.
Accept Community Decisions
Once the community decides, accept the outcome gracefully. You can always revisit with new evidence.
Appeal Process
Serious disputes can be appealed to platform administrators with clear documentation.
Participate in Votes
Help your community make decisions on licensing, moderation, and governance.
Earn Trust Scores
Build reputation through quality contributions and peer attestations. Higher trust = more influence.
Respect Community Rules
Each community can set its own additional guidelines. Follow them or find another community.
Help New Members
Welcome newcomers, answer questions, and help them understand the community's norms.
Quick Reference
The essentials at a glance
- Cite your sources thoroughly
- Review and attest to quality work
- Update contributions when you learn more
- Engage in constructive discussion
- Report rule violations appropriately
- Help maintain a welcoming community
- Plagiarize or copy without attribution
- Attest to work you haven't verified
- Post off-topic or promotional content
- Engage in personal attacks or harassment
- Create fake accounts or manipulate voting
- Share confidential or proprietary information
Enforcement & Consequences
We enforce these guidelines fairly and transparently
Consequence: Warning and request to fix
Consequence: Temporary suspension (1-7 days)
Consequence: Account suspension (30+ days)
Consequence: Permanent ban
Questions About Guidelines?
We're here to help ensure everyone understands and follows our community standards.