Community Guidelines

1. Our mission

Suricates (meerkats) watch out for each other. On Surifact, the community collectively watches over the quality of information. Trust is earned through verified contributions, not through follower counts or outrage.

2. Claims and Takes

Post a Claim when you are making a factual assertion you are willing to have checked. Post a Take when you are sharing an opinion or perspective. Do not disguise opinion as fact, or dress up a Claim you know to be unsupported.

3. Misinformation and manipulation

• Do not knowingly post false or misleading Claims.
• Do not coordinate with others to manufacture consensus, brigade, or distort verdicts.
• Do not use bots or automation to post or amplify content deceptively.

4. Respect and safety

• No harassment, bullying, threats, or incitement to violence.
• No hate speech targeting people for who they are.
• No illegal content, and no sharing of others’ private information without consent.

5. Integrity of the reputation system

Stripes, Vouches and ranks only mean something if they are earned honestly.

• No buying, selling, or trading Stripes, Vouches or accounts.
• No sockpuppets or vote rings to inflate reputation.
• No gaming the fact-checking system to push a false verdict.

6. Source integrity

When you support a Claim or add an annotation, cite credible, independent sources. Avoid circular reporting — multiple outlets repeating a single unverified origin do not make a claim true.

7. How we enforce

When something breaks these guidelines, we respond proportionately. Depending on severity and history, that can mean:

• A warning.
• Removal of the offending content.
• A temporary suspension.
• A permanent ban for serious or repeated breaches.

8. Reporting and appeals

You can report content or accounts that break these guidelines. If we take action against you and you believe it was a mistake, you can appeal and ask us to review the decision.