We understand that our Promotional Content rules may be difficult for some content creators to understand, so we’ve created this FAQ to help you better understand how you can avoid violating them. Please check the Community Conduct Rules for the full language of our rules around Promotional Content.
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We define Promotional Content as the use of our platform to promote any content, product, or service in exchange for tangible benefits, such as money or gifts.
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Importantly, our Promotional Content rules are considered different from our Donation Request rules. If a member attempts to solicit donations of any kind (such as money, tangible or intangible gifts, food, wishlists, etc.) without explicitly offering content, a product, or a service, that is considered to be a Donation Request.
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If you are attempting to circumvent our rules in order to promote paid content, products, or services beyond what our rules allow, you will likely break these rules. As you will see below, no amount of subtlety, hinting, obfuscation or creative phrasing will allow you to steer clear of our Promotional Content rules if your underlying motive is to promote paid content, products, or services without becoming a Verified Creator or, if you are verified, in excess of the outlined limits.
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Our Promotional Content policy covers all newsfeeds and photofeeds, which means any attempt to promote paid content, products, or services through publicly uploaded images or text posts on Feabie is covered by this policy.
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There is no way to circumvent our Promotional Content policy through the use of subtlety, suggestive phrasing, hypotheticals, jokes or any hints where the intention is clear. The only way to not run afoul of our Promotional Content policy is not to have any intention whatsoever to promote paid content, products, or services on Feabie without becoming a Verified Creator or, if you are verified, in excess of the outlined limits.
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Mentioning any paid content/payment platforms that they use, such as:
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Sharing information around activities directly related to creating/sharing paid content, products, or services, such as:
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If you produce paid content, vaguely mentioning any upcoming or recent content, such as:
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Offering giveaways, free or discounted subscriptions, or other kinds of promotions for paid content, products, or services, such as:
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Using subtle phrasing or hints, such as:
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Phrasing the promotional content as a joke, such as:
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Mentioning past commercial activity, such as:
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Using codes for paid content/payment platforms, such as:
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When it comes to Promotional Content, photos uploaded publicly are treated exactly the same as text posts made in the newsfeed. That means any photo, or text within the photo or caption, that states or implies that the poster is seeking to promote paid content, products, or services is considered a Promotional Content post. Such a photo cannot be posted on Feabie without becoming a Verified Creator or, if you are verified, in excess of the outlined limits.
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Some examples of photos that would be considered as Promotional Content include any photo uploaded with:
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If My Profile/Bio Includes Promotional Content, Can I Reference It in a Post?
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As any of the above cited examples of “ads” constitute Promotional Content, they could not be posted on Feabie without becoming a Verified Creator or, if you are verified, in excess of the outlined limits; nor could any member–verified or not–send them inorganically via private message.
What about Hyperlinking to Link Hubs, Websites, Social Media, or Blogs?
Linking to third-party sites and resources, such as link hubs, websites, social media accounts or blogs can be considered Promotional Content, depending on the nature of the sites/resources themselves.
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Link Hubs If ANY of the hyperlinks on a link hub page (such as Linktree, etc.) leads to paid content/payment platforms, linking to that hub is considered Promotional Content. |
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Non-Paid Websites, Social Media Accounts, or Blogs If a non-paid website, social media account or blog (such as Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, Wordpress, etc.) is predominantly used to promote the sale of content, products, or services, linking to that website, social media account or blog is considered Promotional Content. |
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If a member is currently offering paid content, products, or services, any reference to them in the newsfeed or photofeed would be considered Promotional Content, even if phrased as a question.
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We do allow a small amount of leeway for a member who does not yet produce or sell content, products, or services to discuss their interest and ask questions in the newsfeed, typically limited to a single post. However, once a member has decided to produce content or launch a platform, any attempt to announce or build anticipation for the content release or paid platform launch would be considered Promotional Content.
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Such attempts are considered as Donation Requests and are covered under that policy. Please see the Donation Request Guide for more information.
Can I Ask Others to Promote My Profile, Content, Products, or Services for Me?
No. Members are not allowed to ask, encourage, incentivize, or provide compensation to others to promote their Feabie profile, paid content, products or services, regardless of whether they are Verified Creators or not.
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