Fotolog Community Guidelines

We strongly encourage you to take a look at our Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy, as those each represent the definitive set of guidelines that govern your use of the Fotolog service.

However, we also understand that reading so much legalese can make your brain hurt, so we’ve distilled down some of the basic concepts into a set of community guidelines.

For Fotolog to be a fun experience for everyone, it comes down to this:

Specifically:

• Fotolog is a place to share your daily photos.
• Don’t upload other people’s photos to your Fotolog page. Period. It’s disrespectful and, in many cases, it’s against the law.
• Nobody needs to see that picture of the kitten with the spaghetti on his head that’s been going around the internet for the hundredth time. And, Brittney Spears doesn’t need or want you sharing pictures of her baby
• We want Fotolog to be a place that anybody can enjoy – including families with young children.
• Absolutely no nudity and no sexual content. We certainly agree that some of the most artistic and beautiful images in the world contain nudity – but Fotolog isn’t the place for them. No naked breasts, no naked crotches, no naked butts, no provocative lingerie or underwear – even if it’s in a drawing
• No images that contain gore, blood, injuries or violence
• No images that promote hate or discrimination against other people
• No obscene language – not in your username, the title of your Fotolog page, your photo captions, your guestbook messages, etc.
• Don’t SPAM other guestbooks. That includes:
• Repeated requests to people you don’t know to visit your Fotolog page or add you to their friends list
• Chain letters. Trust us when we say you will absolutely NOT be run over by a bus because you don’t spread that chain letter to 10 more guestbooks in the next 24 hours
• Marketing messages for your non-Fotolog websites and businesses
• Don’t abuse the Fotolog system. The limits and rules of the Fotolog functionality are there for a reason. By cheating on your guestbooks (deleting and re-posting messages to bypass the daily limits) or creating multiple Fotolog accounts or filling up Fotolog group pages with photos that don’t even relate to that Group, you’re just making it harder and harder for Fotolog to continue to offer free Fotolog accounts to everyone.
• If you come across someone who is violating these guidelines, please inform the Fotolog admin team by using the "contact us" form and we will look into it as soon as possible.
• We are constantly working on new functionality that will allow you to protect your Fotolog page from unwanted participation by other people, but remember – it’s the Internet. You’re sharing your photos in a public forum. You have to expect other people to do or say things you don’t always agree with.
• And please also remember, there are more than 10 million Fotolog members, so think twice before you send us that email that says “I demand justice because so-and-so called me a melon-head” – there’s not much we can do and it distracts our volunteers from taking care of legitimate problems.
• If you break the rules, we will be forced to deactivate your Fotolog page and any other Fotolog page you might have. No exceptions – even Gold Camera members have to follow the rules.

Once again: other Fotolog members are human beings and have feelings – please respect each other! And, have fun being part of the world’s biggest photo-blogging community.