Virtunus is an open platform to share experiences and tips from people who have used these techniques to be successful in their lives.

We welcome thoughtful and civil discussion from a broad spectrum of viewpoints. Nevertheless, to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for a wide range of people to engage in meaningful experiences, we prohibit certain conduct.

Each participant in our community is responsible for maintaining these standards.

In deciding whether someone has violated the rules, we will take into account things like share worthiness, the context and nature of the posted information, the likelihood and severity of actual or potential harms, and applicable laws.

Violations of our rules may result in consequences such as account restrictions, limited distribution of your posts, and suspension of your account. Virtunus has the sole authority and final decision as to whether content or behavior violates our rules.

If you find a post or account on Virtunus that you believe violates these rules, please report it. You can use this form to provide more detail or to report other conduct you believe violates our rules. Additionally, you can send an email to [email protected]

Conducts that are prohibited:

Threats of violence and incitement

We do not allow content or actions that threaten, encourage, or incite violence against anyone, directly or indirectly.

Hateful content

We do not allow content that constitutes or promotes violence, harassment, or hatred against people based on characteristics like race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, caste, disability, disease, age, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.

We do not allow posts or accounts that glorify, celebrate, downplay, or trivialize violence, suffering, abuse, or deaths of individuals or groups. This includes the use of scientific or pseudoscientific claims or misleading statistics to pathologize, dehumanize, or disempower others. We do not allow calls for intolerance, exclusion, or segregation based on protected characteristics, nor do we allow the glorification of groups that do any of the above.

We do not allow hateful text, images, symbols, or other content, including in your username, profile, or bio.

Harassment

Virtunus exists to share and discuss experiences from successful people. We don’t tolerate harassment, which includes:

Bullying, threatening, mocking, or shaming someone, or posting things likely to encourage others to do so

Engaging in a repetitive or targeted campaign of harassment against someone or a group of people

Using derogatory language, racial slurs, or obscenities to disparage or attack someone or a group of people

Using Virtunus features in a way that attempts to or does annoy or harass someone, or to draw inorganic attention to your content on Virtunus

Reviewing businesses or products in a gratuitously harmful or abusive manner

Privacy and Reputation

We do not allow the following:

Posting images of, transcripts of, copies of, or links to private communications between private individuals without the explicit consent of all parties to the communication. Redacting names or other information does not supplant the need to secure permissions

Doxing, which includes not only private or obscure personal information but also the aggregation of publicly available information to target, shame, blackmail, harass, intimidate, threaten, or endanger a person or group of people

Posting intimate or explicit images taken or posted without the subject’s express consent

Content that violates others’ privacy or personal safety, including sensitive or confidential information such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, non-public phone numbers, physical addresses, email addresses, or other similar information

Restricted categories

We do not allow posts or accounts that engage in the following restricted categories of activity:

Promotion of controversial, suspect, or extreme content

Facilitation of gambling or betting

Facilitation of buying or selling social media interactions, including off-platform

Facilitation of sexual services

Facilitation of copyright or other intellectual property violation

Facilitation or evidence of violating the terms of service of Virtunus or third party(s)

Facilitation of illegal hacking (e.g., stealing credentials, compromising personal data)

We do not allow the use of pseudoscience, disinformation, or other content that is contrary to public health or safety

Related conduct

We do not allow content or accounts that engage in on-platform, off-platform, or cross-platform campaigns of targeting, harassment, hate speech, violence, or disinformation. We may consider off-platform actions in assessing a Virtunus account and restrict access or availability to that account.

Graphic content

We do not allow posting, linking to, or otherwise promoting pornographic images or videos. We do allow erotic writing and non-graphic erotic images.

We do not allow gratuitously graphic or disturbing media, regardless of subject matter.

Exploitation of minors

We do not allow content promoting the sexual, violent, or other exploitation of minors, including the sexualization of fictional minors.

Promotion and glorification of self-harm

We do not allow content or activities that encourage, promote, or glorify acts of self-harm, such as cutting, eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia, and suicide. If you encounter users contemplating or threatening self-harm,  [email protected]

Duplicate Content

We do not allow posting duplicate copies of the same content to Virtunus, whether from a single account or across multiple accounts, either publicly or as an unlisted story. (You are allowed to cross-post content from your blog to Virtunus, provided you own the rights for the content.)

Spam or Site Misuse

We do not allow spam or misuse of Virtunus. All spam or misuse will be immediately removed from Virtunus without notification. Examples of spam or misuse include:

Posting content primarily to drive traffic to, or increase the search rankings of, an external site, product, or service

Scraping and reposting content from other sources for the primary purpose of generating revenue or other personal gains

Posting duplicate content, whether from a single account or across multiple accounts

Performing a disproportionately large number of interactions, particularly by automated means. This includes bulk or indiscriminate interactions, such as following of other accounts (follow spam) clapping, highlighting, or leaving notes

Repeatedly using responses or other interactions as a method of promotion or marketing

Participating in bounty campaigns or brigades to artificially inflate rankings for posts, accounts, businesses, or products

Use or re-use content templates with slight modifications across multiple posts and accounts

For each of these behaviors, when we talk about “content,” we mean not only posts but also any other feature that allows you to add your own text or media. When we talk about “interactions,” we mean any feature that allows one user to interact with another person or post.

Copyright and trademark infringement

Respect the copyrights and trademarks of others. Per our Terms of Service, we require users to have permission to post the content they publish on Virtunus. Additionally, we have specific policies around plagiarism, to which all Virtunus accounts are held. Users found in violation of our copyright rules are not eligible for appeal or restoration.

We respond to notices of alleged infringement as described in our Terms of Service, Copyright and DMCA Policy, and Trademark Policy.

Deceptive conduct

We do not allow deceptive conduct on Virtunus. This includes:

Posting content or impersonating a person or organization in a way likely to deceive people. Parody and satire are fine, but make clear that is what you’re doing. Our Username Policy has specific requirements for parody accounts

Using Virtunus for phishing or fraud. Don’t use tags, links, titles, or other metadata in a misleading way. Don’t link to or embed malicious or harmful code or software in your posts

Don’t use deception to generate revenue or traffic

If you have received free goods or services, or anything of value in connection with the topic of a post, you must make this clear.

Ads, Promotions, and Marketing

Third-party advertising and sponsorships are not allowed. While you may promote your own business, you may not advertise or promote third-party products, services, or brands through Virtunus posts, publications, or letters. This includes images that indicate brand sponsorship in a post or letter, or as part of a publication name or logo.

Images functioning as third-party ads are not allowed. Inline images or embeds that link out and function as banner ads for third-party brands are not allowed.

You must disclose affiliate links. Affiliate links, such as link out to Amazon with your code, or any other link out where you will receive a commission or other value, are allowed in posts. But, you must disclose somewhere in the post that it includes affiliate links. If you have received payment, goods or services, or something else of value in exchange for writing a post, you must still disclose this fact in writing within your post (as per FTC Rules and Guides).

Embedded Content and Collection of Personal Information

To ensure the data privacy and security of our users, embedded content must comply with the following requirements. An “embed” includes a link, form, or a request for information or other content.

Embeds directly collecting data through Virtunus form fields, comments, or other onsite means are not allowed. This includes embeds that facilitate the submission of email addresses, credit card information, or other personal information. If you want to collect information from your readers, you will need to follow these requirements:

If you link out from your post on Virtunus to a form hosted elsewhere, that form must make it clear to a user that they are no longer in the Virtunus network and the information they disclose is subject to the third-party’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy,

If the link directs users to your own platform to subscribe to your newsletter, blog, or other content you create, then in your Virtunus content immediately next to the link you must disclose that the link will take the user offsite outside of Virtunus

If your content includes a form that sends user information to you or a third-party, immediately next to or within the form you must disclose that the form will send the user’s information to an offsite third-party outside of Virtunus that is subject to that offsite third-party’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, or offsite outside of Virtunus, to you directly. 

How to report a violation

If you find a post or account on Virtunus that violates these rules, please report it. You can send us an email to [email protected]

If you break the rules

We strive to be fair, but we reserve the right to suspend accounts or remove content, without notice, for any reason, particularly to protect our services, infrastructure, users, or community. If you attempt to evade suspension by creating new accounts or posts, we will suspend your new accounts and posts.

Notice

Upon investigating or disabling content associated with your account, we will notify you, unless we believe your account is automated or operating in bad faith, or that notifying you is likely to cause, maintain or exacerbate harm to someone.

Appeals

If you believe your content or account has been restricted or disabled in error, or believe there is relevant context we were not aware of in reaching our determination, you can write to us at [email protected] We will consider all good faith efforts to appeal.

Government Takedown Requests

If Virtunus receives a request from a government actor to restrict access to content associated with your account, we will notify you unless we are prohibited by law or believe doing so may endanger others. Where applicable, we will work to limit legally-ordered content restrictions to jurisdictions where we have a good faith belief that we are legally required to restrict the content. Virtunus submits to the Lumen database government requests to restrict access to content (redacted where appropriate to protect privacy or prevent harm to a person).

We may enforce, or not enforce, these policies at our sole discretion. These policies don’t create a duty or contractual obligation for us to act. We also may change these rules at any time.