Draft for legal review. Last updated [date].

House rules

MoneyMouth is where people say how they’d spend public money, and put their percentages behind it. Every point of view is welcome. These rules keep it a place people want to come back to.

Argue about the money, not the person

• Disagree as hard as you like with someone’s split. Don’t insult, threaten or harass the person who made it.
• No hate: no attacks on people for their race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, national origin or similar traits.
• No threats of violence, and no encouraging anyone to hurt themselves or others.

Keep private things private

• Don’t post anyone’s personal information: home address, phone number, email, workplace details or private documents. That includes your own.
• Don’t post tax-return numbers, income or account numbers in a note, yours or anyone else’s. MoneyMouth keeps dollar amounts private on purpose.

Be who you are

• One account per person. Don’t make extra accounts to boost a position or co-sign yourself.
• Don’t pretend to be another person, an official, a campaign or an organization.
• Your home state is self-declared. Tell the truth about it. Posts label home states as self-declared.

No spam

• No advertising, fundraising links, chain posts or repeated identical notes.
• No automated posting.

What happens when something breaks the rules

• Anyone signed in can report a post. The person reported doesn’t see who reported them.
• When three different people report the same post, it’s hidden automatically until the site owner reviews it.
• The owner can restore a post, remove its name and note while keeping the percentages, or keep it hidden. Serious or repeated problems can lead to an account being closed.
• Reporting something just because you disagree with it isn’t allowed. Misusing reports can itself break these rules.

Think we got it wrong?

Email [contact email] with a link to the post or your display name. We’ll take another look.