Community Guidelines

DS Colony · Last updated 1 October 2026

[Beta draft — founder-authored, pending a counsel sanity pass. Flagged for review.]

1. What this place is

DS Colony's community exists for one thing: Data Science and AI practitioners helping each other get better, with substance over noise. Reputation here comes from contribution and evidence — not followers. This is a professional and educational space, not a general-purpose social network.

Permitted uses: DS/AI study and technical Q&A, project collaboration, research and academic discussion, professional networking and career discussion, opportunity-related professional communication, study groups, and constructive technical feedback.

Not permitted as a purpose: social broadcasting unrelated to DS/AI, political campaigning, promotion of anything off-topic, building an audience for its own sake.

2. Rules of conduct

• Be technical, be specific. Context, what you tried, what happened. Markdown, code, and math are welcome.
• Critique work, never people. Harassment, threats, bullying, hate speech, or abuse of any kind gets removed and can suspend the account.
• No sexual or explicit content, ever. Any child-safety (CSAM) report hides the content immediately on receipt and is escalated to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) with evidence preserved.
• No doxxing. Never post other people's private information (phone numbers, addresses, IDs, private emails) without their consent.
• No spam or mass promotion. Rate limits apply; bulk solicitation is a violation, not a strategy.
• No scams, phishing, or malware — including links intended to harm or trick.
• No impersonation. Be a real person representing yourself.
• Don't share credentials, API keys, or passwords that aren't yours to share — including "shared" accounts for paid services.
• No political campaigning or targeting. Take it elsewhere.
• Nothing illegal under Indian law.

3. Copyright and content rules

You may only share work you have the right to share. The full rules, the complaint process, and our repeat-infringer policy live in the Copyright Policy. In short:

We do not pre-screen content, and we never claim user content is "copyright-free". We remove reported content after human review and comply with court orders and government directions.

4. How reporting works

Every post, comment, message, and profile action point has a Report control. Reports are private: the person you report is never told who reported them. One open report per person per item; repeats don't stack. Every report lands in a human moderation queue (no automated decisions — the single exception is the immediate-hide rule for child-safety reports). Review target: within 24 hours.

Enforcement ladder: dismiss (no violation) → hide content (non-destructive and reversible) → warn the account → suspend the account (login blocked, sessions revoked, reversible on appeal). Appeals go to the Grievance Officer — contact in the Moderation policy.

5. Data expectations

Community posts and comments are publicly visible to anyone, including signed-out visitors. Your public portfolio and recruiter discoverability are separate opt-in switches, off by default. See the Privacy Policy.