Moderation

How moderation works at Arranged.

What we check automatically, what a person on our team reviews, and what happens when something breaks the rules.

What we check

Photos, when you upload them

Every upload is screened automatically. Explicit nudity, sexual activity, graphic violence and hate symbols are refused and never stored. Partial nudity, suggestive images, drugs, rude gestures and self-harm are kept out of Discover until a person on our team reviews them. If the screening service is unavailable, the photo is marked unscreened and checked again later.

Optional photo verification

You can take a live selfie with your camera. It is checked automatically for a face and for apparent age; it is not compared with your profile photos and the selfie is not stored. If the check suggests you might be under 18, your profile is hidden while a person on our team reviews it.

Profile text and messages

Profile text and messages are checked for escort, solicitation and trafficking terms. A prompt answer or trip note that matches can't be posted. A bio, headline or message that matches is flagged for our team to review, and a flagged message is not quoted in email notifications.

First messages

Phone numbers, emails, payment handles and other apps can't be sent until the other person has replied. Someone refused for this in three different conversations in a day is suspended automatically. The same message pasted to ten or more people in a day is refused from then on; short greetings are exempt.

What is not allowed

The full rules are in our Acceptable Use Policy. Breaking them can lead to content being removed, a profile being hidden, or the account being suspended or removed.

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Exchanging anything of value for sex or intimacy. Offering or requesting money, gifts or anything of value in exchange for sex or intimacy is prohibited, however it is worded. So is advertising escort or sex work. This is prohibited under our terms and under federal law (FOSTA-SESTA).
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Anyone under 18. You must be 18 or older. A profile reported as possibly belonging to a minor is hidden immediately while our team reviews it, and so is one the selfie check flags.
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Trafficking and exploitation. Any facilitation of human trafficking or sexual exploitation. Reports of trafficking are flagged for priority review.
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Scams and fraud. Requests for money, gift cards or banking details, fake emergencies, investment or crypto pitches, and moving people off the platform to run them.
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Harassment, threats and hate. Including sexual harassment, threats of violence, and continuing to contact someone after they have disengaged.
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Fake profiles and impersonation. Using someone else's photos or misrepresenting who you are.
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Explicit profile content and spam. Nudity or sexual content on your profile, and promoting outside services or commercial schemes.

Reports and blocks

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You report a profile

Choose a reason: fake profile, harassment, inappropriate content, scam, underage, human trafficking, or other, and add details if you want to.

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Some reports act straight away

An underage report hides the profile immediately. A trafficking report flags it for priority review. A profile reported by three members is flagged for review, and one reported by five is suspended automatically until our team looks at it.

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A person on our team reviews it

The reviewer looks at the report and the profile and decides whether to dismiss it, hide the profile, or suspend the account.

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You can block at any time

Blocking hides the two of you from each other, closes the conversation for both of you, and removes any likes and match between you. You can unblock from Settings.

If your account is suspended

A suspended account can't be used and is hidden from other members. Nothing is deleted, and a suspension can be reversed.

If you think we got it wrong, email support@getarranged.io from the address on your account and tell us what happened.

Frequently asked questions

Is it allowed to offer or ask for money or gifts in exchange for sex?

No. Offering or requesting money, gifts or anything of value in exchange for sex or intimacy is prohibited under our Acceptable Use Policy and Terms, as is advertising escort or sex work. Accounts that do it are removed.

Do you use automated tools to moderate?

Yes, for a narrow set of things. Photos are screened when they are uploaded. Profile text and messages are checked for escort and solicitation terms; some matching text is refused and the rest is flagged for our team to review. Contact details are refused in messages until the other person has replied, the same copy-pasted message to many people in a day is refused, and an account that keeps trying to share contact details before anyone replies is suspended automatically.

Who reviews reports?

A member of our team. Reports land in a review queue, and the reviewer decides whether to dismiss the report, hide the profile, or suspend the account.

What if I think my account was suspended by mistake?

Email support@getarranged.io from the address on your account and explain what happened. A suspension can be reversed, and nothing is deleted when an account is suspended.

Will the person I report find out it was me?

We do not tell members who reported them.

What does blocking do?

It hides the two of you from each other. Neither of you can see the other's profile, the conversation closes for both of you, and any likes and match between you are removed.

Do you report users to law enforcement?

We report apparent child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, as the law requires, and we cooperate with valid legal process. Suspected trafficking, credible threats of violence and other serious crimes may also be reported to the authorities.

Questions about a decision?

Email support@getarranged.io. For safety concerns, see our safety page.