aswell Community Guidelines

aswell exists to help people find friendship, belonging and support through the shared experiences that stem from work.

Every member is responsible for helping keep the community welcoming, useful and safe.

Be human

Treat other members as real people, not leads, prospects, audiences or opportunities.

Approach conversations with curiosity, care and respect.

Protect privacy

Do not share another person's private information, messages, workplace details, photos or experiences without permission.

Do not screenshot or redistribute content from private Collectives or conversations without the participants' consent.

Do not pressure someone to disclose personal information.

Respect boundaries

A connection request, message or invitation does not create an obligation to respond.

Respect blocks, declined invitations and requests to stop communicating.

Do not attempt to contact someone through another account after being blocked.

Keep aswell safe

The following are not allowed:

• Harassment, bullying, threats or stalking
• Hate speech or discriminatory conduct
• Sexual harassment or unwanted sexual content
• Exploitation or abuse
• Encouragement of violence or self-harm
• Fraud, impersonation or scams
• Doxxing or disclosure of private information
• Malicious links, malware or account compromise
• Retaliation against someone who reports conduct

Keep workplace information responsible

Do not post confidential, proprietary, legally protected or personally identifying workplace information.

Do not identify coworkers, clients, patients, students or customers without permission.

aswell should not be used to organize harassment, workplace retaliation or unlawful employment decisions.

No spam or predatory selling

Do not use aswell primarily to:

• Recruit clients
• Build sales lists
• Send repetitive promotional messages
• Promote pyramid schemes or deceptive opportunities
• Collect member data
• Pressure members to purchase products or services

Relevant recommendations may be shared naturally when they directly respond to a conversation and any financial relationship is disclosed.

Be honest

Do not materially misrepresent:

• Your identity
• Your employer
• Your experience
• Your qualifications
• Your reason for joining
• Your relationship to a product, service or organization

Support is not professional care

Members may share experiences and encouragement, but they should not present personal opinions as professional medical, mental-health, legal, financial or employment advice unless properly qualified.

Do not discourage someone from seeking appropriate professional or emergency help.

Collective expectations

Collective members and hosts should:

• Respect confidentiality
• Make space for different experiences
• Avoid dominating conversations
• Address disagreement without personal attacks
• Report serious safety concerns
• Avoid making promises of absolute confidentiality that cannot be guaranteed

Collective hosts are community facilitators, not therapists, emergency responders or representatives of members' employers.

Reporting and enforcement

Members can report content, messages, profiles or conduct that may violate these Guidelines.

aswell may:

• Issue a warning
• Remove content
• Restrict features
• Pause Collective participation
• Suspend an account
• Permanently remove an account
• Preserve or disclose information when legally required or reasonably necessary for safety

aswell may consider context, severity, repetition and member safety when determining an appropriate response.

Submitting intentionally false or retaliatory reports may itself violate these Guidelines.

Emergency situations

aswell is not monitored as an emergency or crisis service.

If someone may be in immediate danger, contact local emergency services or an appropriate crisis resource.

Questions

Questions about these Guidelines may be sent to help@joinaswell.com.