YAP
Community Guidelines
Draft for Yap’s private beta, last updated October 2026. It describes how Yap works today and will be reviewed before any public launch.
Yap is for talking about what you watch with people who love it too. These rules keep it a place people want to come back to.
1. Talk about the thing, not the person
Disagree as hard as you like about a show, a match or a call. Don’t attack, threaten, harass or pile on the people you’re talking to. Slurs aren’t allowed anywhere, including usernames: Yap blocks the worst automatically, and moderators handle the rest.
2. Respect the spoiler shield
Post about an episode on that episode’s page. Yap marks posts with how far they reach, but it can’t read minds: if you’re posting about something later than the place you’re posting in, tick “Contains spoilers”. Never put spoilers in titles, usernames or poll options.
3. Keep people’s identities safe
Don’t share anyone’s real name, address, workplace, photos or other personal details, and don’t try to work out who is behind an incognito post. Don’t pretend to be someone else, including actors, athletes and Yap staff.
4. No piracy, no spam, nothing explicit
Yap never streams anything and doesn’t allow links to pirated streams or downloads. No advertising, scams, repeated posts or vote manipulation. No sexual content, gore for shock value, or anything that sexualises minors (we report that to the authorities).
5. Live rooms move fast; be decent anyway
React, cheer and argue. Don’t flood the chat, and pick a side in match rooms without turning it into abuse.
What happens when someone breaks the rules
Use Report on any message or Hide this person to stop seeing them. A message reported by several people is hidden until a moderator reviews it. Moderators can remove posts and mute or ban accounts, whether a post was named or incognito. Serious or repeated breaches end in a ban.