Community Guidelines

Bookplate (bookplateapp.com) · Last updated July 30, 2026

Bookplate's social side — visiting friends' Reading Homes, reviews, and comments — is meant to feel like a warm bookshop, not a comment section. These guidelines apply to everything you publish or share with other readers.

Be a good guest

Talk about books, reading, and your honest reactions — spicy opinions about a book are welcome.
Reviews and comments appear under your shelf name; write like your book club can see it, because it can.
Visiting a friend's Reading Home is read-only by design: you can look, not touch.

Never welcome

Harassment, hate, or personal attacks — criticism of a book is fine; going after a person is not.
Spam, scams, self-promotion, or flooding reviews/comments.
Impersonating another person or reader.
Sexually explicit or violent content outside a genuine discussion of a book.
Posting someone's private information, or substantial copyrighted text (see the copyright policy).

Your tools

Block — from a reader's home. Blocking hides that reader from your Bookplate: you won't see their reviews, comments, home, or friend requests. It does not currently prevent them from seeing content you've made public (reviews, or your home if you're discoverable).
Report — asks the developer to review content or a reader; every report is read by a human, and nothing is removed automatically. If a report fails to send, email bookplateapp@gmail.com instead.
Privacy — your shelf is private by default; you choose whether to be discoverable, and you choose your friends.

What happens on violations

We reserve the right to remove violating content, issue warnings, restrict social features, or suspend accounts, depending on severity. Reports are reviewed by a human (the developer) — today there is no automated moderation, and enforcement is manual and may not be immediate.

Questions

Help & feedback in the app, or bookplateapp@gmail.com.