Community Guidelines
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Cube Cooperative is one shared cube. Your sections are yours and nobody else can touch them, but everyone can see them. These guidelines cover what can't go on the cube and what we do when it does. They're part of our Terms of Service.
Moderation here is hands-off. We don't rule on taste and we don't settle arguments between neighbors. We act when a rule is clearly broken.
Rules summary
| Type | Rule | Consequence |
|---|---|---|
| Prohibited | Inappropriate content: explicit, hateful or illegal paintings | Section reset, possible ban |
| Prohibited | Copyrighted works you don't have the rights to | Painting removed, ban for repeat offenders |
| Prohibited | Harassment, threats and doxxing | Section reset, possible ban |
| Prohibited | Bots, exploits and blocking checkout | Ban |
| Allowed | Building next to or around other people | None |
| Allowed | Suggestive content that isn't explicit | None |
| Allowed | Promoting your own project, channel or business | None |
Sales are final. A reset, a removed section or a ban doesn't come with a refund.
1. Inappropriate content
1.1 Zero-tolerance content
None of this is allowed anywhere on the cube:
- Explicit sexual content, including pornography, explicit nudity and sex acts
- Sexualization of minors, including fictional characters who look like children
- Extreme gore
- Hate speech and hate symbols
- Doxxing: someone's address, phone number or other private information
- Threats and targeted harassment
- Promotion of terrorism, mass violence, or illegal goods and services
- Scams, phishing, and malicious links or QR codes
Consequences: The section is reset. For serious or repeated violations the sections are removed and the account is banned. Content that sexualizes minors is also reported to the authorities.
1.2 Suggestive content
Content with sexual undertones that stops short of explicit is allowed and won't get your account in trouble.
2. Copyrighted works
Don't paint copyrighted works you don't have the rights to. Characters, artwork, photos and logos that belong to someone else all count.
Copying isn't against the rules by itself. Your own work, work you have permission to use, and work in the public domain are fine.
Consequences: The painting is removed. Repeat infringers are banned.
If someone painted your copyrighted work, file a notice with the copyright form. Section 11 of the Terms covers the process.
3. Harassment and neighbors
You can't paint over anyone else's section and they can't paint over yours, so most disputes between neighbors aren't ours to settle.
3.1 What's allowed
- Buying the space next to someone
- Building around someone else's painting
- Painting something that clashes with what's next door
Competing for space is how the cube works.
3.2 What's not allowed
Using your sections to go after another person. That includes insults or arrows aimed at a neighbor's painting, and paintings made to look like someone else painted them.
Consequences: The section is reset. Repeat it and the account is banned.
4. Bots, exploits and blocking checkout
- No bots, scripts or automation for buying or painting.
- No holding sections in checkout when you don't plan to pay, just to keep other people from buying them.
- No exploits. If you find a bug, tell us instead of using it.
- No new accounts to get around a ban.
- No stolen cards, and no chargebacks on sections you received.
Consequences: Ban.
5. Reporting
If you see a painting that breaks these rules, click the section in the cube and hit Report. You don't need an account. For copyrighted works, use the copyright form.
6. Enforcement
- Reset. The section goes back to a blank white block. You keep the section and can paint it again.
- Removal. The section is taken away and goes back on sale.
- Ban. The account is closed and all of its sections go back on sale.
7. Appeals
Think we got it wrong? Message us through the Help page with the section's address and we'll take another look.