Connected exists to help real people meet in a warm, safe, and respectful way. These Guidelines apply to everyone. By creating an account or using Connected, you explicitly agree to abide by these Community Guidelines and our Terms of Service. Failure to adhere to these rules will result in the immediate removal of your content, account restrictions, or a permanent ban from the platform.
Zero tolerance. Connected has a zero tolerance policy for objectionable content or abusive behaviors. We reserve the right to remove content and ban offenders who post any objectionable content or otherwise break these Guidelines.
“Objectionable Content” includes, but is not limited to:
- Defamatory, mean-spirited, or discriminatory commentary targeting individuals or groups based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.
- Overtly pornographic or sexually explicit text, images, or media, or content intended to facilitate sex work.
- Realistic portrayals or promotions of violence, self-harm, animal abuse, illegal drug trade, or weapons.
- Any content that depicts or facilitates the exploitation or abuse of children.
Be Real
- Use your real identity and your own recent photos.
- No impersonation, fake profiles, or bots.
- No AI-generated personas or deepfakes. If you use minor AI filters, your photos must still accurately represent what you look like in real life.
- You must be 18 or older.
Be Respectful
- No harassment, bullying, threats, hate speech, or discrimination.
- No unsolicited sexual content, nudity, or sexually explicit material.
- No sharing of someone else’s private information without consent.
- Revealing or threatening to reveal a match’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or relationship status to any other person is strictly prohibited.
- No off-platform stalking, doxxing, or spreading screenshots of conversations to public forums.
- No intimate images of others without their consent. Do not post, send, or threaten to share an intimate image or video of someone without their consent. This includes images created or altered by computer to look like a real person. We remove them, we may end your account, and sharing them can be a federal crime.
- No finding or contacting prior matches on external social media (e.g., Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.) after being blocked.
- No filing of reports, appeals, notices or complaints that are manifestly unfounded or malicious.
Be Safe
- No solicitation, scams, fraud, or requests for money.
- No promotion of violence, self-harm, illegal drugs, or weapons.
- Users are strictly prohibited from creating, uploading, or distributing any content that depicts or facilitates the exploitation or abuse of children. Violators will be subject to immediate removal from the platform and referral to law enforcement.
- Never feature minors in your profile photos, unless you are clearly their parent/guardian and fully clothed.
- No commercial spam or off-platform recruitment. Do not use Connected to sell products, peddle services, promote events, or drive traffic to external links (including OnlyFans, premium subscription sites, or personal social media handles) under the guise of dating.
- Only one person per profile. Do not share your account with anyone else.
Reporting and Blocking
Your safety tools are built into the app:
- Report any other user from the conversation or profile menu. Reports are confidential: the other person is not told who reported them.
- Block anyone at any time. Once blocked, you will no longer see each other or be able to message.
Reporting someone also blocks them immediately, so you are protected right away.
Using the reporting tool maliciously or to make false claims is strictly prohibited.
Reports are recorded and reviewed promptly, and we may remove content or permanently remove accounts that break these Guidelines.
Was an intimate image of you shared without your consent? When you report, choose the option for “Intimate image shared without consent”. You can also submit a removal request by using the form at https://app.connected-social.com/report-intimate-image or by emailing safety@coloursglobal.com. We remove valid requests, and identical copies we know of, as soon as possible in accordance with federal law, and we tell you the outcome.
Meeting in Person
- Meet in public for the first few times and tell a friend where you’ll be.
- Trust your instincts; you are never obligated to continue a conversation or a date.
- If you ever feel unsafe, contact local emergency services.
Safety Tips and Resources
- If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or contact your local law enforcement.
- Romance scams. Be cautious if someone professes strong feelings unusually quickly, always has a reason not to meet or video-call, or moves you off Connected early. Never send money, gift cards or cryptocurrency to someone you have not met in person, and never share banking details, one-time passcodes or identity documents. Report anyone who asks for this information.
- Communicating online. Keep conversations inside Connected until you trust the other person. Be careful with photos or details that reveal where you live or work, and remember that anything you send can be saved.
- Domestic violence and sexual harassment resources. In the United States, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24/7 at 1-800-799-7233 or thehotline.org, and RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline is 1-800-656-4673 or rainn.org. If you are in immediate danger, contact local emergency services.
Enforcement
Connected reserves the absolute right to filter, review, remove, or block any user-generated content at any time. We reserve the right to warn, temporarily suspend, or permanently terminate accounts that violate these Guidelines, without prior notice and at our exclusive discretion.
To stop banned members returning, we keep a coded (hashed) form of a banned member’s email address and, where their ID was checked, of their ID details, and new accounts that match are refused. If a member is banned for fraud or a scam, we notify everyone who received a message from them, in the app and by email, with advice on protecting themselves.
Serious violations may result in referral to law enforcement. Apparent child sexual abuse material is reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) through its CyberTipline, in addition to any referral to law enforcement.
We review reports of any violations of these Community Guidelines and act on them as quickly as we can in compliance with all applicable laws.
If you believe your account was moderated or terminated in error, you can submit an appeal to support@coloursglobal.com.
Questions or Safety Concerns
Contact us at support@coloursglobal.com.