Community Guidelines

Heads up: These Community Guidelines are part of, and incorporated into, the ZebraHerd Terms of Service. Breaking them can get your content removed and your account penalized, suspended, or banned. Where these Guidelines and the Terms of Service cover the same ground, the Terms control.

ZebraHerd is built for hot takes, real rivalry, and arguing about sports like it matters — because to us, it does. Bring your worst takes and your best burns. But there's one golden rule that everything below comes back to:

Throw flags on takes, not on people. Roast the play, the call, the trade, the take. Don't attack the human. Debate hard, then shake hands.

ZebraHerd is for adults. You must be at least 18 to have an account, and the Services are not directed to anyone under 18 (Terms of Service Section 2). If you think an account belongs to someone under 18, tell us at abuse@zebraherd.com.

• Play the ball, not the person. Public figures — players, coaches, officials, GMs, owners, and media — are fair game for criticism of their performance, decisions, and public work. That's the whole point. What's not allowed: harassing, threatening, or targeting any individual (especially private individuals), or organizing pile-ons against them. Criticize the missed call; don't go after the person.
• No personal fouls. No targeted harassment or bullying, and no encouraging others to harass. Unnecessary roughness aimed at a person, not their take, draws a flag.
• No hate — that's an ejection. No content that attacks or demeans people based on protected characteristics such as race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or serious medical condition. Zero tolerance.
• Protect minors — zero tolerance. Absolutely no content that sexualizes, endangers, or exploits minors, and no non-consensual intimate imagery. We remove it, ban the account, and report it to the authorities and relevant organizations as required by law.
• No threats or violence. Don't threaten anyone, incite violence, or glorify it. Trash talk is fine; threats are not.
• Don't doxx. Don't share anyone's private or identifying information without permission, and don't stalk, surveil, or invade anyone's privacy.
• Keep it legal — and keep bets honor-based. Don't post illegal content or use ZebraHerd to break the law. Gentleman's Bets are for honor, glory, and bragging rights only — never real money or anything of monetary value. Don't use the Services to organize or disguise real-money gambling.
• Play fair — no manipulation. No spam, scams, or deception. Don't manipulate Takes, votes, Stripes, Herd Average, or other metrics; don't run bots; don't use multiple or fake accounts to rig the game or dodge penalties.
• Be (basically) honest. Don't impersonate people or organizations, and don't present malicious misinformation about real people as fact. Opinions and hot takes are welcome; lies dressed up as facts are not.
• Mind the graphic stuff. No gratuitously violent, gory, or sexually explicit content. Keep ZebraHerd a place fans can enjoy.
• Respect intellectual property. Only post content that's yours or that you have the right to share. Don't infringe others' copyrights or trademarks.
• Photos count too. Every rule above applies to images the same way it applies to words. Post only images you own or have the right to share, don't post images of people who haven't agreed to it, and remember that images you attach to posts and to your profile are publicly visible. Profile photos of someone else — including athletes — read as impersonation and will be treated that way.

We review reported content ourselves, and we may use automated tools to help us find content that breaks these rules. We don't pre-screen everything posted to ZebraHerd, and we're not obligated to monitor it (Terms of Service Section 6).

Depending on the foul and your history, the call may be:

• Flag (warning) — a heads-up that something crossed the line.
• Content removal — we take down the offending content.
• Stripes penalty — loss or reset of Stripes, tiers, or badges.
• Ejection (temporary suspension) — you're benched for a while.
• Lifetime ban (permanent) — removal from the Herd for good, especially for severe or repeated fouls.

Severe violations — like threats, hate, or anything involving minors — can skip straight to a ban. We may act with or without prior notice and may report illegal activity to law enforcement.

Use the report or flag tools in the app, or email us at abuse@zebraherd.com. You don't need an account to report something — if you're the subject of a post, or you think content harms you or someone else, write to us at that address directly.

Reports help keep the Herd fair. We look at every report and decide what action, if any, to take. We don't promise a particular response time, and reporting something doesn't obligate us to remove it.

Copyright is different. If you believe content infringes your copyright, send a DMCA notice to our designated agent as described in Terms of Service Section 12 — not to abuse@zebraherd.com. Notices sent elsewhere may be delayed.

If you believe we got a call wrong, you may be able to appeal an enforcement action where we offer that option.

• Report content or an account — abuse@zebraherd.com
• Account, billing, general questions — support@zebraherd.com
• Legal notices and law enforcement — legal@zebraherd.com
• Copyright (DMCA) notices — designated agent, Terms of Service Section 12

We're fans first. Argue like it's 4th-and-goal, defend your team to the end, and bring the heat to bad takes — just keep it on the takes, not the people. Welcome to the Herd.

These Guidelines work with the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.