Is pressing Next against the rules?

Not at all. Next is how anyone leaves a video match. Use it as often as you need; just don’t follow someone around afterwards.

Can I be removed for one report?

Serious violations can lead to action straight away. Smaller ones may start with a warning or a restriction, depending on the account’s history.

Will the person know I reported them?

No. We don’t tell the reported account who sent the report.

Do these rules apply in live rooms?

Yes. Comments and gifts in live rooms follow the same guidelines as private matches and messages.

Can I appeal a decision on my account?

Email support from the account in question with your user ID and what you think was misunderstood. Include dates where you can.

Where are the formal rules?

In the Terms of Service, linked in every page footer. This page is the plain-language version.

StrangerBeing Community Guidelines — What Gets You Skipped, Blocked or Reported

What are these guidelines for?

They describe how people on StrangerBeing are expected to treat each other, in everyday language. They apply to video, voice and text matches, to messages, to profiles and to comments in live rooms. Breaking them can get you skipped, blocked, reported, and eventually removed.

The formal version lives in the Terms of Service. This page is the one you can actually remember halfway through a conversation. The short form is in the name of the site: the stranger in front of you is a whole person. Act like it, and you will rarely need to read the rest.

Welcome here

What’s welcome

Curiosity, mostly. Ask where someone is, what their day was like, what they’re listening to. Tell a story about your own day. Laugh at the dog walking through the frame. Be patient with someone typing in their second language.

Saying hello like a person. A real first line beats a one-word “hi” every time; the conversation starters have plenty to borrow.
Leaving politely. Pressing Next on a video match is normal. A quick “nice talking to you” before you go is a bonus, never a duty.
Disagreeing without heat. Different countries, different opinions. Ask why they think that before deciding they’re wrong.
Keeping your own details safe. Using a nickname and keeping your town out of the chat isn’t rude; it’s sensible.
Following people you like. Then writing to them in Messages when you have something to say.

What gets you reported?

Anything that treats the other person as a target rather than a person. That includes harassment, threats and hate; nudity or explicit content; asking for money or selling something; sending links or pushing someone to another app; and recording or sharing people without permission.

Any of these can lead to a report and action on your account.

Harassment. Insults, threats, slurs, repeated messages after someone has stopped answering, or following someone around the site after they blocked you.
Nudity and explicit content. On camera, in messages, in profile photos and in live rooms. Keep what the camera shows to what you’d show on a normal video call.
Money and selling. Asking for gifts, cash, codes or “help”, promoting a product, or advertising another service.
Moving people elsewhere. Sending links, phone numbers or other app handles to strangers who didn’t ask for them.
Recording without consent. Screenshotting or filming someone and sharing it anywhere.
Impersonation and automation. Pretending to be someone you’re not, or using scripts and bots to chat for you.

Situations people ask about

A few grey areas come up often enough to be worth spelling out.

Someone keeps pressing Next on me

That isn’t a violation. People leave for all sorts of reasons: a different language, a bad connection, a mood. Try a different opening line, or switch to the text door for a while.

Someone asks for my social media

You can say no, and you can leave. If they keep pushing after you’ve said no, report them; persistent pressure to move off the site is one of the patterns we act on.

Someone said something offensive once

Press Next or close the chat. If it was a slur, a threat or something explicit, report it as well, even if it was “just one line”.

A live room comment crossed a line

The same rules apply to live rooms as to private chats. Report the comment’s author from their profile.

Where are the report and block buttons?

Open the person’s profile. You’ll find Block and Report there, during a chat or after it has ended. Block stops them reaching you through messages and filters them out of what you see; Report sends us the account with the reason you pick. You can do both.

On a video match, the fastest move is still Next: leave first, then report from their profile. If you want to add context, such as the time, what was said or a screenshot of the message, email it through the contact page.

What happens after a report?

Reports and account activity can lead to a warning, restrictions on what an account can do, a suspension, or the account being closed, depending on what happened and whether it has happened before. We don’t tell the reported person who sent the report.

We can’t promise a particular outcome for each report or a fixed response time, and we don’t send updates on individual cases. What we can promise is that the rules on this page apply to everyone. More on staying in control is on is StrangerBeing safe, and the habits for staying unnamed are on the page about how to chat anonymously.

StrangerBeing Community Guidelines