Community Guidelines

The community we're building

Favor is for adults who are dating with intent. Members are accomplished, considered, and here to meet people they could genuinely build something with. Three principles describe how we expect members to show up.

Be honest about who you are

Use your real first name. Use real, recent photos of yourself. Describe your life, work, and intentions accurately. The trust we work hard to build between members starts with each member being who they say they are.

Treat others as peers

Every member here has earned their place. Speak to other members the way you'd speak to a respected colleague — direct, kind, and curious. Disagreement is fine. Rudeness, condescension, and disrespect are not.

Take "no" gracefully

Not every connection works out, and that's okay. When someone declines a conversation, stops replying, or unmatches, respect their choice. Don't try to circumvent it. Don't create new accounts to contact them again. Move on with the same dignity you'd want extended to you.

Profile standards

Your photos

Photos are the most honest signal you give other members. They must:

• Be of you — not anyone else, not a celebrity, not a cartoon, not a group photo where you're hard to identify.
• Be recent — taken within the last two years and reflect what you currently look like.
• Be clear and well-lit — not heavily filtered, not blurred, not obscured.
• Show only you in the primary profile photo.
• Pass our automated review and our human moderation.

Your bio and profile fields

Write honestly about yourself. Describe your work, your interests, and what you're hoping to find. Members appreciate specificity and self-awareness more than they appreciate clever lines.

Verification matters

Selfie verification is mandatory before your profile can go live. Optional verifications — Identity Verification and the LinkedIn-based Verified Professional badge — are strongly encouraged. The more you've verified, the more trust you'll earn in the community.

One person, one account

Each member maintains exactly one account. Don't create alternates, throwaways, or test accounts. Don't share your account with anyone else. Don't let someone else use it on your behalf.

Photo content rules

These rules apply to every photo you share on Favor — profile photos, public gallery, selective photos, and photos sent in chat. All photos pass through automated content review before they reach other members.

Also not allowed

• Graphic violence, blood, gore, weapons used to threaten.
• Photos of minors in any context.
• Hate symbols, extremist imagery, or symbols associated with violence.
• Drugs, paraphernalia, or imagery glorifying drug use.
• Photos of other people without their consent.
• Screenshots of chats, private messages, or other identifying information of third parties.
• QR codes, contact information, social handles, or external links.
• Copyrighted images you don't have rights to use.

What happens when a photo doesn't pass

If a photo violates these rules, it will be removed automatically and you'll receive a notice in the app explaining why. Repeated violations escalate to account warnings, suspensions, or permanent removal.

Conversation standards

Conversations on Favor are between adults who've chosen to be here. Everyone deserves to feel safe and respected in their inbox.

How to start a conversation

Lead with curiosity. Reference something specific in the other person's profile. Skip the generic openers, the unsolicited compliments on appearance, and anything that could read as a pickup line. Treat the first message like the start of an actual conversation.

How to keep one going

• Ask questions, listen to answers, and follow up thoughtfully.
• Share things about yourself in turn — conversations are exchanges, not interviews.
• Respect the pace the other person sets — some people reply quickly, others don't.
• Be patient. People here have lives, jobs, and other things going on.

How to end one

If you've decided you're not interested, the kindest thing is a brief, honest message saying so. A polite "I don't think we're a fit, but thanks for the conversation" is always welcome. Ghosting is permitted but not preferred. Either way, treat the other person's time with the same care you'd want.

Off-platform meetings

When you're ready to move a conversation off Favor — exchanging numbers, meeting in person, video calling outside the app — that's a personal decision between adults. We've built features (Selective Photos, voice and video calls inside the app) to let you take it slow. Please review our Safety Center before any first in-person meeting.

Strictly prohibited

The following behaviors are not tolerated under any circumstances. Engaging in any of these will result in immediate account suspension or permanent removal, and may be reported to law enforcement where appropriate.

Harassment and abuse

• Threats of any kind — physical, sexual, or emotional.
• Sustained unwanted contact after someone has indicated they're not interested.
• Slurs, derogatory language, or hate speech directed at any individual or group.
• Stalking, doxxing, or threatening to share someone's private information.
• Sharing intimate images of any person without their explicit consent.

Misrepresentation and impersonation

• Impersonating another real person.
• Using photos that aren't of you.
• Lying about fundamental facts — your age, marital status, gender, identity.
• Catfishing in any form.
• Creating multiple accounts to circumvent restrictions or to deceive members.

Financial misconduct

• Asking for, sending, or hinting at financial transactions of any kind — money, gifts, gift cards, cryptocurrency, investment opportunities, business loans, sponsorships.
• Romance scams, pig-butchering scams, or any form of financial manipulation.
• Promoting MLM, dropshipping, crypto projects, or other commercial ventures.
• Soliciting sex work, escorting, sugar arrangements, or transactional intimacy of any kind.
• Anything that treats romantic interaction as a financial exchange.

Commercial use

• Promoting your business, products, services, podcast, social media, or anything else for commercial gain.
• Recruiting members for jobs, networking opportunities, or business ventures.
• Collecting member data for any purpose outside the personal use of Favor.
• Using Favor as a sales channel of any kind.

Behaviors that protect everyone

Some behaviors aren't strictly prohibited but are strongly encouraged because they keep the community healthy.

Report problems

If you see something that breaks these guidelines — even if it's not directed at you — please report it. Reports are confidential. The reported member doesn't see your name. You can report through the in-app tool on any profile, chat, or message.

Block instead of arguing

If another member is making you uncomfortable and you don't want to escalate, just block them. Blocking is silent — they won't be notified — and it stops all contact between the two of you. You can manage blocks in Account Settings.

Trust your instincts

If something feels off about a conversation, a request, or a member's behavior, trust that instinct. You're under no obligation to continue any interaction. Stop responding, block, and report if appropriate.

Take in-person meetings slowly

When you meet someone from Favor for the first time, meet in a public place during the day, tell a friend where you're going, and don't share your home address until you genuinely trust the person. These are basic precautions worth taking with anyone you've met online.

How we enforce these guidelines

Favor uses a combination of automated systems and human review to enforce these guidelines.

Automated review

Every photo shared on Favor is reviewed automatically before it's visible to other members. Messages are scanned for fraud indicators, scam patterns, prohibited content, and other red flags. Suspicious activity is flagged to our moderation team.

Human review

Reports, application reviews, and flagged content are reviewed by trained moderators. Most reports are reviewed within 48 hours. Reports related to imminent safety, threats, or suspected minors are prioritized and typically reviewed within 4 hours.

Actions we take

Depending on the severity of the violation, we may:

• Remove the specific content.
• Issue a warning with a policy reminder.
• Hide the profile from search and discovery for a period.
• Temporarily suspend the account (7, 14, or 30 days).
• Permanently terminate the account.
• Apply a cross-account ban to prevent future accounts from the same person.
• Report to law enforcement or regulatory authorities where required by law.

Appeals

If you believe enforcement action was taken in error, you can appeal by writing to support@favorconnect.com within 30 days. A different moderator than the one who made the original decision will review your appeal.

How to report a violation

In the app

Tap the three-dot menu on any profile, chat thread, or specific message and select "Report." Choose the category that best fits the violation, add a description, and optionally attach screenshots. We auto-attach the relevant context (last 50 messages of a chat thread, profile snapshot, timestamp).

By email

For urgent issues that can't wait, email support@favorconnect.com with as much detail as you can — the member's first name and age as it appears on their profile, what happened, when it happened, and any screenshots or supporting context.

What happens when you report

• You'll receive a confirmation that your report was received.
• The reported member is automatically blocked for you (you can choose to unblock later).
• Our moderation team reviews the report — typically within 48 hours, 4 hours for urgent safety reports.
• If we take action, you'll receive a general notification — for privacy reasons, we don't share specifics about what we did.
• Reports are confidential — the reported member is not told who reported them.

Don't abuse the report system

Filing reports in bad faith — to retaliate against members you disagree with or to manipulate the community — is itself a violation of these guidelines. We can identify patterns of bad-faith reporting and will take action against accounts that abuse the system.

Changes to these guidelines

Communities evolve. We may update these guidelines from time to time as we learn what works and what doesn't. When we make material changes, we'll let you know through the app or by email.

Continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you agree to the updated guidelines.