Community guidelines

NightStand is a room full of people reading in the dark together. The margins only work if writers can post a first chapter without bracing for impact.

Welcome in the margins

Honest reactions, including “this didn't land for me” and one-star opinions.
Craft critique — pacing, dialogue, structure, the whole toolbox.
Swearing. This is a novel app, not a classroom.
Spoilers, as long as you mark them so readers can choose.

Held for review

Threats of violence, including jokes shaped like threats.
Telling someone to hurt themselves, in any phrasing.
Posting or hinting at anyone's address, workplace, or legal name.
All-caps pile-ons aimed at one person.

Removed, and often account-ending

Slurs and dehumanising hate about who someone is.
Sexual content involving minors, without exception.
Coordinated harassment of a writer or reader.
Plagiarism — publishing writing you don't have the rights to.

Pen names are protected

Writers may publish under a pseudonym for as long as they like.
Attempting to unmask a pen name is doxxing and is treated as such.
Legal names given to us stay private and are never shown publicly.

How enforcement works

An automated filter blocks slurs before they post and holds threats and doxxing for a human. Anyone can report a note, reply, story, or profile with the ⋯ menu, and you can block an account at any time — blocked members disappear from your feed and margins. Reports go to a moderator queue; outcomes range from hiding a single note to removing an account.