What we stand for.

The creator holds the keys. The creator sets the rules. The creator keeps the economics of the community they worked to bring together.

A platform should not be able to treat a living community like rented space that can be repriced, redirected, or taken away whenever the owner changes its mind.

Every community has to meet a thin mandatory floor: what US law requires, plus basic operational safety. That means no CSAM, non-consensual intimate imagery, credible threats, doxxing, illegal transactions, or spam.

Above that floor, a community belongs to itself. Its rules, its standards, its call.

Rules should be written down. Moderation logs should be public. Decisions should be explainable and appealable.

That applies inside communities, and it applies to us. If we make a call, people should be able to understand what happened and why.

We host legal speech. We do not owe every post, comment, or community the same amplification.

Communities control their space. Readers control what they see. Distribution is a product choice, not a debt owed to every speaker.

We are the ground it stands on. If a community outgrows us or disagrees with us, the member relationships and content are theirs to take.

Moot should be useful because communities choose it, not because leaving would mean abandoning what they built.