Community Guidelines

Vibespot Community & Listing Guidelines

Last Updated: July 11, 2026

Vibespot exists to help people discover what's happening around them. That only works if the map is trustworthy. These guidelines explain what belongs on Vibespot, what doesn't, and how we keep the map useful for everyone.

These guidelines supplement our Terms of Use. If anything here conflicts with the Terms, the Terms control. We may update these guidelines as the Platform evolves.

What belongs on Vibespot

Post Vibes that are real, local, and useful. Great Vibes include:

concerts, live music, and performances
festivals, fairs, and markets
community events, meetups, and classes
happy hours, promotions, and business specials
sports, recreation, and outdoor activities
volunteer opportunities and fundraisers
seasonal and family-friendly activities
attractions, points of interest, and things worth discovering

You don't have to be the organizer to post a Vibe, but the information must be accurate and something you have the right to share. If you post on behalf of a business, venue, or organization, you must have the authority to represent it.

What doesn't belong on Vibespot

We remove Vibes and Content that include:

Fake or misleading listings: events that don't exist, wrong dates or locations posted knowingly, bait-and-switch promotions, or exaggerated claims designed to deceive.
Spam and manipulation: duplicate postings, keyword stuffing, mass low-quality listings, fake accounts, purchased or coordinated likes, or any scheme to game Points, likes, or visibility.
Illegal activity: anything that promotes, facilitates, or sells illegal goods, services, or activities.
Adult services and sexually explicit content.
Hate, harassment, and violence: content that attacks, threatens, or demeans people, or that incites or glorifies violence.
Dangerous or harmful content: scams, phishing, malware, or content that puts people at risk.
Impersonation and infringement: pretending to be someone else, or using names, logos, photos, artwork, or icons you don't have the right to use.
Content involving the exploitation of minors, in any form. This results in immediate removal, permanent account termination, and reporting to authorities where appropriate.

Listing quality standards

Help people trust what they discover:

Be accurate. Correct name, date, time, location, price, and any age or admission requirements.
Keep it current. If your event is canceled, rescheduled, or moved, update or remove the Vibe promptly. Stale listings hurt everyone, including you.
Pin it in the right place. The map location should reflect where the Vibe actually happens.
One Vibe per event. Don't post the same event multiple times or in multiple spots to gain visibility. Recurring events should use recurring listings where available rather than duplicates.
Use appropriate images and icons. Default map icons come from a standard emoji set, and you may upload a custom icon or image for your Vibe. Custom icons and photos must be yours to use, relevant to the Vibe, and appropriate for a general audience.
Write for humans. Clear titles and honest descriptions perform better than clickbait, all caps, and emoji walls.

Earning visibility

Vibes gain prominence through Points, which can come from more than one place: people liking your Vibes, boost Points that come with account tiers, and, as features roll out, boosts applied directly to a Vibe, including paid boosts. Boosting may not be limited to the person who posted the Vibe; where the feature is available, anyone who finds a Vibe worth amplifying may be able to boost it. That means there are two legitimate ways to grow on the map: post genuinely good, accurate Vibes that people engage with and choose to amplify, or use tier, boost, and promotional features where available.

Points are a major signal, but not the only one. How prominently a Vibe appears also depends on factors like when it happens, how long it will remain visible, relevance, and location. The same number of Points can look different on different Vibes, and Vibespot balances these signals so the map stays useful for everyone. No amount of Points or paid promotion guarantees a particular placement or result.

What's never legitimate: fake engagement, like-exchange schemes, bot activity, or multiple accounts. We may reset Points, remove Content, or suspend Accounts involved in manipulation.

Verification and posting privileges

To post, you must verify a phone number. This is a spam-prevention measure, not an identity guarantee. Accounts have tiers with different limits, such as how many Vibes can be active at once and how far from your current location you can post. If you're a legitimate organizer or business that needs higher limits, contact us at partners@vibespot.com and tell us about what you do.

Reporting and enforcement

If you see a Vibe or user that violates these guidelines, or a listing that's simply wrong, report it through the Platform or email support@vibespot.com. For copyright or trademark concerns, use copyright@vibespot.com as described in our Terms of Use.

Depending on severity and history, enforcement may include editing or removing Content, adjusting Points, reducing tier limits, suspending posting privileges, or terminating Accounts. We aim to be proportionate: honest mistakes get a chance to be fixed; deliberate deception and abuse do not. We may act without prior notice where we believe it's necessary to protect users or the Platform.

These guidelines can't anticipate everything. When in doubt, we come back to one question: does this make the map more trustworthy and useful for the people exploring it? If the answer is no, it doesn't belong.

Questions about these guidelines: support@vibespot.com