Rules and safety
Keep the system safe, legible, and worth trusting.
- No hateful, illegal, sexually explicit, or violent creative.
- All ad creative must be platform-appropriate and safe for general audiences.
- Pondy may reject or remove content that is unsafe, misleading, or incompatible with sponsor or platform policies.
Creator rules
- Creator applications are free.
- Votes are locked once cast for a cycle.
- Pondy may review creator submissions for safety and platform fit.
Pondy Pot rules
- Pondy Pot entries are locked once allocated.
- Users can see their own ticket balance and the public pot total, but not the current standings.
Ad and banner buyer rules
- Ad buyers must only submit content that is lawful, truthful, and platform-appropriate.
- Pondy may reject ad creative that is unsafe, misleading, hateful, explicit, or incompatible with sponsor or platform policies.
- Buying an ad spot does not guarantee approval of unsafe or rule-breaking content.
- Banner ads must not include nudity, swearing, politics, hateful content, or misleading claims.
- Pondy reserves the right to remove an ad without refund if there is public outcry or if criminal or immoral activity is discovered.
Hourly banner policy
- Banner buyers may reserve approved hourly slots at the top of the site.
- No nudity, swearing, politics, hateful content, or misleading creative is allowed.
- Banner bookings remain subject to approval even after payment is collected.
- Pondy may remove a banner without refund if there is public outcry or if criminal or immoral activity is discovered.
Giveaway notes
- No purchase necessary where required by law.
- Void where prohibited.
- Eligibility, start and end dates, odds, prize details, winner selection, and official rules must be published before launch.
Charity notes
- Ticket purchase money is split 50/50 between the Pondy Pot and charity.
- Community charity voting may be used, or the Pondy team may choose the charity if no vote is available.
Legal links
Eligibility summary
18+. Void where prohibited. Review the official rules before participating.
Launch checklist
- Official Rules page has final campaign wording, eligibility language, and contact details.
- Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are published, linked, and reviewed for launch copy quality.
- Age limits, excluded regions, no-purchase language, and void-where-prohibited language are finalized.
- Charity links, donation disclaimer, transparency logging, and receipt uploads are ready for public review.
- Winner response windows, prize fulfillment timing, and tax responsibility wording are finalized.
- Moderation, evidence privacy, anti-abuse, and social-proof review flows are tested.
