Content Policy

These rules apply to everything posted on Fenceside — posts, comments, photos, videos, listings, and profile photos.

Reviewed before publishing

Every post goes through an automated safety check before it becomes visible to anyone. Most posts pass in moments. If a check cannot clear a post right away, the post stays hidden — it is not public — until a person reviews it and decides. While that happens, you will see your post marked as under review. We may hold, decline to publish, or remove any content under this policy. Profile photos go through the same photo check.

Not allowed

• Child safety violations. Sexual content involving minors, grooming, or any sexualization of a minor — zero tolerance. We report apparent child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and cooperate with law enforcement.
• Sexual content and services. Pornography or explicit sexual content, and any offer, solicitation, or promotion of sexual services, including escort services.
• Weapons transactions. Listings that offer to buy, sell, or trade firearms, ammunition, explosives, or major weapon parts. Talking about these topics — news, questions, safety, the law — is fine in community boards. This is a rule about transactions, not a judgment about lawful ownership.
• Drugs and controlled substances. Listings that offer to buy, sell, or trade illegal drugs, prescription medication without a prescription, steroids, or drug paraphernalia. As with weapons, discussion and questions are fine — transactions are not.
• Counterfeit, stolen, and fraudulent goods or services. Counterfeit products, stolen property, forged documents, the sale of accounts or personal information, and hacking tools or services.
• Dangerous or regulated items. Recalled products, human organs, tissue, or blood, tobacco and vaping products, and alcohol.
• Animals. Illegal wildlife trade (including endangered species and ivory), animal cruelty, and the sale of live animals.
• Harassment, hate, and violence. Harassment, threats, hate speech, or targeted abuse of a person or group; content that glorifies violence or encourages self-harm.
• Other illegal activity. Illegal gambling operations, unlicensed financial services, fraud and scams, and anything else that breaks the law.

Also not allowed: other people's private information, such as home addresses, phone numbers, or documents (doxxing); impersonation of another person, business, or Fenceside itself; spam, repetitive promotional posting, or deceptive listings (false prices, bait listings, items you do not have); and content that infringes someone else's rights, including copyrighted text and photos you do not own.

Trades safety

Describe items honestly, use your own photos, and meet in public places for exchanges. Fenceside is a venue and cannot guarantee any transaction.

Reporting and enforcement

You can report any post or profile using the report option on it, block any user from their profile, or email us at contact@fenceside.com. We review reports and act on violations within 24 hours. Depending on the violation, we may decline to publish a post, remove content, or suspend or remove an account. If your post was held or removed and you believe that was a mistake, email contact@fenceside.com and we will take another look.