Community Guidelines
Last updated: September 7, 2026
SmartFlavr is a place to share real cooking — recipes, photos of what you made, questions, and honest feedback. These guidelines explain what we expect from posts and comments, and what happens when something doesn't meet that bar. They apply everywhere you can post: the feed, comments, stories, and cookbooks you make public.
The rules
When someone reports a post, or a moderator acts on one directly, it's always because it falls into one of these categories:
Spam
Posts should be genuine cooking content — recipes, photos of what you made, questions, or comments on other people's food.
Don't post the same thing repeatedly, flood comments with unrelated links, or use SmartFlavr to advertise unrelated products or services.
Harassment or bullying
Disagree with a recipe, a technique, or an opinion all you want — but attacking the person behind it isn't allowed.
No insults, threats, pile-ons, or content aimed at making someone feel unsafe or unwelcome. This applies to comments and messages just as much as posts.
Inappropriate content
Keep it kitchen-appropriate. No sexual content, graphic violence, or anything designed to shock rather than share.
Cooking involves knives, heat, and raw ingredients — content that shows genuinely unsafe food handling as if it's fine to copy isn't allowed either.
Misinformation
It's fine to share an opinion or a technique that not everyone agrees with — that's normal in cooking. It's not fine to present false claims as settled fact, especially around food safety (safe cooking temperatures, allergens, storage times) where bad information can actually hurt someone.
Other
Not everything fits neatly into a category. If something feels like it's working against a respectful, genuine cooking community, report it — a moderator will take a look.
How enforcement works
Anyone can report a post they think crosses a line. A moderator reviews it against the guidelines above and takes one of a few actions:
- No action — the post stays up, and the person who reported it is told which outcome was reached.
- Warning label — the post stays up but is marked with a content warning.
- Removal — the post comes down, and its author is told which guideline it violated.
- Account action — repeated or serious violations can lead to a timeout, suspension, or permanent ban.
Either way — kept up or taken down — you'll get a notification naming the specific guideline a decision was based on, not just a generic "reviewed" message.
Changes to these guidelines
We may update these guidelines as the community grows. We'll update the date at the top of this page when we do.
Contact
Think a decision got something wrong, or have a question about these guidelines — reach us at smartflavroperations@gmail.com or through the contact form on our home page.