Iris Community Guidelines

Our community guidelines are designed to help all beauty enthusiasts create meaningful connections, and express themselves openly to share real experiences. We believe that beauty-lovers deserve their own little corner of the internet. We want Iris to be a safe space for all beauty enthusiasts to feel supported, trusted and appreciated. We appreciate your genuine support and help building the Iris community.

The Iris Community Guidelines, as well as our Terms of Service, explain what we allow and do not allow within Iris. This applies to all content, including all forms of communication (such as text, commenting , images, videos, audio, links, and emojis), and to all users on our platform. While these may outline specific situations that are forbidden, our guidelines do not include all possible situations of abuse in our app. In our sole discretion, The Iris team reserves the right to decide what content and activities violate our guidelines and will not be permitted on Iris any longer. The Iris team may enforce a number of actions if people or content within Iris violate our guidelines or Terms of Service. These actions include and are not limited to: Removing accounts or content, suspending users, and possibly reporting them to law enforcement.

If you run into anyone or content shared within the Iris community that appears to violate our guidelines, please report here. As a part of the Iris community, you are making a commitment to intentional communication. You understand that what you say— and how you say it— impacts others. 

As our guidelines are consistently improved, reviewed, and modified, please be mindful of changes as our community grows. 

We Create a Respectful Community with Iris

While sharing your experiences and growing your community with Iris, treat others with kindness and respect. 

No Hateful Behavior

There's no place for hate on Iris. We do not allow or tolerate content that:

  • Discriminates, attacks, or promotes hatred or violence towards individuals or groups based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or serious illness, or any other protected classification

  • Action will be taken against those that attack human dignity using things such as degrading or demeaning stereotypes

No Bullying, Harassment, or Violence

Content or activity that contains abusive content or negatively affects or impacts others within the Iris Community is not allowed. This includes:

  • Degrading, shaming, intimidation, or harassment of others by any means

  • Inciting, promoting, or encouraging violence and/or coordinated harassment.

  • Repeated or unwanted contact or solicitation

  • Statements supporting for, promoting, or intending to commit violent acts towards others or towards a specified, identifiable, or targeted individual or group

  • Depicting weapons, torture, slaughter, or cruelty with violent intent, including weapons positioned at another, weapons with blood or gore, or weapons widely associated with mass violence. 

No Harmful or Suicidal Content

Harmful behavior that could directly put others within the Iris community at risk is not allowed. This includes content that:

  • Glorifies self-harm (e.g., eating disorders, self-inflicted physical injuries, and suicide)

  • Encourages suicide or engagement in self-harm

  • Promotes challenges with potential or real risk of harm

If you or someone you know is considering self-harm or suicide, here are resources for you to seek support or assistance.

Please Respect the Iris Platform

Support and promote a positive and safe experience for all beauty enthusiasts who use Iris by creating, sharing and inspiring others with quality content.

No Illegal Conduct

Illegal behavior such as the creation, distribution and promotion of illegal activity is not allowed. We reserve the right to report any such violations to law enforcement. The following is not allowed:

  • Content engaging in illegal behavior or criminal activity

  • Fraudulent activities

  • Illegal or illicit use of drugs

  • Engaging or trying to engage a minor in conversation for sexual purposes

  • Anything else that is against the law

No Extremism and Hate Organizations

Iris is not a space for the propaganda or distribution of hateful activities. The team will remove content and terminate accounts affiliated with terrorist organizations, gangs, cults, organized crime, and other extremist or hate organizations. This includes the following:

  • Representation or support of extremism organizations that promote or organize terrorism, hate, or violent activity

  • Promotion, organization, or celebration of violent or extremist organizations through depicting names, flags, slogans, logos, and other identifiers associated with such groups.

  • Recruitment of people to join and/or support extremist organizations.

No Nudity and Sexually Explicit Content Or Behavior

Iris strives to provide a safe place for quality beauty recommendations, support, and content. Openly sexualized content (including content digitally created or enhanced) that disturbs this experience is not permitted.This includes:

  • Nudity, sexually explicit, or pornographic content

  • Sexual fetish, sexual arousal, groping, or any type of sexual activity

  • Sexualized language or sexualized comments, emojis, texts, or other graphics

  • Soliciting or threatening to release non-consensual intimate imagery or messages in an attempt to cause financial, emotional, or physical harm to somebody

  • Soliciting or offering sexual services for money or other consideration

  • Sexually suggestive content that is intended to arouse or that is focused on the genitals, anus, buttocks, or private body parts that would typically be covered by a bathing suit.

In some cases, we may permit partial nudity shared in a non-sexualized manner. Such content is typically shared for raising awareness, advocacy, education or documentary purposes.

Minor Safety - No Nudity and Sexually Conduct

Any content involving child nudity, sexual exploitation, and abuse is strictly prohibited. This type of content will be removed and immediately reported to the proper authorities. This includes:

  • Posting or soliciting of content, including digitally-created or enhanced content, depicting nudity of minors and/or that appears to be sexualizing a minor.

  • Accounts created for the sole purpose of sexualizing or inappropriately admiring children.

  • Posting content depicting child abuse or the infliction or physical or emotional harm on a minor.

  • Following or liking users on our platform in order to make sexual remarks or engage in grooming behavior.

  • Content that promotes or glorifies pedophelia.

We may sometimes take down content that contains nudity, even if posted by a family member, to protect your child’s privacy.

Encourage Genuine Connections

Connect with Beauty Enthusiasts in a genuine and meaningful way to positively impact the Iris community.

No False Information, Spamming, Phishing

Misleading or false content could disrupt the creation of genuine connections on Iris. Be honest in conduct and interactions with others. This includes:

  • Misleading or false information that may cause harm to individuals, specific protected groups, our community, or the public, regardless of intent

  • Content that promotes conspiracies attacking specified protected groups

  • Content denying the occurrence of violent or tragic events

  • Attempting to deceive, manipulate, or take advantage of others on Iris

  • Non-genuine solicitation of services of or from others on Iris

  • No spamming. This includes other community members or the feed via repetitive Q&A posts.

Protect Integrity 

Iris celebrates unique and original self-expression. Iris is a place where beauty enthusiasts can share freely and authentically.

Original Content

Please do not blatantly copy and paste content from another platform. If you do happen to write reviews for a personal blog or social account, you are expected to adapt that content to meet the Iris quality bar. Gems are rewards for what you contribute to the greater community as well as Confidant Club Tiers.

No Private Information

The Iris team ensures the protection of personal identity by prohibiting the solicitation or disclosure of any personally identifiable or private information of others or your own, like:

  • Identity passports or cards

  • License plates

  • Work badges

  • Any unlisted contact information

Intellectual Property

Iris functions as a safe space for research, sharing, inspiration, and creativity. We ensure the protection of someone’s ownership of works by prohibiting the following:

  • Using or posting content that's someone else's copyrighted or trademarked work without permission

  • Posting or distributing Iris’ copyrighted or trademarked works without permission

  • Iris may post routines, reviews, and community engagement for marketing purposes

If you run into anyone within the Iris community or content that you believe has used yours or someone else’s work, please report here.

No Impersonation

Iris is a place for sharing, and where you can express yourself freely, so be yourself. We prohibit content that misrepresents such as:

  • Impersonating organizations or another person in a way that tricks others

  • Falsifying and impersonating our Iris brand or content