Safety

Every message is checked on our own servers before it reaches you. Nothing is sent to another company to be checked.

• Always hidden: threats, slurs, and anything encouraging self-harm.
• Standard (the default) also hides bullying, insults about looks or worth, sexual harassment and common abuse in English and Hinglish.
• Strict also hides swearing and milder insults.
• Messages with links are hidden by default, since that's how spam arrives.
• Add your own words — a name, a nickname, a topic — and anything mentioning them is hidden too.

The filter sees through common tricks: spaced or dotted letters, look-alike characters, stretched words and styled fonts. Filtered messages wait in a Hidden folder, blurred until you choose to look.

• Block a sender from any message. They're never told; their messages are quietly dropped.
• Report a message and we keep a copy for review, and block the sender for you.
• Pause your link whenever you need a break.

Each device and network can only send so many messages a minute, and to any one person. Automated sending is detected and dropped.

If a message has upset you, talk to someone you trust. In India, Tele-MANAS offers free mental health support on 14416, any time. If you're in danger, call 112.

To report a whole link (for example, one pretending to be someone), email hi@example.com with the username.