Community Guidelines

Dtecto's community is the part of the app that's only as good as the people in it. These guidelines describe what we expect from everyone who posts, comments, follows, or otherwise participates. Most of this comes down to common sense: be a detectorist others are glad to see in the feed.

1. Be civil

No harassment, slurs, threats, personal attacks, or sexually explicit content. Disagreements are fine; making it personal is not. We will remove content and accounts that repeatedly cross these lines without warning.

2. Don't dox

Don't share another person's home address, phone number, place of work, or other personal information without their explicit permission. This includes posting screenshots of private DMs or location data that wasn't shared with you in the first place.

3. Honor the law and the land

Don't post finds, posts, or comments that promote, celebrate, or facilitate detecting on land where it's not allowed:

Federally protected sites (US: ARPA, NHPA, NAGPRA — national parks, monuments, registered historical sites)
State and local parks where detecting is prohibited
Private land you don't have permission to detect on
Cemeteries, burial grounds, and known archaeological sites
Anywhere else where local law prohibits metal detecting or recovering artifacts

Asking "where is this site / how do I get there?" on someone else's post is generally not OK either. We are detectorists, not competitors — protect spots.

4. Be honest about your finds

Don't misrepresent a find's origin, authenticity, age, or monetary value. The AI identification in the app is a best-guess starting point, not an appraisal — don't sell a find based on Dtecto's confidence score alone.

5. No commercial spam

Promoting your detecting business, channel, or product is fine in moderation — once in your bio, occasionally in posts. Constant pitching, link drops, multi-account spamming, or unsolicited DMs to other users will get the account suspended.

6. Respect privacy by default

Every find in Dtecto has a private / public toggle. Spots you post publicly are automatically GPS-fuzzed to a 1-mile radius before any other user sees them. That's by design — don't try to reverse-engineer or share precise locations through external means (e.g. landmarks in the photo).

7. Report what doesn't belong

Every post, comment, and profile has a Report button. If you see something that breaks these guidelines, hit it. Reports are reviewed within 24 hours; content that violates the rules is removed and the responsible account may be suspended or banned. Repeat violators get a permanent ban tied to their Apple ID.

8. Don't try to break the app

No scraping, automated posting, fake accounts, account farming, inflating likes/follows, or attempting to manipulate the achievements system. The app is built for humans who detect, not for harvesting data or gaming a leaderboard.

What happens if you break a guideline

Depending on severity and history, one or more of:

Content removal
A warning
Temporary suspension of community posting/commenting
Permanent account ban (your Apple ID can't rejoin)

For severe violations (CSAM, real-world threats, doxxing, facilitation of illegal recovery) we bypass warnings and ban immediately, and may refer the matter to authorities.

Questions or appeals

Email support@dtecto.app. Appeals are reviewed by a real human, usually within 72 hours.