Last updated: 9 July 2026

Community Guidelines

GlobalKin is built on kindness, authenticity and belonging. Here's how we keep it that way.

Welcome

Welcome to GlobalKin

GlobalKin is a platform designed to help people build meaningful friendships, discover local activities, join communities, and feel a sense of belonging wherever they are. We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and respectful environment for everyone.

By using GlobalKin, you agree to follow these Community Guidelines, which form part of our Terms of Service. Failure to comply with these guidelines may result in content being removed, warnings, temporary suspension, or permanent removal from the platform.

Our Values

Our Community Values

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Be Kind and Respectful

Treat everyone with kindness, empathy and respect. Harassment, bullying, intimidation, threats or abusive behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated.

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Build Genuine Connections

GlobalKin exists to help people build authentic friendships, discover communities and enjoy shared experiences. Interact with honesty, good intentions and respect for others.

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Be Inclusive

We welcome people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences. Discrimination, hate speech or exclusion based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected characteristic is strictly prohibited.

Be Authentic

Represent yourself honestly. Fake profiles, impersonation, misleading identity information or deceptive behaviour are not permitted.

Purpose

What GlobalKin Is (and Isn't)

GlobalKin is

  • A platform for friendship and community building
  • A place to discover and create local activities
  • A way to join interest-based communities
  • A space to connect with like-minded people

GlobalKin is not

  • A dating or hookup app
  • A platform for romantic or sexual solicitation
  • A marketplace for advertising or selling products or services
  • A platform for scams, fraud or deceptive schemes

GlobalKin is strictly a friendship and community platform. Persistent romantic advances, sexual solicitation or using the platform primarily for dating is not permitted and may result in account removal.

Not Permitted

Prohibited Content and Behaviour

The following behaviour is not permitted on GlobalKin.

Harassment and Abuse

  • Bullying, intimidation or threats
  • Stalking or unwanted repeated contact
  • Harassment through messages, communities or in-person meetups

Hate Speech and Discrimination

  • Content that promotes hatred, violence, discrimination or exclusion towards any individual or group

Sexual Content and Misconduct

  • Unsolicited sexual messages or images
  • Sexual solicitation or unwanted advances
  • Pornographic or sexually explicit content

Violence and Harmful Behaviour

  • Threats of violence
  • Promotion of illegal or dangerous activities
  • Content encouraging self-harm or harm to others

Fraud, Scams and Misrepresentation

  • Fake identities or deceptive behaviour
  • Requests for money or financial exploitation
  • Investment scams, pyramid schemes or multi-level marketing recruitment

Spam and Unwanted Promotion

  • Mass messaging or repetitive unsolicited contact
  • Advertising or promotional content
  • Recruiting users for external businesses, organisations or sales funnels
  • Automated bots, scraping tools or fake engagement
Communities

Communities

Communities are spaces where people connect around shared interests.

Community creators and moderators are expected to:

  • Foster respectful and inclusive environments
  • Apply community rules fairly and consistently
  • Remove harmful or inappropriate content where appropriate
  • Ensure communities are not used for spam, recruitment or exploitation

GlobalKin reserves the right to intervene, restrict or remove communities that breach these guidelines.

For Hosts

Community Host Code of Conduct

If you create or host activities or communities, you are responsible for ensuring they are organised responsibly.

Hosts should:

  • Provide clear and accurate information about the activity
  • Ensure activities are lawful and appropriate
  • Communicate any changes or cancellations promptly
  • Treat all participants fairly and respectfully
  • Avoid using activities for advertising, recruitment or personal financial gain

Misleading, unsafe or inappropriate activities may result in restrictions or removal from the platform.

Meetups

Activities and Meetups

GlobalKin encourages meaningful real-world connections through shared activities and events.

Hosts should

  • Provide accurate details about the activity, including the time, location and any expectations for participants
  • Comply with all applicable laws and venue rules
  • Take reasonable steps to ensure activities are appropriate and well organised
  • Notify participants promptly of any changes or cancellations

Participants should

  • Read the activity details before attending
  • Respect the host, venue and other participants
  • Communicate if they are unable to attend
  • Behave responsibly and contribute to a welcoming environment
Safety

Staying Safe

While GlobalKin helps people connect, all in-person meetings, activities and events are attended voluntarily and entirely at each user's own discretion and risk.

Every user is responsible for making their own decisions, exercising good judgement and taking reasonable precautions to protect their personal safety and belongings.

For your safety, we strongly encourage you to:

  • Meet in public places, particularly when meeting someone for the first time
  • Let a trusted friend or family member know where you are going
  • Arrange your own transport where possible
  • Trust your instincts and leave if a situation makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe
  • Contact local emergency services immediately if you believe you are in danger

GlobalKin provides a platform for people to connect but does not organise, supervise, verify or guarantee the safety of any activity, meetup or interaction between users. To the fullest extent permitted by law, participation in any activity is at your own risk, and GlobalKin is not responsible for any injury, loss, damage, theft, dispute or other incident arising from or relating to in-person interactions or activities arranged through the platform.

Profiles

Profile Guidelines

Users must

  • Be at least 18 years of age
  • Use genuine photos of themselves
  • Provide accurate profile information

Users must not

  • Create fake accounts
  • Impersonate another person
  • Misrepresent their age, identity or location
  • Post offensive, inappropriate or misleading profile content
  • Publicly share sensitive personal information

Accounts that breach these guidelines may be suspended or permanently removed.

Privacy

Privacy and Personal Information

To help protect yourself, avoid sharing sensitive personal information, including:

  • Your home address
  • Financial or banking information
  • Government identification documents
  • Personal contact details publicly

Take care when moving conversations to other platforms or arranging to meet in person.

Report & Block

Reporting and Blocking

If someone behaves inappropriately or makes you feel unsafe, you can:

  • Block them at any time
  • Report their profile, content or behaviour through the app

We encourage users to report behaviour that breaches these guidelines so we can help keep the community safe.

If you believe there is an immediate risk to your safety or someone else's, contact your local emergency services immediately.

Misuse of reporting or blocking features may result in action being taken against your account.

Resources

Safety Centre

GlobalKin provides safety resources to help users stay safe while using the platform. These include:

  • Tips for meeting people safely
  • Guidance on recognising suspicious or inappropriate behaviour
  • Information about reporting users
  • Emergency support information

We encourage all users to review our safety resources before attending an in-person activity.

Enforcement

Enforcement

If these Community Guidelines are breached, GlobalKin may take action, including:

  • Removing content
  • Issuing warnings
  • Temporarily suspending accounts
  • Permanently removing accounts
  • Restricting access to activities or communities

We reserve the right to take any action we consider necessary to protect the safety, wellbeing and integrity of the GlobalKin community.

Our Commitment

GlobalKin was created to help people build meaningful friendships and feel a sense of belonging wherever they are.

We are committed to fostering a safe, welcoming and inclusive community where genuine connections can grow. While we provide tools, policies and resources to support user safety, creating a positive community is a shared responsibility. We encourage every member to treat others with respect, exercise good judgement and help make GlobalKin a place where everyone feels welcome.