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Last updated: September 6, 2026
ShotRank Community Guidelines
ShotRank is a photo competition and social platform.
These rules are designed to keep the service safe, fair and suitable for users aged 13 and older.
The basic rule is simple:
Compete with photographs. Respect the people behind them.
These Guidelines form part of the ShotRank Terms of Use.
1. ShotRank ranks photographs, not people
Voting and rankings are about the photograph submitted to the competition.
Do not use ShotRank to:
- rate someone’s attractiveness;
- judge someone’s body;
- rank people’s physical appearance;
- humiliate someone because of how they look;
- create “hot-or-not” style content;
- sexualize people without their consent.
Criticism of a photograph must not turn into abuse of the person who created or appears in it.
2. Child sexual abuse and exploitation
ShotRank has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation.
Never create, upload, share, request, promote or facilitate:
- child sexual abuse material;
- sexual images of minors;
- sexualization of children;
- grooming;
- sexual solicitation of minors;
- requests for sexual images from minors;
- sexual extortion or sextortion;
- trafficking or exploitation;
- instructions for locating or exchanging child sexual abuse material.
This applies even where content is described as a joke, fictional challenge or private exchange.
Do not send suspected child sexual abuse material to ShotRank support by email.
Use ShotRank’s reporting tools or the instructions on the Safety & Legal Reports page.
Where required or permitted by law, ShotRank may report suspected child exploitation or serious safety threats to competent authorities or child-safety organizations.
3. Sexual and intimate content
Do not upload:
- pornography;
- explicit sexual activity;
- non-consensual sexual content;
- non-consensual intimate imagery;
- voyeuristic sexual imagery;
- sexual exploitation;
- intimate images shared to humiliate or threaten someone.
Any sexual content involving a person under 18 is strictly prohibited.
4. Harassment and bullying
Do not:
- repeatedly target someone with abuse;
- encourage others to harass someone;
- threaten or intimidate people;
- humiliate someone;
- make degrading comments about appearance or body;
- reveal private information to encourage harassment;
- create accounts to continue harassment after being blocked.
Disagreement is allowed. Abuse is not.
5. Hate and dehumanization
Do not attack, threaten, degrade or dehumanize people based on protected characteristics such as:
- race;
- ethnicity;
- nationality;
- religion;
- sex;
- gender;
- sexual orientation;
- disability;
- other legally protected characteristics.
Content promoting hatred, exclusion or violence against protected groups may be removed.
6. Violence and threats
Do not post or promote:
- credible threats;
- instructions to harm a specific person;
- glorification of severe real-world violence;
- content intended to intimidate a victim;
- graphic violent material whose primary purpose is shock or abuse.
Content may also be restricted when necessary to protect someone’s safety.
7. Self-harm and dangerous behavior
Do not encourage, celebrate or instruct others to engage in:
- suicide;
- self-harm;
- dangerous challenges;
- serious reckless behavior.
Supportive, recovery-oriented or educational discussion may be treated differently from content that encourages harm.
8. Privacy
Respect other people’s privacy.
Do not post:
- private addresses;
- private phone numbers;
- passwords;
- authentication credentials;
- financial information;
- highly sensitive private documents;
- private communications where publication would seriously violate someone’s rights;
- information intended to facilitate stalking or harassment.
Do not use a person’s location to threaten, stalk or endanger them.
9. Consent and photographs of others
You are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to upload your photograph.
Do not upload images obtained unlawfully or in circumstances where publication seriously violates another person’s privacy or rights.
Additional restrictions may apply to intimate, medical, private or sensitive situations.
10. Impersonation and deception
Do not impersonate another person or organization in a misleading manner.
Do not use ShotRank for:
- scams;
- phishing;
- fraudulent giveaways;
- credential theft;
- deceptive financial schemes;
- malicious links.
11. Intellectual property
Upload only content you have the right to use.
Do not knowingly upload photographs that infringe another person’s copyright, trademark or other intellectual-property rights.
Copyright and other legal complaints can be submitted through the ShotRank Safety & Legal Reports process.
12. Illegal activity
Do not use ShotRank to organize, facilitate or promote illegal activity.
This includes using the service to exploit, threaten, defraud or seriously endanger another person.
13. Spam and platform abuse
Do not:
- send or publish repetitive spam;
- operate bots;
- scrape the service without authorization;
- attack ShotRank systems;
- distribute malware;
- abuse reporting tools;
- deliberately overload the service;
- exploit technical vulnerabilities.
Security vulnerabilities should be reported privately to vv@vvblackbox.com.
14. Vote and ranking manipulation
ShotRank depends on fair participation.
Do not manipulate competitions using:
- automated voting;
- fake accounts;
- coordinated inauthentic accounts;
- scripts or bots;
- exploits;
- purchased votes;
- other artificial manipulation.
ShotRank may remove manipulated activity or adjust affected results.
15. Attempts to bypass enforcement
Do not attempt to circumvent:
- age restrictions;
- moderation;
- account restrictions;
- blocks;
- suspensions;
- bans;
- upload controls;
- safety systems.
Creating another account to continue prohibited conduct may result in additional enforcement.
16. Reports
If you see content or behavior that violates these Guidelines, use ShotRank’s reporting tools.
For illegal-content notices, child-safety concerns, non-consensual intimate imagery, copyright complaints or formal moderation-review requests, see the ShotRank Safety & Legal Reports page.
Reports should be made in good faith.
Knowingly false or abusive reporting may result in restrictions.
17. Blocking
ShotRank provides blocking tools.
Blocking can help prevent unwanted interaction, but it does not replace reporting serious abuse or illegal content.
If someone is threatening your immediate safety, contact local emergency services or law enforcement.
18. How moderation works
ShotRank may use:
- automated moderation;
- human moderation;
- user reports;
- safety signals;
- account history;
- technical anti-abuse controls.
Photographs may be checked before they become public.
Automated systems can make mistakes.
Content may be held for human review when additional assessment is appropriate.
19. Enforcement
Depending on the seriousness, context and history of a violation, ShotRank may:
- reject an upload;
- remove content;
- issue a warning;
- limit features;
- restrict publication;
- suspend an account;
- permanently terminate an account.
Severe safety violations may result in immediate action.
20. Appeals
If you believe a moderation or enforcement decision was incorrect, contact:
Include enough information to identify the relevant decision.
Do not attach illegal sexual content involving minors.
21. Child safety contact
Child-safety concerns can be reported to:
Subject: ShotRank Child Safety
For immediate danger, contact local emergency services or law enforcement first.
22. Operator
ShotRank is operated by:
Valuuttavelhot Oy
Business ID 3226480-1
Finland
Contact: vv@vvblackbox.com