FAQ & House Rules

Anything real that people can show up to: it has a date, a time, and a place, and something actually happens there. Concerts, markets, classes, meetups, open mics, pop-ups, tastings, tours, game nights, fundraisers with a gathering, weekly trivia — one-offs and recurring experiences, free or ticketed, five people or five thousand.

The simple test: would someone put it on a calendar and show up — in person, or at a link for an online event? If yes, it's probably an event. If it's really an offer, a listing, or an ad wearing an event costume, it isn't.

Absolutely — that's what business accounts are for. The rule is that the event is the thing being posted, with the business as its host. A wine tasting at your shop belongs on the board. The shop itself, or its weekend discount, does not (see below).

Use the date tools in the builder — a run of specific dates, a multi-day range, or a recurring schedule all live on one event. Never create separate copies of the same event per date or per city; reach across nearby city boards is what the Promote step is for. Duplicate notes for the same event are treated as spam.

Gatherings that aren't for the whole city: house parties, birthdays, team dinners. Private events are invite-only, never appear on public boards, and are the right home for anything at a personal address.

No. Store sales, coupon codes, “20% off this weekend,” happy-hour pricing on its own, clearance events that are really just promotions — none of these are events, and they'll be removed. If your promotion lives inside a real happening (a grand-opening party with a band, say), post the happening and mention the deal in the description — the event still has to stand on its own.

Bare advertisements for a business or service, job postings, items for sale, real-estate or rental listings, donation links with no gathering attached, contests that only happen online, and “we exist, come by anytime” posts with no actual date. A yard sale with a Saturday morning and a crowd is an event; a store's markdown rack is not.

Yes — real online events (a livestream, a virtual class, an online tournament) are welcome. Mark the event as online in the builder and you can skip the venue and address fields entirely.

One honest caveat: Bulletin Bored doesn't host streams or virtual rooms, so an online event has to link out — put the join link on your event's button or in the description so people know where to show up. And the same bar applies as everywhere else: it must be a real happening with a date and time, not an online-only promo or contest.

These aren't style preferences — they're the lines that protect everyone else, and crossing them can end your account:

• Fake events. Posting an event that isn't real, or one you don't host and aren't authorized to promote.
• Misleading people. Bait-and-switch pricing, made-up lineups, doctored photos, a different venue than advertised — if attendees would feel tricked, it's over the line.
• Other people's addresses. Never post a public event at someone's home or property without their permission. Publishing a private address to send a crowd there is one of the fastest ways to lose your account — and depending on intent, a matter for law enforcement.
• Scams and fraud. Fake tickets, payment handles that pocket money for nothing, phishing links. Event links are scanned, and fraudulent hosts lose their tip jar.
• Impersonation. Posing as a business, venue, or person you're not. (This is also why lineup billing requires the tagged act to accept — nobody gets put on a bill without agreeing.)
• Harassment, hate, and dangerous content. Events that target, threaten, or exclude people by who they are; anything illegal; gatherings designed to put attendees in danger.

• One event, one note. Multiple dates belong on one event via the date tools; extra copies get removed and repeat offenders lose posting privileges.
• Don't delete and repost an event to make it look fresh, and don't re-title the same event to dodge a removal.
• Keep the community feed honest: it's one post per event by design, and comments aren't a place to blast links.
• Don't stuff tags, titles, or descriptions with keywords that have nothing to do with your event.

Recaps are for people who actually went — that's enforced. Don't post fake reviews, trade reviews, pressure attendees for positive ones, or pile onto an event you never attended. Hosts moderate their photo walls, but they can't edit or buy reviews.

Depending on severity: the content comes down, the account gets a warning, a suspension, or a permanent ban — and bans cover every account the person controls. Fraud, threats, and anything that endangers people can also be reported to law enforcement. There's no three-strikes guarantee: faking an event or publishing someone's address can be a first-and-final offense.

Every public event has a Report option (on the event page and on every card's menu). Reports go to moderation, and an event that draws multiple serious reports is hidden automatically while we review it — so genuinely bad posts don't linger even before a human gets there.

You can appeal: removed events show up in your Dashboard's Reports section with an appeal option, and a person reviews every appeal. Appeals are also where honest mistakes (wrong category, fixable description) get sorted out.

Report the event, and for anything urgent email support@bulletinbored.io — takedowns for unauthorized addresses are prioritized ahead of everything else.