# Content Guidelines

ResearchHub is a platform for rigorous, high-quality scientific discourse with the goal of accelerating the pace of science. To support this mission, we maintain standards not only around *what* is posted, but also around rigor, relevance, and information density.

Researchers have limited time. Content on ResearchHub should therefore contribute meaningfully to scientific understanding, discussion, or progress. Moderation, combined with community ranking mechanisms (e.g., upvotes/downvotes), helps ensure users can easily surface high-signal contributions.

To maintain a productive and trustworthy environment, all users are expected to follow the guidelines below.

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### Encouraged Content

We welcome content that advances scientific discussion and understanding, including:

* **Civil, truth-seeking dialogue**\
  Respectful skepticism is encouraged; intellectual honesty and good-faith debate are core values.
* **Scientific questions**\
  Thoughtful questions that invite analysis, clarification, or further investigation.
* **Constructive scientific discourse**\
  Suggestions, critiques, and feedback that move conversations forward productively.
* **Proper attribution and citation**\
  Linking to and crediting relevant prior work, data, or ideas.
* **Feedback on written research**\
  Including preprints and peer-reviewed publications.
* **Expert context and insight**\
  Contributions that add domain-specific knowledge or clarify technical points.
* **Science-related competitions and challenges**
* **Scientific surveys**\
  Including links to reputable and trustworthy external tools or platforms.
* **Newly generated data or analyses**
* **Requests for academic or consulting services**
* **Community-funded research proposals**\
  Proposing studies or experiments for community funding.
* **Educational content**\
  Explaining scientific concepts, methodologies, or DeSci-related projects and ideas.
* **Well-defined bounties**\
  With clear scope, expectations, and attainable completion criteria.

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### Prohibited Content

The following content is not allowed on ResearchHub:

* **Harassment or abuse**\
  Rude, disparaging, inflammatory, or disrespectful remarks toward other users.
* **Non-constructive participation**\
  Low-effort comments that add no new information or insight (e.g., “Thanks,” “+1,” “I agree”), or off-topic replies.
* **Low-quality or low-rigor content**\
  Submissions that lack scientific grounding, coherence, or contain obvious errors.
* **Spam or self-promotion**\
  Content created primarily to advertise a product, service, or external platform.
* **Undisclosed AI-generated content**\
  Content that is more than 10% AI-generated without clear disclosure or attribution.
* **Manipulation of platform mechanics**\
  Including upvote rings or coordinated behavior intended to game visibility or rewards.
* **Memes**\
  Memes are not permitted on the ResearchHub platform (they may be shared on Discord).
* **Plagiarism or copyright violations**\
  Including copying text, ideas, or uploading copyrighted PDFs without permission or citation.
* **Non-English content**\
  At this time, ResearchHub supports English-language posts only to maintain a unified platform.
* **Impersonation or misrepresentation**\
  Claiming to be another individual or falsely representing identity or credentials.
* **Social or political activism**\
  ResearchHub exists to advance science, not promote political or ideological movements.

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### Enforcement

This list is not exhaustive. Content that violates the spirit or letter of these guidelines may be flagged, removed, or result in temporary or permanent account restrictions at the discretion of the ResearchHub Moderation Team.


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