Community
Community Guidelines
Expectations for Porch Talk, Porch Light, Outpost, Trading Post, and messages.
Be Neighborly
- Treat other users with respect, especially when discussing animals, food, land, weather, politics, pricing, or local customs.
- Do not harass, threaten, shame, stalk, or pressure another user.
- Keep disagreements practical and focused on safety, facts, and experience.
Post Useful Local Information
- Use clear titles, dates, towns, prices, contact expectations, and accurate categories.
- Mark events, listings, and offers unavailable when they are over, sold, paused, or no longer accurate.
- Do not spam the same event, business, listing, or service repeatedly.
Keep Public Spaces Safe
- Do not post private addresses, phone numbers, photos, or personal details for someone else without permission.
- Do not post graphic, unsafe, illegal, fraudulent, or intentionally misleading content.
- Use report buttons when something looks unsafe, abusive, dishonest, or illegal.
Trade and Meet Carefully
- Meet in safe public or appropriate farm locations, tell someone where you are going, and trust your judgment.
- Inspect animals, goods, labels, and paperwork before paying when possible.
- Follow local rules for food, livestock, transport, processing, permits, and sales.