The Rules of Block Friendly

These apply everywhere on Block Friendly — Safety, Marketplace, Business Directory, and The Front Porch.

1. 1You must be a verified neighbor in Polk County, Florida. Fake addresses, spoofed ZIPs, or out-of-area accounts will be removed.
2. 2One person, one account. No duplicate, secondary, or anonymous accounts.
3. 3Use your real first name and a recognizable profile. No impersonation of neighbors, businesses, officials, or Block Friendly staff.
4. 4No requesting, soliciting, or begging for money in any form.
5. 5No harassment, bullying, threats, slurs, doxxing, or targeted attacks on any neighbor, business, or group.
6. 6No hate speech, discrimination, or content attacking people based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin.
7. 7No illegal activity — including the sale or promotion of drugs, weapons regulated by law, stolen goods, or counterfeit items.
8. 8No sexual, explicit, or graphically violent content. Keep it neighborhood-appropriate.
9. 9No spam, scams, phishing, chain messages, MLM recruiting, or repetitive promotional posts.
10. 10No misinformation about emergencies, public safety, elections, or health that could cause real-world harm.
11. 11Respect privacy. Do not post other people's addresses, phone numbers, license plates, photos of minors, or surveillance footage of identifiable people without consent.

This feed exists to keep neighbors informed about real, time-sensitive safety concerns.

1. 1Post only verifiable safety information — suspicious activity you witnessed, missing persons or pets, weather events, road hazards, scams targeting the neighborhood.
2. 2No vigilante calls to action, no 'go confront this person,' no encouraging confrontation or violence.
3. 3Do not accuse specific named individuals of crimes without evidence. Describe behavior, not identities.
4. 4No racial profiling. 'Suspicious' is a behavior, not an appearance.
5. 5Report active emergencies to 911 first. Block Friendly is not an emergency service.

Buying, selling, free items, curb alerts, and 'in search of' posts between verified neighbors.

1. 1Sellers must be the actual owner of the item and physically located in Polk County.
2. 2Listings must include a clear item, photo, price (or 'free'), and pickup area.
3. 3Mentioning Venmo, CashApp, Zelle, or PayPal as a payment method for a real item is allowed. Asking for money without a real item for sale is not.
4. 4No firearms, ammunition, prescription drugs, vapes, alcohol, tobacco, live animals, recalled items, or counterfeit goods.
5. 5No multi-level marketing, dropshipping, reselling of mass-market new goods, or business inventory. Marketplace is neighbor-to-neighbor only.
6. 6Honor your sale. No bait-and-switch pricing, no ghosting a confirmed pickup, no misrepresenting condition.
7. 7Businesses advertising goods or services belong in the Verified Business Directory, not Marketplace.

Local, licensed Polk County businesses serving verified neighbors.

1. 1Businesses must be licensed and insured where required by Florida law. Upload current documents during verification.
2. 2Listings must accurately describe services, service area, pricing structure, and contact information.
3. 3No fake reviews, no review trading, no incentivizing reviews in exchange for discounts or gifts.
4. 4Respond to neighbor inquiries professionally. Disputes handled publicly with hostility will result in removal.
5. 5No spamming the other feeds with promotional content. The Directory is your space to promote.
6. 6Maintain your Block Friendly badge by keeping insurance and license documents current.

Casual discussion, neighborhood recommendations, and light banter. No Karens welcome.

1. 1Be neighborly. Disagree without being cruel.
2. 2Recommendations should be genuine personal experience, not paid promotion.
3. 3No political rage-bait, no national news arguments, no inflammatory takes meant to provoke. Keep it local and human.
4. 4No public shaming of named individuals, businesses, or service workers for minor grievances. Take real disputes offline or through proper channels.
5. 5Keep gossip out. If you would not say it on your actual front porch to your neighbor's face, do not post it.

1. 1Posts that solicit money are automatically flagged or removed. Repeated violations or hard-match begging triggers immediate account suspension.
2. 2First violation of most rules: post removed, written warning, possible temporary suspension.
3. 3Repeat or severe violations: permanent account closure and ban from Block Friendly.
4. 4Suspended users are notified by email with the reason and the flagged content.
5. 5You may appeal a suspension by replying to the notification email or contacting support@blockfriendly.com. Reinstatement is at the sole discretion of Block Friendly moderators.
6. 6Attempting to circumvent a ban by creating a new account is itself a permanent-ban offense.
7. 7Block Friendly cooperates with law enforcement on credible threats, illegal activity, and court orders.