Community Guidelines

1. Give Useful Resume Feedback

Good feedback is specific, practical, and tied to the resume.

• Point to the exact section, bullet, phrasing, or missing proof.
• Explain why something may confuse a recruiter or reviewer.
• Offer a clearer rewrite or concrete next step when possible.
• Separate facts from opinions and assumptions.
• Respect the user's target role, experience level, and context.

2. Be Direct Without Being Cruel

Linted feedback can be honest and sharp. It cannot be abusive. Do not insult someone's intelligence, background, school, identity, career gap, English fluency, income, or personal situation.

Examples of acceptable directness: "This bullet is too vague" or "The impact is missing." Examples of unacceptable behavior: name-calling, humiliation, threats, pile-ons, or comments meant only to embarrass the person.

3. Do Not Share Private Information

Do not reveal, repost, quote, screenshot, or link to someone's private personal information without permission. This includes phone numbers, home addresses, personal emails, IDs, private social profiles, workplace details, or any information that could expose a user to harassment or real-world harm.

If you notice private information in a resume, tell the user to remove it. Do not repeat the private information in your review.

4. No Harassment, Hate, or Threats

We do not allow:

• harassment, bullying, stalking, or targeted abuse;
• hate speech or slurs based on protected or personal traits;
• threats, encouragement of violence, or celebration of harm;
• sexual harassment or unwanted sexual comments;
• coordinated attacks, dogpiling, or attempts to drive users away.

5. Be Honest About Who You Are

Do not pretend to be a recruiter, hiring manager, employee, professor, career coach, verified reviewer, or company representative if you are not. Do not fake credentials, work history, schools, placements, or hiring authority.

Reviewer profiles and trust labels are meant to help users understand context. They are not a license to mislead people or overstate your authority.

6. Protect Review Integrity

Lint points and leaderboards should reflect genuinely helpful feedback. Do not manipulate them.

• No fake accounts, self-voting, or coordinated vote rings.
• No buying, selling, trading, or pressuring users for votes.
• No spam reviews written only to farm lint points.
• No copying other people's reviews and presenting them as yours.

7. No Spam or Low-Quality Promotion

Do not use Linted mainly to advertise services, sell courses, farm leads, promote agencies, drop referral links, or push unrelated products. Helpful context is fine. Repetitive promotion is not.

8. Do Not Upload Harmful or Illegal Content

Do not upload or post:

• malware, phishing links, scams, or deceptive files;
• copyrighted content you do not have permission to share;
• illegal content or instructions for illegal activity;
• graphic, sexual, exploitative, or violent material unrelated to resume review.

9. Respect Anonymity and Privacy Modes

If a user posts anonymously or hides contact details, respect that choice. Do not try to identify them, pressure them to reveal themselves, or connect their resume to external profiles without a clear, helpful, and privacy-safe reason.

10. Report Problems

Report content or behavior that may violate these Guidelines, our Terms, or our Privacy Policy. If the in-product reporting flow is unavailable, email shajith240@gmail.com with the link, screenshot if appropriate, and a short explanation.

11. How We Enforce These Guidelines

We may remove content, hide reviews, remove lint points, reject trust applications, limit features, suspend accounts, or ban users when we believe these Guidelines were violated.

We consider context, severity, user history, safety risk, and whether the behavior appears accidental or intentional. Serious abuse can lead to immediate action.

12. Appeals and Mistakes

Moderation is imperfect. If you believe we made a mistake, contact shajith240@gmail.com with the account, content link, and why you think the decision should be reviewed.