Meet people. Stay safe.

Crowd Safety Guidelines

Effective Date: August 8, 2026

Crowd is a social platform designed to connect like-minded people and groups through shared interests, communities, events, places, and real-world plans.

Meeting new people can create great experiences, but any in-person interaction involves some level of risk. These Safety Guidelines provide practical recommendations to help you make informed decisions when connecting with people through Crowd.

No safety feature, profile, recommendation, Vibe Check, or verification tool can guarantee another person’s identity, intentions, behavior, or safety.

Use your own judgment, trust your instincts, and take reasonable precautions when interacting with people you do not know well.

Please also review our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Community Guidelines.

1. Start With Your Safety

You are always in control of whether, when, and how you interact with another Crowd user.

You are never obligated to:

• respond to a message;

• accept an invitation;

• join a Circle;

• attend an event;

• share personal information;

• move a conversation to another platform; or

• meet someone in person.

Take time to get comfortable with a person or group before making plans.

If something feels unusual, inconsistent, overly pressured, or uncomfortable, you can stop communicating, leave an activity, block the user, or report the behavior.

A high Vibe Check, shared interests, mutual connections, participation in the same event, or membership in the same Circle should not replace your own judgment.

2. Protect Your Personal Information

Be thoughtful about what you share with people you have recently met.

Avoid sharing highly sensitive information early in a conversation, including:

• your home address;

• passwords;

• financial account information;

• payment-card information;

• government identification numbers;

• security codes;

• detailed information about where you are staying;

• highly specific travel schedules;

• workplace access information; or

• other information that could be used to locate, impersonate, or financially harm you.

Consider sharing general information first and providing more detail only after you feel comfortable.

Be especially cautious if someone pressures you to provide personal information quickly or asks questions that seem unrelated to making a genuine social connection.

Information shared with another user may be screenshotted, copied, forwarded, or saved outside Crowd.

3. Use Crowd’s Messaging and Verification Tools

When possible, consider keeping early conversations within Crowd before sharing your phone number, personal email address, social-media accounts, or other contact information.

Keeping initial conversations in Crowd may make it easier to:

• review the conversation later;

• block another user;

• report inappropriate behavior; and

• provide relevant information if a safety concern arises.

If Crowd offers profile, photo, identity, or other verification features, those tools may provide additional information about an account.

However, verification does not guarantee that:

• a person is trustworthy;

• all profile information is accurate;

• someone has good intentions;

• the account holder will behave appropriately; or

• meeting the person will be safe.

You may also consider having a short video call before meeting someone in person.

A video call can help you determine whether someone generally appears consistent with their profile and whether you feel comfortable continuing the interaction.

A video call does not verify a person’s identity, background, intentions, or safety.

Fraudulent or deceptive users may sometimes try to move conversations off Crowd quickly. Be cautious if someone pressures you to switch immediately to another messaging platform, especially if they also avoid video calls, refuse reasonable verification, or begin asking for money or sensitive information.

4. Meeting Someone for the First Time

When meeting someone you first connected with through Crowd, consider taking additional precautions.

For an initial meeting:

• meet in a public and populated location;

• choose a place you are familiar with when possible;

• tell a friend or family member where you are going;

• consider sharing your plans with someone you trust;

• arrange your own transportation;

• keep control of your phone, wallet, identification, and other belongings;

• avoid relying entirely on the other person for transportation;

• make sure you have a way to leave independently; and

• leave if you feel unsafe, pressured, or uncomfortable.

Avoid meeting for the first time in isolated locations or immediately going to someone’s home, hotel room, or other private space if you are not comfortable doing so.

You can change your mind at any time.

Agreeing to meet someone does not obligate you to stay, continue the interaction, go somewhere else, consume alcohol, share additional information, or participate in any activity you do not want to participate in.

Keep your drinks and personal belongings in sight, and stay aware of your surroundings throughout the interaction.

5. Events, Circles, and Group Meetups

Crowd may help you discover or participate in events, Circles, meetups, interest checks, and other real-world social plans.

A group setting can feel more comfortable than meeting one person alone, but group activities still require good judgment.

Before attending, consider:

• reviewing the event or activity details;

• confirming the date, time, and location;

• checking the venue independently where appropriate;

• understanding who created or organized the activity;

• reviewing any participation requirements;

• asking questions if important details are unclear; and

• making your own transportation plans.

Do not assume that Crowd has inspected, verified, supervised, or approved an event, organizer, venue, Circle creator, or attendee unless we expressly state otherwise.

Event information may change, and third-party venue or organizer information may be incomplete or inaccurate.

If plans materially change in a way that makes you uncomfortable, you do not have to attend or remain at the activity.

When participating in a group meetup:

• respect other participants’ boundaries;

• follow venue rules and applicable law;

• do not pressure others to drink, spend money, travel elsewhere, or participate in activities they did not agree to;

• keep track of your belongings; and

• leave if the environment no longer feels appropriate or safe.

Before attending, independently confirm important venue details such as operating hours, admission requirements, ticket information, accessibility, and any material changes that could affect your plans.

6. Transportation and Getting Home Safely

Maintain control over how you arrive at and leave an event, meetup, or other in-person activity.

When possible:

• arrange your own transportation;

• know how you plan to get home before the activity begins;

• avoid relying entirely on someone you just met for transportation;

• keep enough battery on your phone to arrange a ride or contact someone;

• avoid accepting rides from someone who appears impaired;

• do not drive if you have consumed alcohol or other substances that may affect your ability to drive safely; and

• leave whenever you feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

If your transportation plans change unexpectedly, consider contacting someone you trust and arranging an alternative way home.

Your ability to leave independently is an important part of staying in control of an in-person interaction.

7. Money, Tickets, and Scams

Be cautious when money, tickets, payments, or financial opportunities become part of an interaction.

Never send money, gift cards, cryptocurrency, banking credentials, security codes, or other financial information to someone simply because you met them through Crowd.

Be especially cautious if someone:

• claims to have an emergency and urgently needs money;

• asks you to purchase gift cards or send cryptocurrency;

• asks you to open an account, transfer funds, or receive money on their behalf;

• offers an investment or financial opportunity that seems unusually profitable;

• pressures you to purchase tickets or make payments outside trusted platforms;

• sends suspicious payment links;

• refuses to provide reasonable information about a ticket, reservation, or expense; or

• repeatedly changes their story about why money is needed.

When purchasing tickets, reservations, or other items, use trusted payment and ticketing services whenever possible.

Crowd does not guarantee tickets, purchases, informal payment arrangements, reimbursements, or financial transactions between users.

If you believe another user is attempting to scam or financially exploit you, stop communicating with them and use Crowd’s reporting and blocking tools.

8. Alcohol, Substances, and Staying in Control

Alcohol or other substances can affect judgment, awareness, and your ability to respond to an uncomfortable situation.

If alcohol is involved in an event or meetup:

• know your own limits;

• keep your drink in your possession or within sight;

• do not accept an open drink from someone you do not trust;

• do not pressure another person to drink or use substances;

• avoid driving while impaired;

• remain aware of your surroundings; and

• arrange alternative transportation if necessary.

Never interfere with another person’s food or drink or give someone alcohol, medication, drugs, or another substance without their knowledge and consent.

If you suddenly feel unusually ill, confused, impaired, or disoriented, seek help from venue staff, someone you trust, or appropriate emergency services.

You can leave an activity at any time, regardless of what you previously agreed to do.

9. Boundaries, Harassment, and Unwanted Behavior

Everyone has the right to establish and change their personal boundaries.

Respect another person when they:

• decline an invitation;

• stop responding;

• ask you to stop contacting them;

• decline physical contact;

• decide not to go somewhere with you;

• choose not to drink or use substances;

• decline to share personal information; or

• decide to leave an activity.

Consent to one interaction does not mean consent to another.

Agreeing to attend an event, join a Circle, exchange messages, or meet in person does not imply consent to romantic, sexual, physical, or other unwanted contact.

If another person pressures, threatens, harasses, follows, intimidates, or repeatedly ignores your boundaries, you may:

• end the conversation;

• leave the activity;

• ask venue staff or another trusted person for help;

• block the user;

• report the behavior to Crowd; or

• contact appropriate authorities if necessary.

Behavior that occurs during or after an interaction arranged through Crowd may still violate our Community Guidelines.

10. Online and Location Safety

Crowd may use location and map features to help you discover people, events, places, Circles, and social plans.

Use care when sharing information that could reveal where you live, work, stay, or regularly spend time.

Consider avoiding public disclosure of:

• your exact home address;

• hotel room or temporary lodging information;

• precise daily routines;

• real-time travel plans;

• workplace access details;

• locations where you are alone for extended periods; or

• other information that could allow someone to locate you unexpectedly.

Approximate location information can sometimes reveal more than you expect when combined with profile details, event attendance, posts, or other information you share.

Before traveling to a place or venue you discovered through Crowd, independently verify important details when appropriate, including:

• address;

• hours of operation;

• ticket or admission requirements;

• accessibility;

• transportation options; and

• whether the location is appropriate for your plans.

Crowd’s location information, event information, recommendations, and map features may be delayed, incomplete, or inaccurate.

Do not rely on Crowd for emergency navigation, real-time safety tracking, or situations requiring precise location information.

You can manage certain location permissions through your device settings. Restricting location access may cause some Crowd features to become unavailable or function differently.

For additional information about how Crowd handles location information, review our Privacy Policy.

11. Blocking and Reporting

Crowd provides blocking and reporting tools to help users manage unwanted interactions and alert us to potential violations of our policies.

Blocking

If you no longer want to interact with another user, you may block them using the tools available in Crowd.

Depending on the feature, blocking may prevent or limit that person from:

• messaging you;

• viewing certain parts of your profile;

• interacting with you through Crowd; or

• appearing in certain areas of your Crowd experience.

Blocking a user does not necessarily submit a report to Crowd.

If you believe someone has violated our Community Guidelines, engaged in unsafe behavior, or may pose a risk to other users, please also submit a report so Crowd can review the situation.

Reporting

Consider reporting behavior such as:

• harassment, threats, or stalking;

• sexual harassment or unwanted sexual behavior;

• scams or requests for money;

• fake or deceptive profiles;

• hate or discriminatory conduct;

• dangerous or illegal activity;

• privacy violations;

• spam or abusive solicitation;

• suspected users under 18; or

• concerning behavior that occurred during or after an event or meetup arranged through Crowd.

Please provide accurate information when submitting a report. Reports may be reviewed along with relevant account activity, messages, content, or other information where reasonably necessary to investigate the concern.

Crowd may take action based on the circumstances, severity, available information, and our applicable policies.

12. After an Event or Meetup

Safety considerations can continue after an in-person interaction ends.

After meeting someone through Crowd:

• continue sharing personal information gradually;

• consider keeping communication within Crowd until you feel comfortable;

• review your privacy and location settings if needed;

• block someone if you no longer want them to contact you;

• report behavior that made you feel unsafe or that may violate our policies; and

• preserve relevant messages or information if you believe you may need them when making a report.

A positive first interaction does not mean you need to ignore concerning behavior later.

Be cautious if someone begins:

• pressuring you for money;

• demanding increasingly sensitive personal information;

• repeatedly contacting you after you ask them to stop;

• unexpectedly appearing at places you did not invite them to;

• threatening you;

• attempting to control who you communicate with; or

• using information learned during your interaction to intimidate or manipulate you.

Behavior that occurs after an event or meetup may still violate Crowd's Community Guidelines when it is connected to an interaction that began through Crowd.

13. Emergencies and Immediate Danger

Crowd is not an emergency service and should not be relied upon to provide emergency assistance.

If you believe you or another person is in immediate danger, contact the appropriate local emergency services or law enforcement authorities.

If an incident occurs at a venue or event, you may also consider seeking assistance from:

• venue staff;

• event security;

• transportation personnel;

• someone you trust; or

• another appropriate local authority.

Once you are safe, you may report the relevant Crowd user or activity through our reporting tools.

Reporting something to Crowd does not replace contacting emergency services when immediate assistance is needed.

14. Safety Limitations

Crowd provides tools and information intended to help people connect more thoughtfully, but no social platform can eliminate the risks involved in interacting with other people.

Unless we expressly state otherwise, Crowd does not guarantee:

• another user's identity;

• the accuracy of information in a profile;

• another person's intentions or behavior;

• that a user has undergone a criminal background check;

• that a Vibe Check or match score indicates safety;

• that a verified account is trustworthy or safe;

• that an event organizer or attendee has been independently vetted;

• that a venue is safe or suitable;

• that event or location information is complete or current; or

• that an interaction arranged through Crowd will have a particular outcome.

Crowd may provide verification, moderation, blocking, reporting, recommendation, or other safety-related features, but these tools should supplement rather than replace your own judgment and reasonable safety precautions.

You are responsible for deciding whether and how to communicate with another user, attend an activity, visit a location, or meet someone in person.

For additional information about these limitations, please review our Terms of Use.

15. Changes to These Safety Guidelines

We may update these Safety Guidelines from time to time as Crowd evolves, new features are introduced, our safety practices develop, or applicable requirements change.

When we update these Guidelines, we will revise the effective or last-updated date displayed on this page.

For material changes, we may provide additional notice through Crowd, our website, email, or another reasonable method where appropriate.

We encourage you to review these Safety Guidelines periodically, particularly before using new social, event, location, or meetup features.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Safety Guidelines or need to report a safety concern related to Crowd, please contact us at:

SLS Strategy Partners LLC
Operator of Crowd

Safety: [INSERT SAFETY EMAIL]
Support: [INSERT SUPPORT EMAIL]
Mailing Address: [INSERT BUSINESS MAILING ADDRESS]

For concerns involving another user's behavior, you may also use Crowd's in-app reporting and blocking tools where available.

Please review our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Community Guidelines for additional information about your use of Crowd and our policies.

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