CrankRank Community Guidelines

CrankRank is a place to celebrate Playdate games and the people who make them. These guidelines keep it friendly, useful, and fair. They sit alongside our Terms of Use.

Be kind

• Disagree with ideas, not people. Criticise the game, not the person who made it or the person who loved it.
• No harassment, bullying, threats, hate speech, or slurs. That includes attacks based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or nationality.
• No sexual content, graphic violence, or anything that endangers children. This site welcomes users from age 13.

Write honest reviews

• Rate games you've actually played. Saying how far you got is a nice touch.
• Be specific. "The crank controls felt floaty in level 3" helps more than "bad game".
• One rating per game. Don't use extra accounts, swap ratings, or organise pile-ons ("review bombing").
• Developers: please don't rate your own games or ask for ratings in return for anything. Replying to feedback is welcome and encouraged.
• Mark spoilers clearly.

Stay on topic

• Keep threads about Playdate, its games, and the community around it.
• Post questions in Q&A and ideas for CrankRank in feature requests.
• No spam, chain posts, or repeated self-promotion. Sharing your own game or video once, in the right place, is fine.

Respect others' work and privacy

• Only post things you have the right to share. Link to other people's reviews and videos rather than copying them.
• No piracy. Don't share, request, or link to pirated games, ROMs, or cracked files, or ways to get around paying for games.
• Don't post anyone's personal information, such as addresses, phone numbers, or private messages, without their permission.
• Don't pretend to be someone else, including developers, Panic, or CrankRank staff.

Keep it legal and safe

• Nothing illegal, and no links to malware, scams, or phishing.
• If someone seems to be at risk of harm, report it, and contact local emergency services if it's urgent.

How moderation works

• New posts may be checked automatically for blatantly rude or inappropriate content. If a post is flagged, it's held for a human moderator to review. It isn't deleted automatically.
• Use the report button on anything you think breaks these guidelines. Reports are confidential.
• Depending on how serious it is, we might edit or remove a post, give a warning, or suspend or ban an account. Serious cases (such as threats, illegal content, or anything involving children) can mean an instant ban and, where appropriate, a report to the authorities.
• Think we got it wrong? Email [CONTACT EMAIL] and we'll take another look.

These guidelines can't cover everything. Moderators will use common sense, and so should you. Thanks for helping make CrankRank a great corner of the Playdate world.