guidelines — DoodleGram

the short version

DoodleGram is a small, friendly place for hand-drawn pictures. Post your own doodles, be decent to other people, and don't put up anything that's hateful, sexual, illegal, or involves minors. That's basically it. The rest of this page just spells out what we mean, and what happens when someone crosses a line. These guidelines sit alongside the formal terms of service.

the spirit of the place

The whole point of DoodleGram is that nobody's trying too hard. The doodles that do best are usually scrawled, weird, and finished in under a minute — the kind of thing you'd draw in the margin of a notebook during a boring meeting. You don't need to be good. You just need to make something and put it up. Treat other people's bad drawings the way you'd want yours treated: with a tap of the heart, not a sneer.

what makes a good post

Draw it yourself, mostly. The feed is for hand-drawn art. Sketch with your finger or a stylus, or upload a drawing you made. It just has to read as a doodle — wobbly, simple, clearly drawn rather than photographed or rendered.

Keep captions short and kind. One line is plenty. A caption can make a simple doodle land, but it's not a place to pick fights or push spam.

Post your own work. Don't re-upload someone else's doodle as if it's yours. Reposting another artist's drawing without credit isn't in the spirit of the place and may be removed.

what's not allowed

We remove, and may warn or ban for, any of the following:

· Harassment and bullying. Targeting someone with insults, threats, or pile-ons.

· Hate speech. Attacks or slurs against people based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, or similar.

· Sexual content. Pornographic or sexually explicit drawings. Keep it safe-for-work.

· Anything involving minors in a sexual or exploitative way. This is a zero-tolerance line and is reported to the relevant authorities.

· Graphic violence or gore meant to shock rather than to make art.

· Illegal content, or doodles that promote serious real-world harm.

· Impersonation of a real person or brand in a way meant to deceive.

· Spam — repetitive posting, scams, or using the feed mainly to advertise something off-platform.

captions and handles

The same rules apply to the words you write as to the pictures you draw. Captions, display names, and handles that are hateful, sexual, or clearly meant to harass will be changed or removed, and repeat offenders lose their accounts.

reporting

If you see a doodle that breaks these rules, open it and use the report option, or email us with a link. Reports are confidential — the person you report doesn't see who flagged them. You can also block behaviour you don't want to see by unfollowing or, for serious cases, letting us know.

what happens when a rule is broken

Most issues end with a single removed post and a quiet note. For anything serious, or a pattern of smaller ones, a human moderator can warn the author, remove multiple posts, or ban the account. The worst categories — content involving minors, credible threats, clearly illegal material — skip the warning and go straight to a ban (and, where required, a report to authorities).

appeals and contact

Think we got it wrong? We're human and sometimes we will. Email us and a person will take another look. For more about how the app works, see the about page and the FAQ; for the formal rules and your rights, see the terms and privacy pages.