Community and Listing Guidelines

What belongs on Poppin

Real events, open to the public or to anyone who buys a ticket, happening at a real place (or a clearly stated online one) at a stated time: concerts, markets, classes, games, festivals, food trucks, yard sales, meetups and the like.

A good listing

• The date, time, place, price and age limits are right, and stay right. Edit the listing when they change, and cancel it here when you cancel the event.
• The title says what the event is. No all-caps, emoji strings or keyword stuffing.
• The category and city are the true ones, not the busiest ones.
• Links go to the event’s own ticket or information page.
• Images show the event, the venue, the performers or the host, and you have the right to use them.
• One listing per event. A repeating event is posted as a series, not as copies.

Not allowed

• Fake, misleading or bait listings, or listings for events that are not happening.
• Ads, promotions or sales that are not an event.
• Anything illegal, or that promotes illegal activity, including the sale of weapons, drugs or counterfeit goods.
• Sexually explicit content, or adult-only events not clearly marked with their age limit.
• Hate, harassment or threats against any person or group, or content that promotes violence.
• Other people’s personal information, or images of people used without their permission in a way that harms them.
• Content that infringes someone else’s copyright or trademark (see the Copyright Policy).
• Manipulating views, saves or clicks, or the view guarantee.
• Pretending to be another person, host or organization.

How listings are reviewed

A person reads every new host’s listings before they go live, until the host has 3 approved listings. After that, listings publish at once and are still checked when reported. Imported listings always credit and link to their source; the organizer can claim them.

Reporting a problem

Every listing has a “Report this listing” link. A person reviews every report. For anything urgent or unsafe, also email hello@findwhatspoppin.com.

What happens when a rule is broken

Depending on how serious it is, we correct an obvious error, send a listing back for changes, unpublish or take it down, or suspend or close a host’s access or account. Where it is safe and practical we say why. A listing we take down stays down. If you think we got it wrong, email hello@findwhatspoppin.com and a person looks again.

These guidelines are part of the Terms of Service.