If something on OutaStory breaks the rules, tell us. Reports go to human
moderators, and reporting takes well under a minute.
What you can report
Five things can be reported, each with its own "Report" action:
- an author
- a story
- a cover image
- a chapter
- a comment
The Report action never appears on your own content. If you can't find
it, check whether the thing you're looking at is yours.
The report dialog
Report opens a dialog titled "Report content", with the line
"Help us keep OutaStory safe. Reports are reviewed by our moderators."
Pick the reason that fits best:
- Spam or commercial promotion
- Harassment or bullying
- Hate speech or discrimination
- Sexual content (inappropriate for the audience)
- Violence or threats
- Self-harm or dangerous behaviour
- Misinformation
- Copyright or IP violation
- Personal information / doxxing
- Other (please describe)
Below the reasons there's a free-text "Comment" box. It is optional
for most reasons and required when you pick "Other" — describe what
you saw and where. A moderator who can find the problem quickly can act on
it quickly, so a sentence of context is worth writing even when it isn't
required.
Then press "Submit report".
If you're not signed in
You can report without an account, but you'll be asked for a first
name, a last name and an email address as well. That's so we can
contact you for clarification if the report is unclear; it is never
shared.
What happens next
When the report is in, you'll see:
Report received — thanks, our moderators will review it shortly.
Sometimes there's a second line:
your report tipped this content into review and it's now hidden from
non-staff readers.
That means yours was the report that pushed this content past the
threshold for automatic review. Until a moderator has looked at it, only
staff can see it — and a reported comment renders as "This comment is
hidden while moderators review reports." for everyone else.
Reports are read by people, not just counted by a machine. Please don't
use them to settle an argument — that costs a moderator time they could
have spent on something real.
If an author's work isn't for you
Here's the honest version: OutaStory has no reader-side author
blocking. There's no "block this author" button, because blocking is a
moderator action taken as the result of a review, not something a
reader can apply to their own view.
What you can actually do:
- Report the specific content that breaks the rules. A reasoned report
on the thing that is actually wrong is the route that changes anything. - Turn on "Hide AI-generated content" at
/profile/ai-contentif that's the objection.
It applies across the whole app — see
Hiding AI-generated stories. - Simply don't follow the author. If you don't follow them, their new
work doesn't come to you, and you're free to read elsewhere.
If a situation needs a person rather than a form —
contact us and describe it.