Community Guidelines

Last updated: August 13, 2026

1. What belongs on Jaha

• Real, verifiable places. Every stop must be a place that actually exists and is publicly accessible. No private residences, no trespassing spots, no "secret" locations that require crossing fences or ignoring posted signs.
• Honest descriptions. Say what's actually there. Don't oversell hazards away (a strenuous exposed scramble is not "an easy stroll") and don't invent amenities.
• Your own words and photos. Content you wrote or shot yourself, or have the right to share.
• Practical, specific tips. Parking, timing, what to order, what to skip — the stuff that makes a quest work.

2. What gets rejected

Safety violations (zero tolerance)

• Directions that encourage trespassing, entering closed areas, or ignoring posted closures (including heat closures on trails).
• Content that downplays serious physical hazards (no-water routes, flash-flood terrain, exposure) or presents dangerous activity as casual.
• Anything targeting minors inappropriately or sexualizing anyone.

Harmful or unwelcome content

• Harassment, hate speech, or attacks on people or groups.
• NSFW or sexually explicit text or images.
• Graphic violence or gore.
• Doxxing or exposing anyone's private information or precise home location.

Spam & deception

• Advertising, affiliate funnels, or link farms disguised as quests or reviews.
• Fake reviews (reviewing your own quest under alts, review bombing, incentivized ratings).
• Duplicate or near-duplicate spam posts.
• Impersonation of people or businesses.

Place-integrity violations

• Invented or misplaced locations (wrong coordinates on purpose, non-existent businesses).
• Content promoting damage to natural or cultural sites (off-trail shortcuts through fragile desert, carving, moving artifacts — leave no trace applies).

Illegal content

• Anything soliciting or facilitating illegal activity. Full stop.

3. Photo rules

Photos ride along with reviews (and check-ins). They're screened for image content, not just captions:

• People are welcome — selfies, friends posing, busy patios, hikers on the trail. Don't post photos taken to demean, embarrass, or expose someone (mocking strangers, private moments, or revealing where an identifiable person lives).
• No NSFW, violent, or shocking imagery.
• No screenshots-of-text, memes, or promotional graphics — photos should show the place.
• Location-accurate: the photo should plausibly be from the place reviewed.

4. How enforcement works

• Automated screen (seconds). Every post, review, publish request, and photo passes an AI moderation check against these guidelines. Clear passes go live immediately; clear violations are rejected with the reason shown to you.
• You can fix and resubmit. A rejection isn't a strike — edit and try again. The reason tells you what tripped.
• Flags are human-reviewed. Anyone (including guests) can report live content. Reports queue for human review.
• Repeat or deliberate abuse escalates. Patterns of violation can lead to content removal, publishing restrictions, or account termination. Egregious safety violations skip the ladder.

5. AI-generated content

Quests assembled by Jaha's AI are always labeled as such, everywhere they appear. Publishing an AI quest to the community makes you its sponsor — it passes the same moderation as anything else, keeps its AI badge, and rejections come back to you with the reason.

6. Rights & responsibilities

• You keep ownership of what you post; you grant Jaha a license to display it in the app and in promotion of the app.
• You're responsible for your own safety judgment. Guidelines and heat advisories inform, they don't guarantee — desert conditions are real.
• We may update these guidelines; material changes will be noted in-app.

Questions

Questions or edge cases? Report the content in the app and the review queue will sort it out, or email [email protected].