Community Guidelines
Effective date: October 24, 2026
RedFlags Dating App: Unhinged is built on one honest idea: everyone has red flags, and owning yours is attractive. Be real, be kind, and keep each other safe. These guidelines apply to your profile, your messages and how you treat people you meet through the App, on and off it. They are part of our Terms of Service.
Your profile
You must be 18 or older
Lying about your age, or giving the impression you are under 18, is not allowed. We may ask you to prove your age, and we remove accounts that belong to anyone under 18.
Be yourself
- At least one photo must show only you, with your face clearly visible.
- No photos so filtered or edited that people can’t tell it’s you, no memes or photos that are mostly text, no photos of children on their own and never photos of children without clothes.
- Use the name you go by in everyday life: a first name, nickname or initials is fine. No celebrity or fictional names, no numbers, symbols or emojis in your name.
- Your gender, age and where you live must be true. One account per person.
Keep contact details off your profile
No phone numbers, emails, links, social media or messaging handles (Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat and so on), and no M-Pesa or till numbers. Swap details in chat once you trust someone. Our system blocks most of these automatically.
What we don’t allow
Nudity and sexual content
No nude, sexually explicit or vulgar photos or text on profiles. No selling, buying or advertising sex, sexual content or “sugar” arrangements.
Bullying, harassment and abuse
No insulting, belittling, threatening or intimidating anyone, no unwanted comments about someone’s body, no blackmail, and no repeated contact after someone has made it clear they aren’t interested.
Sexual harassment
No unwanted sexual messages, comments or images (including unsolicited nude photos), no sharing or threatening to share someone’s intimate images, and no fetishising people for who they are.
Child sexual exploitation
Zero tolerance. Any content that sexualises or endangers anyone under 18, real or fictional, leads to permanent removal and a report to the authorities. See our Child Safety Standards.
Hate
No content or behaviour that attacks, dehumanises or excludes people because of their race, ethnicity, tribe, nationality, caste, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, health condition or religion, and no praise for hate groups.
Violence and threats
No threats, no encouraging or praising violence, no stalking, no helping anyone exploit or traffic people, and no sexual assault of any kind. No graphic or gory images, and no photos showing guns (except uniformed police or military).
Terrorism and violent extremism
No content that supports, promotes or glorifies terrorist or violent extremist groups or acts.
Scams, fraud and money requests
No asking for or offering money, M-Pesa, airtime, gifts, loans, “investments” or crypto, and no faking interest in someone to get anything from them. If someone asks you for money, report them: genuine matches don’t.
Selling and promotion
The App isn’t a marketplace. No advertising, selling, recruiting or promoting businesses, events, pages or other apps.
Drugs and illegal goods
No buying, selling or promoting illegal drugs, weapons or other illegal goods, or misusing prescription drugs.
Fake profiles and impersonation
No pretending to be someone else, using someone else’s photos (catfishing) or lying about who you are.
Harmful false information
No spreading clearly false information that could cause serious harm, for example about health or elections.
Self-harm
You can talk about your own experiences safely, but no content that encourages or glorifies suicide, self-harm or eating disorders. If you’re struggling, please reach out to someone you trust or a local helpline.
Spam and gaming the App
No bulk or copy-paste messages, misleading links, bots, scripts, scraping, fake accounts or multiple accounts. If we have removed your account, don’t create a new one: we remove accounts that try to get around a ban.
Swearing and banter
This is an unhinged app: everyday swearing and spicy banter are fine, as long as they aren’t aimed at hurting someone. If a person asks you to stop, stop.
Reporting and what happens next
If anyone makes you uncomfortable or breaks these rules, report them from the chat menu (⋮) or from their profile. Reporting also blocks them, so they can no longer see you or message you. Reports are confidential: the person is never told who reported them.
Our team reviews every report. We may remove content, warn the member, suspend the account or ban the phone number from coming back, and, where the law requires it or someone is in danger, work with the police. We may act on behaviour that happens outside the App too, for example on a date or over text.
Please only report real problems. Disagreeing with someone or not liking their red flags isn’t a reason to report them, and false reports (for example reporting someone just for their gender identity) can themselves lead to action.
Think we got it wrong? Email support@unhingedredflags.com and we will take another look.
Dating safely
- Keep the chat in the App until you trust someone. Never send money, M-Pesa, codes or intimate photos to someone you haven’t met.
- Meet for the first time in a busy public place, tell a friend where you’ll be, and arrange your own transport.
- Trust your gut. You can unmatch, block or report at any time.