Community Guidelines

The rules of a shared sky · The Unsent Sky for iOS

The public sky is a quiet place made of things people never said out loud. It works because everyone in it is anonymous, and everyone in it is gentle. These guidelines keep it that way. By releasing a star, you agree to them.

The spirit of the sky: write to the person who isn't listening, the past that can't answer, the version of you that needed to hear it. Strangers will read it and feel less alone. That's the whole exchange.

What belongs in the sky

Unsent words — apologies, love, goodbyes, gratitude, grief, anger, hope, longing.
Honesty, including heavy honesty. Hard feelings are welcome here; they're the point.
Anonymity. Yours, and everyone else's.

What never belongs in the sky

Identifying information. No full names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, workplaces, or social handles — not yours, and especially not someone else's. An unsent message stops being safe the moment it's addressed.
Harassment or targeting. The sky is not a place to be found by the person you're writing about, or to make anyone findable.
Hate. No attacks on people for who they are — race, religion, nationality, gender, sexuality, disability, or anything else.
Threats or violence. Anger at what happened to you is welcome. Intent to harm is not.
Sexual content. The sky is read by people as young as twelve.
Spam and promotion. No links, ads, sales, or scams. The sky sells nothing and neither do its stars.
Impersonation. Aliases are assigned by the sky itself; don't claim a star is from someone it isn't.

If you are struggling tonight

The Unsent Sky is not a crisis service. If you are thinking about harming yourself, please reach for a human right now:

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US) — call or text 988
Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741
Outside the US — find your local helpline at findahelpline.com

The app watches over you too: if a message suggests you may be in crisis, it won't be sent anywhere — instead the app will show you these same resources, privately, on your device.

How the sky stays safe

Screening before release. Every public message is checked on your device for banned terms, personal information, and crisis language before it can be released.
Report. Every public star has a Report button. Choose a reason; reports are anonymous. A star reported by enough people is automatically hidden from everyone pending review.
Hide. Any star you'd rather not see again can be hidden from your sky instantly and permanently, no questions asked.
Review and removal. Stars that break these guidelines are removed. Rate limits (10 stars per day) keep flooding impossible.

Consequences

There are no accounts to ban — but sessions that repeatedly violate these guidelines lose the ability to release stars, and everything they released is removed. The sky forgets them entirely.

Questions or appeals

Write to support@theunsentsky.app. If you believe a star about you identifies you, include its exact text and we will prioritize review.

Be the stranger you'd want reading your unsent words.