Community Guidelines

Last updated: April 18, 2026

Ether is a study companion, but the feed, comments, and shared posts make it partly a community too. These guidelines describe what we expect when you share, comment, or respond to someone else. Violating them can lead to content removal, account suspension, or termination.

The short version

• Be kind. Assume the person on the other side is sincere.
• Share your own study — don't impersonate a Church authority.
• Don't post anything you wouldn't want a ward member or stranger to read.
• If you see someone in crisis, tell them to call or text 988 (US) and email us.

What isn't allowed

Harassment and hate

• Targeted harassment, threats, or intimidation of any person.
• Hate speech or slurs directed at any race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
• Doxxing — posting anyone's private information (address, phone, workplace) without consent.

Sexual and violent content

• Sexually explicit content.
• Gratuitous or glorifying violence.
• Any sexual content involving minors — reported immediately to NCMEC and law enforcement.

Deception and impersonation

• Impersonating another person, a General Authority, your bishop, or any ecclesiastical leader.
• Presenting AI-generated output as a real person's testimony or pastoral counsel.
• Coordinated inauthentic behavior — sockpuppet accounts, brigading, or fake engagement.

Spam, scraping, and commercial use

• Advertising, solicitation, or repeated promotional posts.
• Scraping, bulk-downloading, or systematically extracting content from Ether.
• Using Ether outputs to train, fine-tune, or evaluate competing AI models or services.

Illegal content

• Content that violates applicable law — including copyrighted material you do not have permission to share.
• Promoting, facilitating, or coordinating illegal activity.

Tone and disagreement

Ether users will disagree — about doctrine, about practice, about what scripture means. That's fine. Disagree with the idea, not the person. Don't insult, mock, or accuse someone of being a bad Latter-day Saint. "Speak the truth in love" is a good working standard.

Ecclesiastical boundaries

Ether is not a pulpit. Don't speak for the Church, don't issue "callings," don't extend or revoke priesthood authority, and don't present personal opinion as official doctrine. If you want to share your own experience or study, frame it that way.

If someone is in crisis

If a user expresses suicidal thoughts, describes abuse, or otherwise signals a crisis, please don't try to counsel them alone. Encourage them to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988 in the US) or local emergency services, and email support@etherapp.ai so we can reach out and, where appropriate, connect safety resources.

Reporting and enforcement

To report content or a user, email support@etherapp.ai with:

• A link to the post, comment, or profile
• Which guideline you believe it violates
• Any additional context that might help us investigate

Depending on severity we may warn the user, remove the content, suspend the account, or terminate it. Severe violations (sexual content involving minors, credible threats of violence) result in immediate termination and, where required, a report to law enforcement.

Appeals

If your content was removed or your account was suspended and you think we got it wrong, reply to the notification email or write to support@etherapp.ai with "Appeal" in the subject. We'll review and respond.

Contact

Questions about these guidelines: support@etherapp.ai.