Effective October 19, 2026 · Supersedes the July 26, 2026 version
How we keep boopr a good place to be.
These guidelines are the rules that apply to everyone on boopr, alongside our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. They exist to keep boopr a place worth inviting someone into.
Who boopr is for:
boopr is for users 18 or older. At signup, you attest to being 18 or older through a neutral age screen and accept these guidelines alongside the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If we discover that an account belongs to someone under 13, we terminate it and, upon confirmation, promptly delete the data. Full age policy lives in the Terms of Service.
A note on how boopr works:
Everything you share on boopr (posts, photos, messages, your profile) is encrypted on your device before it ever reaches our servers. We cannot see your content, and we do not scan it. Moderation here has to work a little differently than on Instagram, X, or Reddit, where the company reads what you post.
We rely on you to report violations and describe what happened, your community to hold each other accountable, and a signup check that keeps automated accounts out. When you report, we receive only metadata and your description; no encrypted content is decrypted or sent to our servers.
Be a good friend. Don't use boopr to hurt, harass, exploit, or deceive people. Don't share content that's illegal or harmful. If someone is making boopr worse, report them. If you get reported, we'll look into it fairly.
That's the spirit of it. The rest of this page fills in the specifics.
Do not create, share, or store the following on boopr:
The following behaviors are not allowed on boopr:
Anyone in the US who is 18 or older can join boopr. We don't ask for a phone number, an email address, or a name. Two things stand in for those.
First, when you sign up, your phone proves it is a real phone running the real boopr app and does a few seconds of work before the account is created. That keeps bots and bulk-created accounts out without asking anything about you.
Second, a new account can't reach anyone. There's no search, no public profile, and no way to message a stranger. Someone becomes your friend only when you accept their friend code, so every connection on boopr is one a person chose.
What this means for you:
Share your friend code with people you actually know. If someone you don't recognize sends a request, decline it. If a friend turns out to be someone else, block them: the friendship ends, they lose access to everything you post from then on, and they can't message you.
Because your posts, photos, messages, and profile are encrypted on your device before they reach us, we can't see your content. Reporting is how you let us know something is wrong. When you report a user or content, you'll select a reason and can describe the issue in your own words. Your description, when you provide one, is what we use to assess the situation. No encrypted content is automatically decrypted or sent to our servers.
boopr provides in-app reporting on posts, comments, profiles, boops, and direct messages (press and hold a message to report it). When you report, you'll select a reason (harassment, threats of violence, self-harm or suicide, spam, inappropriate content, impersonation, NCII, CSAM, or other) and can write a description of what happened (up to 1,000 characters). A description is optional unless you select "Something else" as the reason; when you provide one, it is the primary information we use to assess the situation.
We record your user ID, the reported user's ID, the content ID, the reason you selected, your description, and the time of the report. No encrypted content is decrypted or sent to our servers. We make enforcement decisions based on your description, report patterns across multiple users, and account-level metadata.
You can also email safety@boopr.com with details about the issue. For CSAM or child exploitation, email legal@boopr.com with the subject line "CSAM Report" and report to the NCMEC CyberTipline.
A member of the boopr team reviews your report. We may reach out to you or the reported user for more context. We aim to act on reports within 48 hours, though complex cases may take longer. You won't always hear back with details about what action was taken because we balance transparency with the reported user's privacy.
Protecting reporters:
We do not reveal who filed a report to the person being reported. Retaliating against someone for filing a report is itself a violation of these guidelines.
You don't have to wait for us to act. boopr gives you tools to protect yourself:
These tools work instantly and don't require a report. Use them freely.
When we determine that a violation has occurred, we take action proportional to its severity. We consider the nature of the violation, whether it's a first offense or a pattern, the impact on other users, and any relevant context.
For first-time or minor violations, we may issue a warning explaining what was wrong and what we expect going forward. Warnings are documented on your account.
For repeated or more serious violations, we may temporarily restrict your account. This could include limiting your ability to post for a set period.
For severe violations, repeated offenses after warnings, or any involvement with CSAM or NCII, we permanently terminate your account. Banned users may not create new accounts.
What we can and cannot do:
Because your content is encrypted with keys only you and your friends hold, we cannot proactively scan for violations. We rely on your reports and descriptions to understand what happened. We make enforcement decisions using report descriptions, patterns across multiple reporters, account trust signals (such as the number of distinct reporters, your account age, and your recent activity rates), and behavioral metadata. We can take action at the account level: warning you, restricting features, or permanently banning the account. We never access or decrypt your content as part of this process.
If you believe an enforcement action against your account was made in error, you can appeal.
Email appeals@boopr.com with your friend code (FRND-XXXX-XXXX, visible in the app when you share it) and a clear explanation of why you believe the decision was wrong. Include any relevant context or evidence.
Account terminations for CSAM, child exploitation, or non-consensual intimate imagery are not eligible for appeal.
Moderation on an encrypted platform works differently than what you're used to on Instagram, X, or Reddit. Those platforms can read what you post and run automated systems to scan for violations. We can't, and we don't want to build the infrastructure that would let us.
The model leans on four things that don't require us to read your content. The signup check (your phone proving it is a real phone running the real app, plus a few seconds of work) cuts off most drive-by spam and bot activity before it starts, and because nobody can reach you until you accept their friend code, a stranger's account has no way to bother you. In-app tools let you block (which hides the person, removes the friendship, and rotates your profile key so they can't decrypt anything you post afterward), remove friends, and pick who sees each post.
When something does go wrong, reports are how we learn about it. A human on our team reads every one. We base decisions on what you describe, patterns across multiple reporters, and account-level signals (such as the number of distinct reporters, your account age, and recent activity rates), none of which require decrypting content. Reports are the feedback loop.
This approach has a real cost: proactive content scanning and automated takedowns aren't options for us, so we won't catch things a scanning system would. That's the trade we made when we decided we couldn't read your posts, and we think a community of real people with human moderators is the right side of it.
We may update these guidelines as boopr grows and as we learn from how the community evolves. When we make changes, we'll update the effective date at the top of this page and notify users through the app. Continued use of boopr after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated guidelines.
Questions about these guidelines? Get in touch: