Operations policy

A new blog starts as "not reviewed" and is not indexed by search engines until then. This default keeps spam and duplicated content from spreading through search results.

Once a blog has published posts, it enters the review queue automatically — there is nothing to apply for. Once it is approved, search engines can crawl it, and we may email you about it at the operator’s discretion. It can still take a while to show up in results.

The address section of your blog settings shows the current state as one of "not reviewed / approved / revoked". If it was revoked, the reason and how to appeal are shown with it.

These 14 actions affect bloggers. Each one is recorded with a reason, and we may email you about it at the operator’s discretion. Internal review decisions (such as "looked at, not approved yet") are not actions and are not notified.

Search visibility approved

The review is done and your blog is open for indexing — the noindex tag is lifted and we ping IndexNow. This opens something rather than taking it away, so its only reason is "met our criteria". Appearing in results can still take a while.

Search visibility revoked

We withdraw search visibility that was previously granted. Your blog and posts stay and remain publicly reachable — they are just marked noindex, so they stop being listed in new search results. Entries already listed drop out as search engines recrawl them. The sitemap keeps being served regardless of index status. Blocking access itself is a different action, "blog hidden" below.

Blog hidden

The public site responds as if the blog does not exist. Your posts and settings are untouched and you can keep editing them, but publishing new posts is locked.

Blog made public again

The hide is lifted: the public site opens again and the publishing lock is released. Search visibility is a separate axis, so if it was revoked it stays revoked.

Blog deleted

It disappears from the public site immediately and is destroyed after the retention window. Until then it can be recovered, but a blog deleted by an operator action cannot be restored by you. The blog address is released right away and someone else can take it.

Deleted blog recovered

A deleted blog is reopened at its original address. This is a different axis from "blog made public again" above — that one lifts a hide, this one undoes a deletion.

Account suspended

Sign-in and API access are blocked and every signed-in device is logged out. Your posts and blog data are kept, and the suspension can be lifted if your appeal is accepted — this is not deletion.

Account suspension lifted

You can sign in again. Blogs that were hidden alongside the suspension are not restored automatically — access and visibility are separate axes, so each blog needs its own restore.

Post unpublished

The post is taken down from the public site and republishing is locked. It stays as a draft and you can keep editing and saving it — operators do not edit your writing. Translations always come down with the original.

Post publishing unlocked

You can publish the post again. Translations that were locked with it are released too.

Post deleted

It can be recovered until the retention window ends, but a post deleted by an operator action cannot be restored from your trash. Appeal if you need it back.

Post restored

A post an operator deleted is put back exactly as it was before the deletion. It reopens at the same address, and translations that came down with it return too. A republishing lock, if there was one, is a separate action and stays in place.

Dormancy notice

Before reclaiming a blog that has stayed empty for a long time, we issue a dormancy notice first, and we may email you about it at the operator’s discretion. Publishing a post within the grace period (or replying to the notice email, if you received one) keeps it. If there is no response and the blog is reclaimed, its address is released and unfinished drafts go with it.

Dormant blog reclaimed

There was no response after the notice, so the blog is reclaimed (handled the same way as a deletion). Posts can be recovered until the retention window ends, but the address is already released and cannot be taken back.

Every action carries one of the reasons below. If we email you about an action, the email shows the same reason as your workspace screens. When "other" is used, the operator is required to leave a written note.

Illegal content

Content that breaks the law, or that promotes or distributes such material. This reason can be acted on as soon as it is reported or confirmed.

Spam

The same content posted over and over, or bulk and auto-generated publishing aimed only at search visibility.

Low-value or copy-pasted content

Content copied wholesale from elsewhere, or filler that carries nothing for the reader.

Impersonation

Presenting yourself as another person or organization, or implying an affiliation that does not exist.

Copyright infringement

Publishing someone's work without permission. Handled on a report from the rights holder or their representative.

Address or name policy

A blog address or name that impersonates another service or brand, or uses a name reserved for operations.

Other (see the operator's note)

Cases none of the above describe. When this reason is used the operator must leave a note, and any notification email carries its substance.

Met our criteria

The blog met our search visibility criteria. Used only for actions that open something, never for ones that take something away.

Appeal accepted

We reviewed an appeal and reversed the action. Used for lifting suspensions, restoring blogs, and unlocking posts.

Long inactivity

Not a violation but disuse. Used only for the notice and reclaim of blogs left unused for a long time.

A blog becomes a dormancy candidate when its search visibility is not approved, no new post has been published in the last 60 days, and no member has signed in for 30 days (current thresholds).

Candidates are never reclaimed straight away — we issue a dormancy notice first, and we may email you about it at the operator’s discretion. The grace period is 14 days (current threshold). Publishing a post within it (or replying to the notice email, if you received one) keeps the blog.

If the grace period passes with no response, the blog is reclaimed. Its address is released immediately for someone else to take, and unfinished drafts go with it. Nothing is reclaimed automatically; a person always confirms it first.

If you believe an action was wrong, reply to the address below. There is no appeal form inside the app — email is the only channel.

trust@bloffy.co

Include the blog or post address in question and why you think the action was wrong. If we accept your appeal we reverse the action, and we may email you about it at the operator’s discretion.