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A lot of people say that SpaceHey is their comfort website with a lot of interesting people and pretty profiles, which I agree with, I absolutely love this space <3
But please be aware of users you befriend and chat with especially if you're a minor! Do not click on suspicious links, do not share sensitive information. Check every profile before interacting with them, if they make you feel uncomfortable - feel free to block them.
Keep in mind that it's an open online space, not only chill alt people have access to it. Stay safe!
I encourage all the people to share their negative experience (respectfully) and advices in the comments to raise awareness. I'll update this blog with your examples and advices, let's make SpaceHey safer <3
Disclaimer: This blog is not meant to offend moderators, creators of SpaceHey or any user in general. Its purpose is to spread online safety awareness. All the users listed in the blog are not associated with me.
I will not put the links to any profile that breaks the rules, only use evidence of their dangerous activity as examples.
If you want the mention of your blog/profile removed from this post - comment about it please <3
Advices:
- Minors under 13 years old are not allowed to use SpaceHey. If you're under 13, please understand that this rule was made with your safety in mind!
- Impersonating other people is prohibited, if you're a parody account you need to specify it in the "About me" section in a way that is easily accessible to other users.
- You are not allowed to post self-harm and suicidal content on SpaceHey. If you do self-harm or have suicidal thoughts please seek professional help or contact crisis lines I listed down below.
- SpaceHey is not responsible for any third-party links & ads, so don't just mindlessly click on links, they are not checked beforehand.
Suggestions for staying safe on here and online in general for minors.
(by Child of Light from this blog)
(1) Don’t put your exact age, and certainly not your actual date of birth on your profile. Simply put minor and don’t specify whether you’re an older or younger minor.
(2) Don’t put your real name on your profile. Not even just your first name.
(3) Don’t use an actual photo of yourself as your profile picture.
(4) If someone says anything inappropriate to you or asks for photos or personal information just block and report them immediately.
(5) NEVER ever agree to meet anyone irl. You can be literally putting your life in danger by doing that.
Also I'd add:
- Keep your DMs to "friends only"
- Don't post any photos of yourself,your house, neighbourhood, school, etc. If you really want to, you can private your profile to friends only and limit the friend list to the users you trust.
- Don't interact with people that are way out of your age range.
- Don't post any "horny" content even if it doesn't break the rules.
- Learn more about online grooming and how to identify it. For example groomers like to use "love bombing" - the action or practice of lavishing someone with attention or affection, especially in order to influence or manipulate them.
- Be cautious of any user even if they said to be a minor as well.
If you're a minor - please take these advices seriously!
Also, if you don't really care about the social part of spacehey and only here for decorating your profile - I recommend you to just private your profile.
Friend request/DM red flags
(took first 4 points from this blog by darkn'sweet and this section is overall inspired by them)
- They're an adult where 99% of their friends list are minors.
- They have nothing on their profile or they barely have anything about themselves.
- They call you pet names in the first conversation you have with them, keep asking you if you ate everytime you talk to them, etc. (this is a love bombing tactic).
- Their profile picture is AI or a generic anime picture (these people are most likely scammers).
- They lie about their age (doesn't matter how old they are, just this fact alone is a red flag).
- They insist on you sending them pictures of yourself, private socials, your address or any other personal info when you don't even know each other well / you already told that you're uncomfortable sharing these. It doesn't matter if they themselves shared any of this, you're not obligated to share personal info if you don't feel like it.
- They advertise their products or services in a thread that is not made for self-advertising / in your DMs during your first conversation (most likely a scammer)
- They vent or share very personal info during your first conversation.
- They have a clickbait-y nickname (example).
- They immediatly ask for your age after you add them.
Useful links <3
- Google’s Safe Browsing site status - to check if the link is safe.
Website Screenshot API - allows you to see how the website looks like without clicking on the link.
Browserling - a free website sandbox, allows you to interact with a website in a seprate enviroment without any harm to your device and data.
ExpandURL - to check shortened links (like bitly or tinyurl)
An article about online grooming by Childline
List of suicide and mental health crisis lines by Findahelpline
Gore spammers on SpaceHey and how to avoid them by BIOHAPHAZARD
Botted company accounts on SpaceHey by Shæ
Internet safety on SpaceHey by Alexcore
How to report a user without clicking onto their profile by 𓏴𓏴﹕TEAP★T﹒# !!
Examples of dangerous users, scams, etc.:
from 
for context the scammer texted on spacehey first, more about it in the 
Also be aware of impersonating accounts, I don't know if they still exist now, but 1-2 years ago there were copies of real accounts and they would post some unhinged ragebait stuff. For example this blog from silk chan
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ᛝLilPinkPeppermintDolly (Qiu's lovergirl) ་༘࿐ˎˊ˗
THANK YOU. people call me a jerk sometimes when I tell them I wont accept friend requests from private profiles. its not about the fact its priv, its the fact that I can't read about who they are. they could be an adult, or a predator, and since im under 18 I wouldn't want that for myself.
VitinBrasil
I am genuinely js commenting on this on hopes that this will boost this post somehow. Cuz this is actually so useful, not even js for spacehey, but for other platforms aswell
get real, get mature
I wish kids actually read it all. or they were taught internet safety in schools, like we were. or this post was shareable.
I'd add +1 thing that's super important: html links can and WILL mislead! not even a month ago, I ran into a blog post, with a link named as it lead to the "old school Facebook" but it lead me to a scam site! the person's profile may have been hacked or idk, because it seemed to be normal.
also,
if something is uncomfortable, BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK.
Joldie
Thanks for the PSA! Truthfully, I don't use this app all that much, but hopefully people in this community listen to you to ensure their safety
bl0gg1ng4abtmyl1fel0lz
What does posting sh/suicide content fall under? Cuz I use spacehey as a sort of blog where I vent and I sometimes talk about sh and stuff like that, I dont promote it and I've never had a blog taken down but now idk if I should edit them, like my blogs get NO hits at all like no one even reads them so... is it fine? (＃￣0￣)
pretty sure it falls under nsfw? i'm not sure though take this with a grain of salt
by MILES; ; Report
idk if I made the question properly- I mean like is it specifically images of sh or even just talking about it even when its not promoting?
by bl0gg1ng4abtmyl1fel0lz; ; Report
sh and suicidal content is under the "harmful content' line in the rules so i suppose if your blogs don't promote and display it in a way that might be harmful for other users (pics of sh, calls to suicide, sharing the ways to die, etc) you're fine. but idk maybe i'll send the creators an email asking to specify this rule
by xarii; ; Report
alrighty!! thx
by bl0gg1ng4abtmyl1fel0lz; ; Report
sb9a
really good info
Oi boa noite
by Emilly; ; Report
FleetCore
One thing that I want to point out is the fact that when you made the first mention regarding the topic of age, you said to not even state if you're a "younger or older minor" and to just put "minor" if you're below 18 and (assumingly) "adult" if you're at or over 18.
However, the only thing that confused me out of this PSA and I have my own opinions on in a second is the more aggressive turn with the age topic in the second part that it's mention regarding that "If anybody lies about their age, block them."
Shouldn't you be lying about your age to make sure you stay safe online?
When I was younger, and it's becoming more relevant now more than ever, is to never post anything personal online; even the most extremely cautious example like timezones. That can also include lying about your age, your timezone, your name, etc.
And I get that it makes somebody untrustworthy if they lie about their age, but trust has to be gained in somebody before you can start saying your actual age. It isn't instantaneously won even for the most trusting people.
But nonetheless, there are people who will take advantage of such things and do horrendous stuff as mentioned in the above PSA. So when it comes to trusting people, it depends on how much information you want to give, how cautious and safe you are about it, and it especially depends on the person on the receiving end.
Excellent PSA, by the way. Just wanted to ask for clarification about something + things I've heard and the like, so yeah.
by "lying about their age" i meant when for example an adult confessed to you in dms that they lied about being a minor and vice versa. you won't be lying if you're for example 15 and state to be a minor in a description. and i don't think that you need to necessarily lie about your personal info to stay safe, it's not really the right approach imo, i think the better way would be not to share it mindlessly which is what i said in the blog :) ty!
by xarii; ; Report
Chand
Thankyou for spreading awareness
★ zhuva ★
this blog deserves more attention. that "Richy" guy texted me once with the same exact lines. they're getting reported non-stop, but they just keep making new accounts. thankfully i never got to see gory stuff.
✧☽ℬℯ𝓉𝒽☾✧
Really appreciate this valuable piece of information. I consider it very useful even for people that are +18/+21, helps to be aware of the sites one visits to interact even if it's just to unwind or find things in common with other people. Evil is everywhere and one never knows who's behind the screen interacting with you. But in the end is very consoling to find kind people like you offering this resources. Thank you very much, have a wonderful day/night
tysm! <3
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Zachie
oh damn im probably fucked
wdym D:
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