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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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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
Zachie
oh damn im probably fucked
wdym D:
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