Guidelines
Company of Men Guidelines
Revised December 2024
TERMS OF SERVICE
Access is available to those individuals who agree to the following terms:
- I am at least 18 years old and I will not allow any minor to access this website.
- Materials of an LGBTQ nature are not illegal to view in my community or locale.
- I wish to receive, and am not offended by, LGBTQ content.
- The owner(s), administrator(s), and moderator(s) of this website cannot be held responsible for my actions, and I release them from all liability.
- I will neither facilitate nor advocate any criminal act while participating in this website.
- I will follow all rules outlined below.
- I am responsible for keeping abreast of changes to rules and guidelines.
- We reserve the right to modify the site’s rules and guidelines.
By posting you are granting us a non-exclusive, permanent, irrevocable, unlimited license to use, publish, or re-publish your content. You retain copyright over the content. However, we reserve the right to modify or delete any post or thread that violates the rules or is, in our sole opinion, inappropriate for inclusion in these shared conversations.
The views expressed on the website are wholly those of the members who post them and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, policies, or procedures of the site’s owners, administrators, and/or moderators.
COMPANY OF MEN SITE OPERATION
About us: Company of Men is made up of members who bring with them unique backgrounds, points of view, and senses of what they want from our site. While we want members to express themselves openly, completely unrestrained conversations may discourage some from joining us. To balance these two principles, we have adopted a set of guidelines that govern the site.
Moderation: Company of Men relies on volunteer member-moderators to keep the site safe, and act when necessary to enforce the site’s guidelines and rules. Members also have a hand in moderating the site. When you see a post that you think violates a rule, report it. Use the Report ( ) link the upper right corner of that post’s message box and choose “Report.” Please provide a description of how the post violates these rules and submit it. Reports submitted without a description may be rejected.
Editing and deleting content: We all make mistakes. If you discover that one of your posts violates a rule, contains a mistake, or contains information you would like removed, you can edit it during the first twenty-four hours after it was posted. If the time allowed to edit the post has passed, use the Report ( ) link to ask the moderators to delete or edit the post. When reporting your own post, please include the reason for requesting deletion or editing.
When in doubt, ask: If you aren’t sure whether the content you are about to post falls within these guidelines, post a question in the “Ask a Moderator” forum before posting it. We reserve the right to issue a warning if you post first, ask later, and violate a rule.
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES (A/K/A “THE RULES”)
1. Civility: Conduct yourself in a way that respects this site and all who come here. Hate speech/hateful speech, name-calling/labelling, inciting or engaging in arguments, publicly shaming, and attacking other members, groups of members, or people who are the topic of discussion is prohibited. Remember: you may criticize a person's opinion but don't attack the person.
2. Trolling: Trolling is not allowed. When it is encountered, “don’t feed the troll.” Ignore the content and report it. “Feeding the troll” is considered a form of trolling and will be handled accordingly.
3. Client Experiences: Brief descriptions of members’ experiences with providers may be posted in The Deli and in The Spa. Guideline #1 (Civility) applies to client experience posts, including the prohibition against attacks, name-calling, and hate speech.
4. Explicit content: Explicit content is not allowed in the public forums, including in the legacy gallery and when creating avatars and signatures. However, explicit content is permitted in areas designated as “Members Only.”
5. Child endangerment: Discussions about encounters with minors, posting pornography depicting a minor or purported minor, and discussions seeking child pornography, child trafficking, and pedophilia are not allowed.
Posting this content can result in a permanent ban.
6. Politics and religion: Political and religious content and commentary are not allowed.
7. Personal information: No personal information may be posted about other posters, escorts, masseurs, and/or their clients. This includes screen shots of their Company of Men profiles and private messages/texts,
8. Links to ads and social media: Posting a provider’s information that they have publicly provided, such as a link to their RentMen profile, a social media link that is embedded in their RentMen ad or a link to a content creator’s OnlyFans page is permitted. When in doubt, ask using the “Ask a Moderator” forum first.
9. Off-topic posting/posting in the correct forum: Remain on-topic and post in the correct forum.
10. Spam: Spamming is not permitted. Members who are found to post spam may be permanently banned from the site.
11. Libel: Libel is not allowed.
12. Language: Please post in English, as we don’t have the ability to support a multi-lingual site. Members may use non-English words that are generally accepted in conversation.
13. Quotes, links, and images: Posts containing quotes and/or links to off-site content should include the poster's own comments supporting their relevance. Avoid copying/pasting off-site content and instead, post a link. Always credit the source and ensure you have the right to post the content. Do not post content (including text and images) from sites that retain copyright over the content and/or prohibit it from being copied or downloaded.
14. Feedback: Please post questions, comments, and concerns (including about moderation actions) in the “Ask a Moderator” forum. The “don’t be a jerk” principle applies here, too.
15. Moderator’s notes and warnings: Moderators will often post a warning or a note within a thread. Warnings and notes are to be followed. Not following them is considered rules violation.
16. Special features: The site includes features to send messages, add signature lines, and ignore a member or members.
- Private messages: Private messages are not moderated, but the Community Guidelines still apply. Additionally, unsolicited explicit content may not be sent via private messages.
- Signature lines: The Community Guidelines apply to signature lines, including prohibition of political and religious content, statements of political affiliation and/or references to a deity or religion. Listing the names of members who are disliked or being ignored is also prohibited in signature lines. Signatures should be kept short (no more than seven lines of text) and be rendered in a format that an average user would find easy to read.
- “Ignore” feature: The ignore feature allows members to designate members whose posts they do not wish to see. When using this feature, please avoid publicly announcing the names of members you are ignoring, including in signature lines.
RULES SPECIFIC TO THE CLUBS SECTION
1. Membership limits: Membership in a club can be limited, but the limitations must be based on the nature of the club. For example, a club about Estonian folk dancing would be permitted and it could prohibit posts that are not about that topic, but it could not exclude people who are not Estonian.
2. Club rules: “Owners” may establish rules for the club, such as restricting topics to be discussed in the club.
3. Explicit photos are only permitted if the club is a “closed membership” club.
4. Moderation: Clubs are moderated, and all site rules apply to them.
RULES SPECIFIC TO PROVIDER ADVERTISING
1. Travel announcements: Traveling escorts and masseurs may post their travel plans in the “Traveling Providers” forum. Please post your name, dates, and destination in the title and a few lines about your plans and your profile/website links in the body of the post.
2. Posting In the forums: Providers may post about themselves and their services in the appropriate forums (The Deli, Spas and Masseurs, and the destination-specific forums). We ask providers to keep their posts brief and encourage them to include links to their profiles in the signature line of their posts.
3. Posing as a client: Please do not pose as a client who is posting about your services. Our members will find you out and you will be looked upon unfavorably. Trust us – it always happens. Always.
RULES VIOLATIONS
1. Handling Violations: Moderators may take action to correct a rule violation, such as moving, editing, or deleting a post or merging or locking a thread.
2. Warning System: Members receive a warning for each violation. Each warning is assessed a point value, typically zero for the first violation, five for the second, and ten to twenty for the third violation and above. A member’s points total increases as they receive violations and decreases as points expire. When the total points exceed the following thresholds, the member will be banned for the indicated period:
- 30 points: 1 week
- 35 points: 2 weeks
- 40 points: 1 month
- 50 points: 2 months
- 60 points: 3 months
- 70 points: 4 months
- 80 points: 5 months
- 90 points: 6 months
Questions about warnings may be posted to the “Ask a Moderator” forum.
3. Banning Members: In extreme circumstances, a member may be banned. Members who wish to appeal bans should submit a request using the Contact Us link at the bottom of each screen so that the dispute can be reviewed. Please explain why you feel the ban was unwarranted. The moderators will review the appeal and make a decision within a few days. If we need additional information, we will reach out to you.