Moderation and Publication Policy

No submission is published automatically. Every report, response, and vouch passes through defined review before it affects what the public sees.

Report review

Every submitted report is queued for moderator review before publication. A moderator checks:

• Whether the minimum evidence bar in the Evidence Standards is met.
• Whether the content complies with the Community Content Rules (no fabricated evidence, no doxxing, no harassment, etc.).
• Whether personal information is handled correctly — phone numbers are stored only as a one-way hash plus last four digits and are never published in full.
• Whether the claim falls within scope (Las Vegas-area scam, theft, fraud, or serious non-payment dispute) rather than an unrelated personal grievance.

Reports that meet the bar are published with an assigned evidence level. Reports that don't are rejected with a reason, and the submitter may appeal once per decision.

Response and dispute review

Public responses from named parties are reviewed to confirm they appear to be a genuine response from the involved party before posting, and to check compliance with the Community Content Rules. Claims of mistaken identity are flagged for expedited review given the direct harm of misattribution.

Vouch review

The vouch system is limited to verified accounts, one vouch per listing per account, specifically to reduce brigading and fake-review patterns. Vouch comments are subject to the same Community Content Rules as any other content and can be removed if abusive.

Correction and removal review

See the Corrections, Appeals, Archival, and Removal Policy for the specific grounds and process for correcting or removing a published listing.

Moderator conduct

Moderators with a personal, business, or financial relationship to a person or business under review recuse themselves from that decision, per our Governance commitments. Moderator actions are logged for accountability.

Appeals

Any moderation decision — rejection of a report, rejection of a response, denial of a correction request — can be appealed once, and is reviewed by a different moderator than the original decision-maker whenever staffing allows.