Staying safe

In an emergency

If anyone is in danger, call 911 (Canada and the US). Octoparty can't send help and doesn't watch events as they happen.

For a crisis that isn't an emergency, call or text 988, the Suicide Crisis Helpline in Canada, any time. For something the police should know about that isn't urgent, call your local police non-emergency line.

How to report

Use Report on the event, on a group's page, or on a person's profile. Pick what's wrong and add anything we should know. You can report without anyone finding out it was you.

Reports go to the Octoparty review team only, never to the host or the person you reported.

What happens next

We look at public events and groups first, because anyone can see them. If something breaks the rules, we take it out of public view, and we can suspend the account behind it.

One decision covers every open report about the same event, group or person. We don't always write back, but every report is read.

Meeting people from a public event

The exact address is shared only when the host's reveal rule lets you in, so check the area first and tell a friend where you're going and when you'll be back.

Meet in public when you can, get there and home your own way, and keep your drink with you. Leave whenever you want to: you never owe anyone your time.

Before a ride with someone new, share the plan with a friend. You don't have to take one.

Blocking and muting

Block someone from their profile or from one of their messages. They can't message you, invite you, send you a friend request or ask to join your groups, and you won't see them in chats, lists or notifications. They aren't told.

Mute someone to stop their notifications while still seeing what they post. Settings, then Privacy, lists everyone you've blocked or muted.

What Octoparty sees

We can see what you add to Octoparty: events, messages, photos and your profile. We look at them only to run the app, answer a report or a support request, or when the law requires it.

We never sell your information. Location and camera details are removed from every photo before it's stored. The Privacy notice has the details.