Community Guidelines

The Languages Of Life International (LOLI) community is first and foremost, educational and centered around skill-building. Languages Of Life International (LOLI) defines our spirit as educational, instructional, engaging and demonstrative, and we reserve the right to remove any content posted  to the platform that we deem to be in opposition to this stated intention. The goal of our community is knowledge expansion, and we get there by guiding our users to flex their creative and analytical muscles, engage in genuine interactions with the community and have a safe space to share their work.

While we’re devoted to maintaining an open-platform, we also want Languages Of Life International (LOLI) to be a destination for learners and doers. For this reason, classes published to the platform are moderated daily for length, teachability, subject matter, minimum education quality and applicability.

Our Class and Community Guidelines provide a non-exhaustive list of content prohibited on Languages Of Life International (LOLI). Content not explicitly mentioned in our guidelines does not indicate that it is allowed on the platform nor does reporting a class guarantee its removal, only that it will be reviewed for policy violations by our team.

Community Guidelines

Our teachers and students – the community – are the pulse of Languages Of Life International (LOLI). The following guidelines are here to help you understand what it means to be a member of Languages Of Life International (LOLI) both on and off the platform, whether you’re interacting with each other or members of our team. Failure to abide by these guidelines may result in strikes recorded to your Languages Of Life International (LOLI) account, removal of content, or account deletion.

There’s a real person behind each Languages Of Life International (LOLI) profile and support email. Languages Of Life International (LOLI) is not a venue for you to harass, abuse, bully, or intimidate others. Do not use public community spaces such as class discussions to dispute transactions, provide site-related feedback, or report technical issues. Instead, contact our Support team at help@languagesoflife.net for assistance with these issues, and we’ll help you out right away.

The following rules apply to every user. By agreeing to our Terms Of Use, you also agree to these rules.

The following is prohibited in any area of the site:

Harassment, Hate Speech, and Explicit or Illegal Content

• Uploading content that is inappropriate, offensive, hateful, contains objectionable language, or that promotes stereotypes of individuals or groups based on race, gender, religion, age, nationality, political affiliation or sexual orientation
• Uploading explicit or violent content
• Uploading content that makes reference to weapons, as well as activities that can be considered dangerous or that have the potential to lead to physical harm
• Promoting an illegal activity
• Posting disrespectfully or repetitively in class discussions, project or comments, reviews, groups, workshops, project comments or on teach challenge pages

Suicide, Self-Harm, or Self-Injury Content

Uploading content or communicating with our teams in a manner that promotes, threatens, or glorifies suicide, self-harm, or self-injury could lead to but is not limited to the following actions:

• Removal of content, deactivation or deletion of account
• When we receive reports that someone is threatening suicide or self-harm, we may take a number of steps to help, including providing the at-risk person with contact information for trained crisis counselors
• We will contact emergency services if we identify someone is at immediate risk of harming themselves

Privacy & Ownership

• Revealing personal or identifying information about another user
• Downloading classes from Languages Of Life International (LOLI) and posting them elsewhere
• Uploading content that you did not create, this includes Master Resale Rights purchased content

Fraudulent Activity

• Uploading content that promotes dubious business schemes or promises a specific outcome to students
• Impersonating a teacher from another platform
• Engaging in fraudulent or misleading referral or class review activity (including but not limited to: using multiple identities, email addresses or Languages Of Life International (LOLI) accounts, providing false or misleading information, or attempting to “game” the trending algorithm)
• Manipulating metrics surrounding engagement (manipulating or faking referrals or minutes watched)

Self-Promotion

If the goal of your content or community participation is to gain engagement outside of Languages Of Life International (LOLI), it is likely not aligned with the spirit of the platform. The following Guidelines apply to all users on all areas of the site:

• Any untargeted, unwanted, or repetitive content posted to community spaces (class discussions, reviews, projects and comments, Workshops or Teach Challenge pages) may be removed.
• If you are a teacher, self-promotion (ex: mentioning other websites you teach on, mentioning your own website, asking for followers or subscribers on other platforms), should be limited to the intro and outro videos of your class only.
• Using your profile or any community space primarily as a proxy to other websites, services, or competitors is not tolerated.

Posting in Community Spaces

In addition to following all Community Guidelines, all posts, comments, and reviews are subject to the following rules in order to keep conversations helpful and welcoming to all members of Languages Of Life International(LOLI)

• Don’t spam or post repetitive content.
• Keep criticism constructive and respectful.
• Keep the conversation on topic.
• Avoid asking questions for the Languages Of Life International (LOLI) team relating to payments, feedback, or technical issues. Please email help@languagesoflife.net  if you need assistance in these areas.

Please note that moderators may remove posts that do not follow these Guidelines.