How Fortune thinks about anonymous message moderation.
Anonymous messages can feel freer because they do not attach a public name. They still need safety boundaries. Fortune treats moderation as quiet product design that helps people keep distance, not as public punishment or social surveillance.
Moderation is part of the experience
Fortune is centered on anonymous messages, music, and random discovery. To keep that experience light, reporting, expiry, unsafe-link handling, and limits on strong redirection should be part of the foundation rather than administrative features added later.
Do not turn safety into public judgment
If harmful anonymous messages become material for ranking, public callouts, or reaction farming, the service starts to feel like the social pressure it is trying to avoid. Fortune prioritizes the receiver's ability to step away, report when needed, and avoid carrying uncomfortable content.
Protect privacy and safety together
Safety should not require making every interaction public or tracking people by profile. Fortune's boundary is to keep identifying details, contact information, locations, and pushy external redirection out of the center of the message experience.
FAQ
Can anonymous messages include anything because they are anonymous?
No. Fortune values anonymity, but it also needs boundaries around harmful content, unsafe links, personal information, and pressure to move into private contact.
Does moderation mean watching users everywhere?
No. In Fortune, moderation means designing the anonymous message experience so people can receive, report, and move away from content at a safer distance.