Flagging as Inappropriate

Hey ZoeCity!

One of the great features of ZoeCity is the trust and accountability that the site fosters within the community of users. We have loved seeing how you all have encouraged each other, prayed with one another, laughed, joked, and even fallen in love with each other! In effort to provide a safe community and build trust between our users we have enabled anyone to flag a comment, a picture, a profile, a network and more as “inappropriate.”

We wanted to take a minute to define the process of what happens when you click that red flag and more importantly, when you should click that red flag.

First off, that red flag should only be clicked when someone is truly inappropriate or highly questionable. It is not a button for you to click just to see what happens or to delete something you don’t like. When you click that button, the comment, picture, or item in question is sent to the admin for review. It is removed from the user’s account until the admin decides if it is truly inappropriate or not. If the item in question is appropriate, then it will be restored back to the account it came from. So, if you are wondering where a comment or picture went, do not worry, ZoeCity did not delete it. And if you have any question about something that might be inappropriate, we would love you to ask us. Just email us at and tell us the username and the item in question.

Now for the details --> What is considered “inappropriate?”

We know that everyone has different standards and ethics of what is modest, what is offensive, what is promiscuous, or what would offend someone. While we cannot make a blanket statement for everyone to abide by, we ask that you go by this framework when flagging something as inappropriate rather than any other standard. We do not want offensive material on the site, but we do not want to offend new users either by having their comments or pictures flagged if the content is simply borderline.

Here are the four criteria for flagging something as inappropriate:

1. Anti-Christian content
—Basically anything that ridicules God or aspects of Christianity. This would also include propaganda about other religions, trying to compare Christianity to other religions (read John 14:6 if you disagree), or preaching about any religions besides Christianity. You can see our Statement of Faith for more details.

2. Hate Content
—This would be any form or personal attack on another user. This would include, but not limited to, name-calling, racism, and offensive language. It would NOT include sarcasm, playful banter, or welcomed teasing.

3. Lewd Content
—This would be any content that is highly offensive, promoting promiscuous behavior, or blatant pornography. A lady showing her legs or a guy without a shirt on at the beach would NOT be considered inappropriate. If you think a picture is offensive, but it is not blatantly lewd, please email us at with the username and the picture in question before you flag it. We cannot hold everyone to the same standard of what is pure and not pure so we must come to a balance and draw a line at that.

4. Fraud
—This would include, but not be limited to, spamming ZoeCity users, off-site advertising, posting personal information about another user, or trying to access the account of someone else without their permission.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us and ask! We are here for you and would be happy to help!

Thanks everyone!

What’s New at ZoeCity??

Hey everyone!

So you may have noticed there have been some great additions to ZoeCity in the last few weeks. For example, you check this blog regularly for cool features that will be coming shortly or that have been released. As well this blog will be a guide for you to know what’s coming down the road in ZoeCity’s vision and direction. Being a start-up company is very challenging, but very rewarding and the doors the Lord is opening are so wide right now. So we just want to take a minute to thank Him and praise God for what He has been doing to grant favor on ZoeCity. Thank you God!

Also, here are some new features you can check out right away:

ZoeCity’s brand new Help Section:
You got questions? We got answers! Most all of the answers to your basic questions can be found at our Help Section
Over twenty pages and tons of questions have been answered. Plus, we added a search bar to look up key words for you to find help right away.
If you can’t find the answer to your question there, then email us at and we’d be happy to address your need.

ZoeCity’s brand new Contact Importer:
It’s about time your friends checked out what’s going on in the City! Head over to your Dashboard and click on the link below the calendar to import your contact list and send a personalized message to all your friends. We won’t store any of your log-in information, but we’ll enable you to invite all your friends with only a few clicks. The direct link is found by clicking here