Last Updated Sept 17, 2021

PUNCHLINE Community Guidelines

PUNCHLINE is dedicated to providing a fun and safe way to search, create, and share the best punchlines on the internet: punchlines are short quotes (words from a text, movie, song, show, speech written or spoken by another person). PUNCHLINE's punchlines, once indexed, can be seen by anybody using PUNCHLINE; therefore, it’s important to be mindful of the type of punchlines that are appropriate for the site. To do that, we’ve set up a few guidelines that we ask you follow. Thanks for helping us make PUNCHLINE a positive experience for everyone!

PUNCHLINE Golden Rules:

Keep punchlines Friendly: The purpose of punchlines is to add a bit of fun to our online lives, so keep your punchlines friendly. Do not create or upload any punchlines meant to hurt another individual.

Respect Privacy: It’s important to respect and honor the privacy and consent of the individuals depicted in your punchlines. Make sure you’re authorized to use any video or images from the appropriate people before you use them to make a punchline.

Credit the Community: People work hard to make their punchlines, and we want to make sure they get their proper dues. Help us support the community by using PUNCHLINE’s share tools to make sure that the original creator is getting credit for the work.

Sharing: Sharing is great. Please use PUNCHLINE's embed options, available on each punchline's individual page, for proper sharing on your blog or social media accounts. Before you use punchlines you find on PUNCHLINE or anywhere else on the web, you'll want to make sure you're comfortable that your use complies with any laws applicable where you're located.

Punchlines that are not allowed on PUNCHLINE:

Pornography & Explicit Nudity: You can’t upload anything that depicts any form of sex act or other sexually explicit material. Straight up: Your punchlines can’t show any explicit nudity at all. Sorry! In general, if it’s not something that you’d show your mom, don’t upload or create it on PUNCHLINE.

Violence: We don’t mind punchlines that show fictional violence (in other words, pretend play where no one actually gets hurt), but if it’s real, then it’s not allowed. Any punchlines that portray real death, mutilation, gore, or assault are not permitted.

Self-Harm: You can’t create, upload, or share anything that encourages or promotes self-harm. This includes activities or behavior related to suicide, self-mutilation, or eating disorders.

Animal Cruelty: Absolutely no punchlines of animals being harmed or abused are permitted. Period.

Bullying, Stalking, Harassment, or Threats: You can’t create, upload, or share punchlines to bully, harass, or threaten another individual.

Hate Speech: punchlines are meant for everyone, so we don’t allow any that slander, demean, or belittle another group or person based upon their race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Those are a definite no.

Illegal Activity: Don’t create, upload, or share punchlines of illegal activity on PUNCHLINE. You also can’t use PUNCHLINE to engage in or promote illegal activity.

Private Information: You can’t create, upload, or share punchlines that reveal any private or sensitive information about another person. This includes things such as addresses, phone numbers, passwords, and anything else that could be considered personal.

Spam: Making punchlines that advertise your businesses for your own marketing purposes is perfectly fine; however, you cannot use inaccurate tags to try to make your punchlines appear in search results that are not related to your business or promotion.

DMCA: If you’ve had your copyrighted material used to create a punchlines on PUNCHLINE without permission, please follow the DMCA guidelines.

Violating any of these rules may result in the removal of your content, the suspension of your account, or you may be banned from using PUNCHLINE. We don’t like doing that, so please respect these rules and help us keep PUNCHLINE an awesome place for all of our community.

To Flag a punchline you think is violating these guidelines:

Above every punchline on PUNCHLINE.club, there is a dropdown menu labeled with an ellipsis, like this: [...]. Tap that, and select “Flag this punchline,” and choose the relevant issue from the dropdown. You have to be logged in with an account to flag a punchline. If you have specific questions about any of our policies, or if you would like to report a punchlines or user that is acting inappropriately, you can contact us here.

Welcome to you as a Punchliner!

The PUNCHLINE Team