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Last Updated: August 20, 2026
This Code of Conduct governs Jest’s chat services: global chat, the per-game rooms attached to individual games, all content submitted to those rooms, and your public identity in chat.
Jest is an 18+ platform. This Code applies to all registered players, and to Jest staff and contractors participating in chat. It forms part of, and does not replace, the Terms of Service. Where this Code and the Terms overlap, the Terms take precedence.
Chat is a public space shared by all players. Two provisions apply to every message and should be understood before posting.
Chat messages are reviewed automatically against this Code, and messages identified as violations are removed. An automated system assesses messages together with the surrounding conversation and removes those that clearly violate a rule in Section 2. A removed message is replaced with a placeholder marking its removal, which is visible to all players including the message’s author.
Removals are reviewed by Jest staff, who may in addition restrict an account’s access to chat. Restriction of chat access is a decision made by Jest staff, not by the automated system. Jest does not currently issue warnings, time-limited restrictions, or penalties that escalate with history.
How these rules are applied. Four principles govern every section below.
You must not use Jest chat to buy, sell, trade, give away, advertise, source, ship, or arrange the delivery of controlled substances or drugs of any kind; seeds, clones, or other propagation material for them; drug paraphernalia or cultivation equipment; prescription medication outside a licensed pharmacy relationship; weapons, ammunition, or explosives; alcohol, tobacco, vaping or nicotine products offered for sale between players; counterfeit, stolen, or otherwise illegally obtained goods; or stolen or compromised accounts, credentials, or payment instruments.
This section prohibits transacting, not discussing. A violation requires both transactional intent — an offer to supply, a request to obtain, a price, or an arrangement for payment or delivery — and a counterparty in the chat, meaning the offer or request is directed at the players present or puts them in contact with a supplier.
Where a transaction is identifiable, it falls within this section however it is worded: coded language, emoji substitutions, deliberate misspellings, and hypothetical framing do not place it outside. Offering to ship a controlled substance, including across state or national borders, is the most serious violation of this Code.
Permitted. Naming a substance, with nothing further. Saying that you use, or have used, one. Saying that you would like one, without asking anyone present to provide it. Discussing dealers, prices, availability, or the law in general terms. Jokes and anecdotes involving drugs or drink.
Moving a drug transaction, a scam, a solicitation campaign, or harassment into private channels is a violation in its own right, and is treated as part of the underlying violation rather than a lesser one. Posting or requesting contact details for that purpose is prohibited, whatever the platform.
Permitted, on any external platform. Sharing your own username, handle, profile, or link, and inviting other players to add you there. Posting an invite to a server or channel you are part of. Asking another player for theirs, and answering that request. Asking where a game’s community gathers. Asking where another player is from.
Chat is not an advertising channel. This section governs promotion that players did not ask for.
Commercial solicitation is prohibited. You must not use chat to sell a product or service, to recruit players into a multi-level marketing arrangement or other money-making scheme, or to carry out affiliate or paid promotion. A single message of this kind is a violation.
Sustained promotion of another platform or community is prohibited. You must not push the same destination or pitch across a series of messages, repeatedly press players to leave Jest, or contact players individually to solicit them. Conduct of this kind is a violation because of its persistence, not because of what it links to.
Permitted. Posting a link to another site, including a Discord invite, a rival platform, or a competitor’s game — a single link is never a violation of this section. Answering another player’s request with a link. Expressing opinions about other games and platforms, including comparisons unfavorable to Jest. Sharing games hosted on Jest, including your own. Sharing your Jest referral links, whether platform referral links or referral links for an individual game. Answering another player’s questions about your own business, products or store — a reply to an inquiry is conversation, not solicitation.
This section addresses conduct that is genuinely abusive. Insults and heated exchanges are an ordinary part of a public games chat and are not in themselves violations.
You must not:
Permitted. Isolated or mild insults, and swearing out of frustration. Trash talk, and criticism of how another player plays. Heated disagreement. Criticism or abuse of a game, a game character, or Jest itself — this section protects people, not fictional characters.
Conduct that makes a room unusable for a particular player is a violation, whether or not any single message would be.
Chat is a public space on an 18+ platform, which is not equivalent to an adult platform. This section is concerned with how something is said and who it is aimed at, rather than with sex as a subject. You must not post:
Permitted. Sex is not a prohibited subject. Referring to sex, attraction, or bodies in ordinary conversation. Describing a person or character as attractive. Describing a character’s appearance in non-graphic terms. Requests and opinions about game characters, including asking developers for more attractive ones. Innuendo and double entendre.
You must not post another person’s private information — including legal names, addresses, workplaces, phone numbers, financial details, or account credentials — without their clear consent. This applies whether or not the person is a Jest player. You must not republish private conversations in order to expose a player, and you must not threaten to do so.
Your own contact details are yours to share, and doing so is governed by Section 2.2 rather than this section. Players should exercise care with their own information: global chat is public, and content posted there may be captured and redistributed by others.
You must not:
Permitted. This section concerns running a scheme, not discussing money. Mentioning what something costs, and discussing purchases or shopping. Discussing devices, phone numbers, or accounts without offering to buy or sell any. Describing a scam that happened elsewhere, and warning other players about one.
You must not represent yourself as a member of Jest staff, a Jest moderator, or a game developer you are not. You must not impersonate another player, or adopt a username, avatar, or flair intended to be mistaken for another player’s. Official Jest messages in chat are identified as such.
You must not:
Permitted. This section addresses volume that makes a room unusable, not content that others may find tiresome. Chatting in short bursts, or spreading a sentence across several messages. Banter, wordplay, nonsense humor, in-jokes, song lyrics, and word games. Repeating a word for emphasis. Rapid exchanges within an active conversation.
You must not create new accounts, or use accounts belonging to other people, to circumvent a chat restriction applied to you. Restrictions may be lifted on appeal under Section 5. Accounts used to circumvent a restriction are terminated, together with the original account.
Chat messages are reviewed by an automated system that classifies them, together with the surrounding conversation, against Section 2. Messages the system identifies as clear violations are removed without prior review by a member of staff. Removal redacts the message content and replaces it with a placeholder visible to all players, including the message’s author.
Jest staff review removals as a second layer, and reverse those found to be incorrect. This review does not depend on the player appealing. Where the conduct warrants it, staff may restrict the account’s access to chat.
Automated review reads the text of messages. It does not extend to every provision of Section 2: the content of images, and conduct only evidenced outside chat, are addressed by staff review and by player reports. A rule in Section 2 applies whether or not the automated system is capable of detecting a breach of it.
Jest retains chat records, moderation decisions, and any reversal of those decisions for the purposes of enforcement, legal compliance, and appeals. Retention periods are set out in the Privacy Notice. Where conduct in chat appears to involve serious criminal activity, Jest may preserve the relevant records and report them to law enforcement, as provided in Section 8 of the Terms of Service.
Two consequences apply under this Code: removal of a message, applied automatically, and restriction of chat access, applied by Jest staff.
Message removal. The message content is removed and replaced with a placeholder indicating that a message was removed. The placeholder is visible to all players, including the message’s author — removal is not carried out silently. Removed content is not restored; where a removal was incorrect, staff will not apply a chat restriction on the basis of it, but the message itself remains removed.
Chat restriction. Your messages cease to be visible to other players, including messages already posted. Your own messages remain visible to you, and chat will otherwise appear unchanged from your perspective. No other aspect of your account is affected — accounts, games, progress, and purchases are unaffected, and games remain playable. The restriction does not expire automatically; it remains in effect until lifted by a member of Jest staff.
Removal applies to individual messages rather than to accounts, and applies equally to all violations of this Code. No warning precedes either consequence, and no severity tiering or escalation applies.
Action beyond chat. In cases involving the most serious conduct — the supply of controlled substances, sexual content involving minors, credible threats of violence, or coordinated fraud — Jest may additionally terminate the account and refer records to law enforcement under Section 8 of the Terms of Service. Such decisions are made by Jest staff rather than by the automated system.
Planned changes. Jest intends to introduce warnings, time-limited restrictions, and penalties proportionate to severity and history once sufficient operational data is available. Any change to enforcement will be reflected in this section and recorded in Section 7.
Players are encouraged to report conduct that violates this Code. Reports are treated as confidential, and Jest does not disclose the identity of a reporting player to the player reported. Send reports to support@jest.com, identifying the room, the approximate time, and the username concerned, and including a screenshot where available.
Automated review does not identify every violation, particularly coded language and conduct that is only apparent across a series of messages. Player reports remain the primary means of identifying these cases.
Where you believe a person to be in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services before contacting Jest.
Players should not attempt to investigate a violation independently or organize a response in chat. Doing so impedes resolution and may itself constitute a violation of Section 2.4. Reports submitted in bad faith, or used as a means of harassment, are themselves violations of this Code.
Appeals. Because the initial decision is made by an automated system rather than by a member of staff, appeals are an expected part of this process. Send appeals to support@jest.com from the email address registered to the account, setting out the circumstances from your perspective. No time limit applies. A member of Jest staff will review the messages concerned, and where a chat restriction was applied in error it will be lifted and chat access restored. Individual removed messages are not reinstated.
This Code imposes obligations on players. Jest accepts the following corresponding obligations:
August 13, 2026 — initial version, published alongside automated chat moderation.
August 20, 2026 — Section 2.3 clarified: answering another player’s questions about your own business, products or store is permitted. Unprompted commercial pitches remain prohibited.