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Age Rating Guidelines
Age rating will help readers understand your story maturity. Different age groups have different set of guidelines. We are categorizing the guidelines into several categories: Sex and Nudity, Violence and Gore, Profanity, Substance Usage, Intense and Frightening Event, and Gambling. These categories are not exhaustive and we may add more in the future.
Our guidelines is not a law, they are fluid and tentative. Our objective is to give you the big picture so you can decide for yourself where your story belong. Please keep in mind, if you put wrong age rating, we may reassign it without notice.
When you choose age rating of 16+ and 18+, your stories will not be available for general public. Right now, only logged in user will have access and we may put more restrictions in the future.
3+
Suitable for anyone above age of three and above.
- Sex and Nudity: Not allowed;
- Violence and Gore: Fantasy and/or comical mild violence;
- Profanity: Infrequent use of mild language;
- Substance Usage: Not allowed;
- Intense and Frightening Event: Not allowed;
- Gambling: Not allowed.
7+
Suitable for anyone age of seven and above.
- Sex and Nudity: Not allowed;
- Violence and Gore: Mild implied or non-realistic violence;
- Profanity: Infrequent use of mild language;
- Substance Usage: Not allowed;
- Intense and Frightening Event: May contain events that are frightening for children;
- Gambling: Not allowed.
12+
Suitable for anyone age of twelve and above.
- Sex and Nudity: Non-graphic nudity;
- Violence and Gore: Violence towards fantasy characters and/or non-graphic violence toward human-looking characters or animals;
- Profanity: Use of mild language and/or infrequent use of strong inappropriate language;
- Substance Usage: Substance consumption;
- Intense and Frightening Event: Contain events that are frightening;
- Gambling: Simulated gambling.
16+
Suitable for anyone age of sixteen and above. Will be hidden from general public by default.
- Sex and Nudity: Nudity that is sexually oriented;
- Violence and Gore: Graphic violence and/or gore;
- Profanity: Stronger use of inappropriate language;
- Substance Usage: Encouragement of substance consumption;
- Intense and Frightening Event: Contain events that are frightening;
- Gambling: Real gambling.
18+
Suitable for anyone age of eighteen and above. Will be hidden from general public by default.
- Sex and Nudity: Graphic sexual content, sexual violence;
- Violence and Gore: Gross graphic violence and/or gore, motiveless violence, violence towards defenseless characters;
- Profanity: Strongest use of inappropriate language;
- Substance Usage: Encouragement of substance consumption, glamorization of illegal substance;
- Intense and Frightening Event: Contain events that are frightening;
- Gambling: Real gambling.
Storysm reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this guidelines. It is your responsibility to check this guidelines periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this guidelines constitutes acceptance of those changes.