Guidelines
Six rules. Plainspoken, not legalistic. Read them once and you've read them.
01Don't name names
You can write about something that happened to you. You can't post the real name, email, phone number, social handle, photo, or other identifying details of the person or company you're writing about. Use 'a hiring manager' instead of a name. Use 'a company in fintech' instead of a brand. The reply is yours; their identity is theirs.
02Don't use NoReply to advertise
No newsletters, no products, no 'follow me at,' no affiliate links, no Substacks, no portfolios. If you want to talk about something that involves your startup, write about it. If you want to use the post as a vehicle to promote your startup, that's not what this is.
03Empathy in the comments
When you reply to someone's post, you're replying to a confession. You're not replying to a debate. Don't argue with the person about whether they should have felt what they felt. Don't tell them how to handle the situation differently next time, unless they explicitly ask. Sometimes the right response is just acknowledging that you've been there too.
04Content warnings on hard stuff
If your post describes self-harm, abuse, severe mental health crises, or other content that could be hard for someone in a similar situation to read, add a content warning at the top. We trust you to make this call. The platform isn't going to police what you write, but it does ask you to give the next reader a heads-up.
05Don't post things that aren't yours
Don't post screenshots, emails, or messages from other people without their consent. Don't post things you've signed an NDA about. Don't post other people's confessions as if they were your own. The whole platform breaks if anyone can post anything about anyone.
06Take care of yourself
If you find yourself writing things here in a way that feels worse, not better - if posting becomes a compulsion, if reading other people's stories sends you into a spiral - close the tab. NoReply is meant to be a place to put things down, not a place to hold them up. We'd rather you spend less time here than too much.
Reports of guideline violations go to support@noreplyfeed.com. We read every one. Last updated April 13, 2026.