Guidelines to help members and organizers on MeetupMoto
MeetupMoto exists to get riders off their screens and onto the road together. A good group turns strangers with the same taste in bikes into people who ride together every month. At its simplest, life is just better when you have people to enjoy it with.
These guidelines exist so that what gets posted as a group or an event is genuinely worth turning up to, and safe to turn up to.
To make this possible, MeetupMoto requires groups to meet some basic requirements.
Offer a growth opportunity
MeetupMoto events have two ways to create events, the first from the main submission page that post to the main platform events page. The second is within your group, Moderators and Organisers have the option to select how events are managed. Events created use the groups settings to dictate how the event is posted. For Example;
If your group is public, then any post created within that group including events will also be posted out to the main activity feed. If the group is either private or hidden then any post including events that are created with the group only post to the groups activity feed and are viewable to only those that are members of the said group.
Here are a few examples of what’s acceptable to post as a MeetupMoto event:
- Meetup – ideas inc brand specific, style specific, location.
- Ride Outs That gets people off their phones and out on their bikes.
- Hangouts that allow people to get to know each other.
- Tours that help people discover new places and rides.
- Workshops Courses that help people sharpen their skills
- Rally or Event – explanation not necessary.
Prohibited group and event practices on MeetupMoto
Helping people find their crew is what MeetupMoto is all about—however, there are a few types of communities that we cannot support on our platform due to safety, legal, or ethical reasons. If MeetupMoto determines that your group or its events fall into any of the following categories, we may remove the group and event at our sole discretion.
MeetupMoto does not support groups and events related to any of the following themes.
Violent, dangerous, or criminal behavior
Groups must not contain content or promote events that could promote or facilitate illegal or violent activity, such as:
- Buying, selling, or trading firearms, ammunition, or drugs
- Pyramid schemes
- Acts of physical harm against other people
- Animal abuse
- Acts of vandalism
Groups must not contain content or promote events that could threaten public or personal safety, including:
- Advocating for, inciting, or making aspirational statements or threats to commit violence against any group of people, individual person, or specific location
- Weapons and explosive-making
- Militia gatherings or any calls for violence in response to private or public events
- Exposure of an individual’s personal information
- Promotion or glorification of self-harm (for example, suicide, eating disorders or substance abuse)
Groups must not contain content or promote events that incite hate, violence, or harassment against individuals or groups of people based on personal attributes such as race, color, religion, descent, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability, or a medical or genetic condition.
Groups must not advance conspiracy theories that promote hatred or violence against individuals or groups based on any of the above personal attributes. Conspiracy theories that diminish or deny the documented suffering of a group of people are not permitted.
Groups must not contain content or promote events that organize, promote, provide for, distribute services for, or recruit for terrorist organizations.
Under the age of 18
We recommend MeetupMoto groups and events should be targeted to people over the age of 18. It is up to the group organiser or event organiser to make aware of other arrangements for attendees under the age of 18 such as, must be accompanied by an over 18 attendee.
Family groups are more than welcome on MeetupMoto, but all children present at the event must be supervised and accompanied by an adult guardian.
Harmful misinformation
Groups must not contain content or promote events that contain financial guarantees, including:
- Assurances of financial gains
- Promises of specific returns on investment
Misrepresentation or concealed intentions
Groups must not contain content or promote events that conceal or misrepresent the primary purpose of the group or its events, including:
- A group created with the purpose of deliberately spreading false or deceptive information
- A group created with the sole purpose of making a statement or sparking controversy
Sexual exploitation
Groups must not contain content or promote events that promote or facilitate sex trafficking, prostitution, or any other type of sexual exploitation.
If nudity or sexuality is part of a group’s identity or lifestyle, organizers must keep the group private in order to limit access to this content to members of that group. MeetupMoto expects organizers to monitor this content.