Content Policy

This page covers two things: the standards our own published content is held to, and the rules for anything you post here in comments.

Part one: our content#

Original work#

Every article on this site is written for this site. We do not republish other people's work, spin existing articles into new wording, or copy content from anywhere. Where we quote someone, the quote is short, marked as a quotation, and linked to its source.

Illustrations#

The illustrations, diagrams and header images on this site are produced for it. We do not use images we lack the rights to, and we do not lift screenshots or graphics from other websites. Where a screenshot of a third-party tool is used for the purpose of explaining it, that is identified as such and remains the property of its owner.

Accuracy#

Factual claims are checked against primary sources before publishing. Prices, plan limits and feature availability come from the tool's own pages, not from other articles. When something turns out to be wrong, it gets corrected and the review date is updated. The editorial policy describes the process in detail.

What we will not publish#

• Guides to breaking a service's terms of use, bypassing paywalls, or pirating software.
• Instructions for using AI tools to deceive people — fake reviews, impersonation, academic dishonesty, or generating misleading material.
• Content that presents AI output as human work where that distinction matters to someone.
• Medical, legal, financial or tax guidance dressed up as general information.
• Anything designed primarily to rank in search rather than to help a reader.

Academic honesty#

A lot of our readers are students, so this is worth stating directly. Articles about AI writing tools explain how to use them to understand material, structure thinking and improve your own drafts. They do not tell you how to submit AI-generated work as your own. Most institutions treat that as misconduct, and no guide on this site will help you do it.

Part two: comments#

Comments are the main way readers tell us a guide is wrong, and that makes them valuable. They are reviewed before appearing, which means yours will not show up instantly.

What makes a good comment#

• A correction — "step 4 does not match the current interface" is the single most useful thing you can post.
• A question about something the article did not make clear.
• Your own experience with a tool, including when it disagrees with ours.
• A suggestion for what the guide is missing.

What gets removed#

• Spam and promotion. Comments that exist to place a link. Mentioning a tool you genuinely use is fine; a paragraph of marketing copy is not.
• Abuse and harassment. Toward us, other readers, or anyone else. Disagreement is welcome, contempt is not.
• Hate speech. Attacks based on race, religion, nationality, gender, sexuality, disability or any similar characteristic.
• Other people's personal information. Names, addresses, phone numbers, workplaces — anything that identifies someone who did not consent.
• Deliberate misinformation. Being wrong is fine and gets corrected in the open. Knowingly posting false information is not.
• Off-topic material. Political arguments unrelated to the article, and similar.
• Impersonation. Posting as someone else, or as a representative of a company you do not work for.
• Illegal content, or content that infringes someone's copyright.

How moderation works#

Comments are read by a person before publishing. Most are approved. Borderline cases get judged on whether the comment helps other readers.

We do not remove comments for being critical of this site, of an article, or of a tool we recommended. Criticism that is accurate is useful, and deleting it would make the comments worthless.

We do not edit the meaning of a comment. Occasionally a comment is trimmed for length or has an email address removed to protect the person who posted it. Anything more than that and we leave it alone or remove it entirely.

Your comment, your words#

You keep ownership of what you write. By posting, you give us permission to publish it here. You can ask for your comment to be deleted at any time through the contact page — no explanation needed.

Repeated breaches#

A first breach usually means the comment does not get published. Repeated spam or abuse results in blocked access.

Reporting something#

If you see a comment that breaks these rules, or an article that you believe infringes your copyright or contains a serious error, contact us with the page address and what the problem is. Copyright complaints and serious factual errors are prioritised.