Safety and trust

Safety & Trust

How Are We All? is designed to be simple, anonymous, and low pressure. This page explains the basic trust boundaries of the site so people know what to expect before they use it.

What you should know before using the site

• This site does not require personal information to use.
• Responses are anonymous by default.
• If shown after you answer, the "What people are feeling today" panel uses broad automated theme matching on anonymous responses and is meant as an approximate shared-perspective feature, not a personal profile or diagnosis.
• We do not ask for passwords, financial details, or downloads.
• Please do not share sensitive personal information in your responses.
• If you use the optional invite feature, the recipient email address is used to send that invite, is not attached to your anonymous answer, and invite emails include a link to stop future invite emails.
• Optional Google sign-in is limited to account-linked features tied to your own experience on the site, such as saving your streak or using the same generated username for protected posting features.
• We actively work to prevent harmful or misleading content.

What the site does not ask for

The site is built so you can answer the daily question without creating a public profile or handing over personal details. We do not ask you to upload files, install software, reveal financial information, or type a password into the site itself.

If you ever see a page on this site asking for a password, payment information, or a download to continue, treat that as suspicious.

What not to share in responses

The daily response box is meant for reflection, not for sensitive identifiers. Please avoid sharing phone numbers, home addresses, email addresses, financial details, account credentials, medical record numbers, or anything else that could put you at risk if it were exposed.

How "What people are feeling today" works

After you submit, the site may show a same-day perspective panel built from anonymous responses. It uses simple automated theme matching and rounded, privacy-protective percentages to show broad shared patterns, not exact counts about any individual person.

The public Live board uses the same same-day aggregate approach and may also include short recent pulse summaries describing broad patterns from recent anonymous responses.

To avoid exposing thin data, low-volume themes may be grouped into Other or parts of the theme mix may be shown in a representative way instead of exposing every underlying theme directly.

How invite emails work

Invite emails are sent through the site's email delivery provider after reCAPTCHA and rate-limit checks. They do not include your anonymous answer, and recipients can use the link in the email to stop future invite emails to that address.

Use the invite feature only with people you know or reasonably believe would welcome that message.

How optional sign-in works

Most of the site can be used without signing in at all. Google sign-in is optional and is used only for limited features that need saved progress or stronger abuse protection. Those features are separate from the anonymous response itself.

When sign-in is used, the site generates a consistent username for site use. That displayed username does not reveal a real Google name or email address to other users.

How Google sign-in should look

If you choose optional sign-in for streaks or protected posting, the flow should open through Google and Azure App Service authentication. The site itself should not ask you to type your Google password into a site form.

Optional sign-in is used only for limited protected features, not to make the daily answer public or to turn the site into a public profile system.

If a sign-in screen looks unusual, asks for extra sensitive information, or appears inconsistent with these boundaries, stop and contact [email protected].

How we think about harmful or misleading content

We actively work to reduce spam, misleading behavior, and harmful content through moderation controls, rate limits, verification checks, and clear participation rules. The goal is to keep the site simple and emotionally useful without turning it into a place for manipulation or abuse.

How to contact us about trust, privacy, or help

If you see something suspicious, misleading, unsafe, or inconsistent with these boundaries, contact the site directly. Please do not send passwords, financial information, or other highly sensitive data by email.

• General contact: [email protected]
• Safety and trust concerns: [email protected]
• Privacy questions: [email protected]
• General help and support: [email protected]
• Feature requests: [email protected]

What this site is for

How Are We All? is for anonymous daily reflection and shared perspective. It is not a replacement for professional support, crisis care, or emergency help. If you need immediate support, please reach out to someone you trust or to a crisis resource in your country.

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