4. Community Guidelines

Last updated: October 2026

The rules that ensure Kaushift remains an authentic, high-trust environment for honest founder autopsies.

Official terms for Kaushift. Email: kaushift@gmail.com

1. What to Do (Community Standards)

Share Real Experiences: Discuss what actually happened, real financial burn rates, CAC metrics, and hard operational lessons. Do not post fabricated stories or fake claims.
Provide Actionable Advice: Give constructive, respectful guidance on peer founder struggles.
Label Commercial Promotion: Clearly identify any sponsored links, affiliate codes, or self-promotions per ASCI standards.
Respect Ghost Mode Anonymity: Respect the identity of founders posting under pseudonyms. Never attempt to unmask anonymous authors.

2. Founder Mental Health & Wellbeing

Reflecting on business failure, financial loss, or startup shutdowns can trigger emotional distress. If you or a fellow founder are experiencing severe stress, depression, or mental health crisis, please reach out to free, confidential national helplines:

Tele-MANAS (Govt of India): Call 14416 (24/7 Toll-Free)
Vandrevala Foundation Helpline: Call +91 9999 666 555

3. What NOT to Do (Zero Tolerance)

Do not allege crimes, fraud, or intentional wrongdoing by named individuals or specific companies; stick to first-person facts you can back up with personal experience or documentation.
Do not post private personally identifiable information (doxxing, phone numbers, home addresses, private chat logs).
Do not engage in harassment, hate speech, bullying, or threat of violence.
Do not post un-labeled commercial spam, referral code floods, or affiliate link drops in story comments.

4. Reporting & Enforcement Action

Report violating content via the on-post Report menu or email kaushift@gmail.com. Violations result in warning strikes, story redaction, temporary suspension, or permanent account bans.

Questions regarding our policies? Email kaushift@gmail.com