House rules
What is expected in a conversation on Splivex, in plain terms. The binding version is section 5 of the terms of service.
Last updated: 8 September 2026
1. Disagreement is the point
You will be matched with somebody who thinks you are wrong. That is the service, not a malfunction. Holding a position that annoys the other person is allowed, and so is refusing to be convinced.
Nobody has to win, and nothing is scored. The only question afterwards is whether your own view moved.
2. What you write stays
The same rules apply to what you write on a question — and there, they matter more.
A conversation ends and is gone. A statement stays on the page, under your name, and everybody who answers that question sees it. Something said in the heat of a video call disappears with the call; the same sentence written down does not.
You can delete your own statements at any time. Anybody can report one, and moderation can take it down — the text is kept with the report, so deleting it afterwards does not make the report go away.
3. Where the line is
Not at the opinion — at how you treat the person holding it.
Not allowed
- attacking somebody for who they are rather than what they think
- threats and intimidation
- sexual content, nudity, sexual advances
- violence
- publishing anybody’s personal details
- recording or photographing somebody without asking first
- advertising and spam, written or spoken
4. Recording and streaming
Ask first. If the other person says yes, go ahead.
Splivex does not record anything itself. If you want to record or stream a conversation — because you make videos, or because you stream — say so at the start and get an answer before you begin.
Recording somebody who did not agree is not allowed, and neither is asking after the fact. They agreed to talk to you; that is not the same as agreeing to appear in something.
If somebody says no, that is the end of it. Pressing the point, or starting anyway, is the sort of thing that gets an account closed.
The one exception
Reporting a conversation captures a single still frame of the other person at that moment. It goes to moderation and nowhere else, and it happens without their agreement — because a report about behaviour on camera cannot be judged without seeing it.
5. If something goes wrong
One button ends the conversation and reports it. It captures a single still frame of the other person at that moment so moderation can see what you saw, and lets you block them at the same time — then the two of you are never matched again.
Reports are read by a person. Every decision carries a reason, and you can object to one that concerns your account.
6. A few things that help
None of this is enforced. It is what makes the twenty minutes worth having.
- Ask what they mean before deciding what they meant.
- Say what would change your mind. If nothing would, say that too.
- Twenty minutes is short. Losing five of them to a definition is a choice you are making.
- Leaving is fine. Leaving without a word is worse than saying you are done.