Community guidelines for posting on DigiCruncher
DigiCruncher works when questions are specific, answers can be checked and people are treated fairly. These guidelines say what that means in practice. They apply to members and staff alike. They are short on purpose, and the reasoning is included so you can apply the spirit as well as the letter.
Be specific
Vague questions get vague answers. When you ask, name the tool and the plan, say what you are writing and for whom, include the score, message or output you saw, and say what you already tried. "Why did a detector flag my essay" is hard to answer. "Detector X gave my 900 word reflection a high score, here is the section it highlighted, and here are my drafts and notes" can be answered well.
When you answer, say what your answer rests on: a vendor help page, a published policy, a test you ran or your own experience. Include the plan, the model and the date when they matter, since AI tools change often. If you are not sure, say so. A careful "I think, but check the current policy" is more useful than a confident guess.
Do not accuse people of using AI
AI detectors give probabilities, not proof. They can misfire on human writing, especially on formal prose and on writing by people who learned English as an additional language. For that reason:
- Do not name a student, colleague, writer or any other person and say they used AI.
- Do not post someone's work and ask the forum to judge whether they cheated.
- Do not paste a named person's detector result as evidence against them.
Discussing your own case is welcome. Discussing how detectors work, how reliable they are and how to respond to a flag is the point of the forum. Posts that accuse an identifiable person will be removed.
Honest use, not deception
You can talk here about using AI writing tools and about humanizers, including how they work, whether they improve writing and where they fail. What we will not host is coaching on deceiving a teacher, an employer or a client: how to hide AI use from someone entitled to know, how to defeat a policy you have agreed to, or how to pass off work in breach of the rules that apply to you. Disclosure is the honest path, and many schools and employers now allow AI with disclosure, so check the rules that apply to you first. Questions about how to follow a policy, how to disclose use and how to document your own process are always on topic.
Reviews must be checkable
The Reviews section and any post that evaluates a tool must follow these rules.
- Base it on evidence. Rest claims on documented features, published policies or a repeatable test. Describe the test so someone else could run it: the tool, the plan, the date, the input and what you looked at.
- Separate fact from opinion. Say which statements come from documentation and which are your impression.
- Disclose any affiliation. If you work for the tool, have been paid or given free access, earn money from a link, or have any other relationship with the vendor, say so in the post. This applies to members, staff and anyone replying. Undisclosed affiliation is grounds for removal.
- No invented numbers. Do not quote accuracy rates, user counts or savings you cannot source. If a vendor publishes a figure, cite it and say it is the vendor's claim.
Some links to tools carry tracking parameters, and some tools have a commercial relationship with the forum. This is explained on the about page. Staff follow the same disclosure rules as everyone else.
No spam
- Do not post promotional content, referral codes or affiliate links as the main purpose of a post.
- Do not post the same link or message repeatedly, or across several sections.
- Do not create accounts to promote a tool, or to praise or attack one.
- A link is welcome when it answers the question. Say what the link is and, if you benefit from it, say that too.
- Do not post purchased, scraped or machine generated posts passed off as personal experience.
Privacy and respect
Do not post other people's personal information, private messages, client documents or confidential workplace material. Do not paste anything you are not allowed to share. Remove personal details from screenshots, including names, student numbers and email addresses. Disagree with ideas, not with people. Harassment, hate and threats are not tolerated.
No professional advice
Members share experience, not professional advice. For legal, academic integrity or employment disputes, speak to a qualified adviser or your institution. See the terms.
Moderation
Editors and moderators may edit, move, lock or remove posts that break these guidelines, and may suspend accounts for repeated or serious breaches. We usually explain the reason. To report a post, use its report link or email hello@digicruncher.com. If you think we got a decision wrong, write to that address and we will look again.
Before you post a question, the staff guide on what to check before you sign up for an AI writing tool answers the most common one.