Community Guidelines
Welcome!
We’re so glad you’re here.
The Friendship Lab Community is a private page to help Course participants meet and learn together. To ensure this space feels warm, respectful and safe for everyone, we have a few commitments we ask you to make with us:
1. Be kind, generous, and respectful of boundaries
• Treat everyone with kindness, even when you disagree.
• Speak from your own experience rather than giving unsolicited advice.
• Avoid judgement, shaming, or dismissive language.
• Don’t pressure others to connect, meet up, or share personal information.
• Treat everything posted here as confidential and not to be shared without consent.
2. Come for learning – not therapy, dating, or selling
This community is not a substitute for counselling or mental health support.
Making romantic or sexual advances toward other members is strictly inappropriate.
Please don’t use this community to sell products, promote services, recruit, or fundraise.
Please don’t approach community members privately for business, ministry, coaching, or personal gain.
3. Pursue potential friendships here wisely
While this is primarily a learning community, genuine friendships may develop here – and that’s a good thing! Friendship Lab doesn’t pass on contact details or broker connections, and we can’t take responsibility for off-platform connections, so if you’d like to connect with someone beyond this platform, this should happen openly and by mutual consent. Here are some tips:
Invite without pressure
Make invitations light, public, and open. For example: “If anyone’s in a similar season and would like to connect, I’d be open to that,” or “I play tennis too and don’t live far from you. If you’re ever up for a game, let me know!” This leaves room for choice.
Offer your contact details (rather than ask for theirs)
This is a generous act that gives the other person control. “You can DM me on Instagram if you like, or my email address is …” Putting your social media accounts on your Friendship Lab profile page can be a handy way of allowing contact to happen.
Decline kindly
You may not be able to accept someone’s offer. Detailed explanations why aren’t necessary, just a simple response like: “Thanks for asking. I’m not able to connect right now but I appreciate the thought.” And if someone declines your offer, don’t take it personally. There could be many reasons why, including plain old busyness.
Some red flags to note
Be cautious if someone pushes for private contact quickly or makes you feel uncomfortable. Trust your instincts. And never share sensitive personal or financial information.
Go slow
As we say in the Friendship Lab Course, good friendships grow over time. Start small, stay public at first, and let trust build gradually. You’re always free to pause or step back from any connection.
Coaches and moderation
To keep this space enjoyable for all, we may remove posts or members that breach these guidelines. We have coaches here to guide learning and answer course-related questions, and if something feels uncomfortable or unsafe, please contact one of the team.
How to Contact Us
If something feels uncomfortable or unsafe, or if you’re concerned about another group member, please contact one of our coaches:
Click the messaging symbol at the top of the page then 'Private' then 'See all'
Click this symbol and choose a coach to message
Alternatively, click here then choose ‘Personal Chat’. Or you can use our Contact page.
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