Community Guidelines

StageBlind exists so a non-union actor can answer one question before saying yes: is this gig worth taking? That answer comes from other actors — what they were paid, how long the days ran, whether the money actually arrived. These guidelines describe what makes that useful, what gets removed, and what happens when we remove something.

What belongs here

• First-hand experience. A gig you worked, an audition you went to, a contract you were sent. What happened to you.
• Numbers. "$150/day, 14-hour days, paid 40 days late" is worth more to the next actor than "they were bad."
• Conditions. Hours, breaks, meals, turnaround, safety, intimacy coordination, overtime, whether the call sheet matched reality.
• Warnings you can point at. The casting notice text, the clause in the contract, the email you received — the thing you actually saw.
• Questions. "Would you take this?" is a legitimate post. So is asking whether a rate is normal.
• Corrections. If you get paid after posting that you weren't, come back and say so. Accuracy is the whole asset.

Experience sharing, not reviews

This is the rule the rest of the page hangs on. Describe what happened to you on a production; do not rate a person. Productions, companies, and platforms can be named and discussed — an actor deciding whether to take a job needs to know which company is behind it. Individuals cannot: no directors, casting directors, producers, or crew by name, initials, or unmistakable description.

It is both a legal boundary and a community one. "The producer screamed at the AD" is an account of a set. "[Name] is a predator" is an accusation this platform cannot host, verify, or defend — and it is the fastest way for a space like this to become unusable for everyone.

What gets removed

• Naming or targeting an individual — a director, casting director, producer, or crew member — rather than describing the production.
• Accusations against a named or identifiable person, including allegations of crimes, that neither you nor we can substantiate.
• Doxxing: real names, phone numbers, home addresses, personal email addresses, or social accounts belonging to a private individual — yours or anyone else's.
• Harassment, threats, pile-ons, or content whose point is to attack someone rather than to inform other actors.
• Discrimination and slurs — including on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
• Fabricated experiences. Invented gigs, invented rates, and invented ratings poison the aggregate data other actors rely on to make decisions.
• Spam and self-promotion: casting calls you are producing, services you sell, referral links, recruiting, or anything posted primarily to drive traffic.
• Impersonation of another user, a company, or a casting office.
• Off-topic content — this is a site about the working conditions of acting work.

An unflattering post is not a rule violation. We do not remove a gig log because a production dislikes it; that is what the site is for.

How enforcement works

A person makes every removal decision on posts, comments, and accounts. StageBlind is small — an automated scan flags recent posts for a human to look at, but it never removes anything on its own.

Casting listings are the one exception, and it runs the other way: a listing is hidden from the feed automatically once three actors report it, before anyone here has read it. A human reviews it afterward and puts it back if the reports were wrong. We would rather a real casting call be briefly invisible than leave a scam up for a day.

Removed posts and comments are hidden from the site rather than erased. The original stays in our records so a decision can be reviewed or reversed. For most first-time issues the outcome is a removal or a request to edit. Repeat violations — and single severe ones like doxxing, threats, or targeted harassment — can cost you the account.

Flagging something

Use whichever of these fits — every one of them reaches a human.

• A post or comment: use the Report link on it, pick a reason, and add anything a moderator should know. Reports are private — the author isn't told who reported them. Requires an account, one report per item.
• An account, or anything else: the Feedback button in the bottom-right corner of the site, or email admin@stageblind.com with a link and what's wrong with it.
• A casting listing: use the report button on the listing page — it sends scams, expired calls, duplicates, and missed redactions to the moderation queue. Requires a verified account.
• A scam casting call not yet listed: submit it through the scam database — also verified-account only, and reviewed by a moderator before it goes public.
• Copyright: follow the DMCA procedure.

Appeals

If your content was removed or your account was restricted and you think we got it wrong, email admin@stageblind.com with the link and your side of it. A person reads it and replies. Removed content is retained, so a reversed decision can be restored.

Accounts are 18+

Reading StageBlind is open to anyone. Creating an account, posting, and logging gigs require you to be 18 or older — see the Terms and Privacy Policy, which sit alongside these guidelines. Where they conflict, the Terms govern.