There’s no place for bullying or harassment on VSCO. We created VSCO to elevate your creativity and engage with others in a constructive and safe manner. Providing a safe space that enables self-expression is our priority and we work to ensure that your voice is not silenced by abuse of any kind.
Our Community Guidelines prohibit degrading, shaming and harassing others. Some of the behaviors we consider bullying and harassment include:
- Wishing harm on someone;
- Using language to intimidate or isolate a person or group of individuals;
- Encouraging others to participate in harassing behaviors;
- Repeated or unwanted contact or solicitation
- Targeting someone for belonging to a protected category such as race, ethnicity, national origin, gender & gender identity, age, religious affiliation, disability or disease.
If you are in need of support, consider visiting our Emotional Support Resources.
What can you do if you are feeling bullied or harassed?
Unfollow
Unfollowing someone on VSCO will prevent them from being able to message you.
Mute Messages
Muting a conversation means you will no longer receive notifications for that message thread. To mute a conversation, tap on the Options icon and select “Mute”. You can unmute at any time.
Leave Messages
Leaving a conversation will temporarily remove that conversation from your Messages inbox, and will not notify the other creator of your action. You can leave a conversation by tapping the Optionsicon and selecting “Leave”.
Leaving a conversation does not prevent the creator from messaging you again in the future and re-opening the thread. If you wish to prevent a creator from being able to message you, please use our blocking feature.
Report
If you come across content on VSCO that makes you feel uncomfortable, our Trust & Safety team is here to help. Tap on the Options icon in the top right corner of the screen, select “Report”, and then select the reason for your report.
For further details, see How to Report on VSCO.
Block
A creator you block cannot follow you, message you, join a Space you’ve created, view content on your profile, or interact with your content anywhere on the platform.
Find more information, head to Blocking on VSCO.
Below are additional online resources:
The Family Online Safety Institute
Learn more about safety on VSCO.
Last Updated July 2024