Community guidelines

Who we welcome. Dabblers and curious visitors who treat each other with patience and dignity — across backgrounds, ages, and skill levels. The swap works best when everyone’s current abilities and boundaries are respected.

Zero tolerance. Harassment, hate, slurs, threats, intimidation, stalking, unwanted sexual attention, or coordinated pile-ons. People who break the trail rules don’t stay in the Dabble community.

Dabble is built on skilled amateurs sharing what they have actually practiced — talent, skills, ideas, and knowledge — not on pretending to be something they are not.

• Say what you have done, how often, and in what setting.
• If you are not a certified instructor, do not imply licenses, insurance, union cards, or endorsements you do not have.
• If someone needs regulated work, e.g. electrical behind walls, medical decisions, legal advice — point them kindly toward a licensed professional.

First meets stay public, short, and easy to leave.

• Meet in a public place the first time.
• Tell someone you trust where you are going and how long you expect to be.
• Keep the session short so expectations stay small.
• Stay in skilled-amateur territory; defer to licensed professionals for regulated work.
• Prefer in-app messaging until you are comfortable; keep phone numbers, email, and home addresses off your public profile.
• Leave if anything feels unsafe.

• No selling credits for cash or trading credits off-platform in ways that produce a gig economy — the swap is the point.
• No ghost sessions or collusion to farm credits. If a meetup didn’t happen, it didn’t happen.
• Keep exchanges honest, fun and mutually beneficial.