Code of Conduct
Best Practices
Avoid making assumptions about how other people live, function, cope, or relate to one-another. Every single person struggles in life from time to time. Every single person makes mistakes. Every single person you will ever meet knows something that you do not. Approach new relationships with a sense of humility, and you should do just fine.
Be mindful about sharing potentially shocking or triggering information. Something that might be a wild and wacky story to you might bring up traumatic memories for another person. If you’re ever in doubt as to how the other person is feeling regarding a potentially triggering subject, it is ok to ASK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT. If they say no, drop the topic.
Use polite speech such as please and thank you.
Violations – Top Priority
Guests may be ejected from an event after the FIRST violation.
Behave in a cordial manner. Never threaten, bully, belittle, insult, or harm any other guest or any staff member for ANY reason, for topics including but not limited to age, race, gender, orientation, beliefs, physical appearance, ethnicity, etc.
Weapons of ANY kind are prohibited. There are ZERO exceptions. Leave your guns and knives and blow-darts and spearguns and compound bows and battleaxes and katanas and nailbats and short swords and chain whips and trebuchets and thermite grenades and Molotov cocktails and rocket launchers and anything else designed to cause damage at home. The first violation of this rule will likely include intervention by law enforcement, as well as you being banned from ever attending an Intro-Social event again.
Take Coronavirus Seriously. Intro-Social and it’s subsidiaries will ALWAYS side with well-established scientific practices over any social or political pressures. During pandemics and during other similar times of crisis, proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as recommended by the majority of reputable scientists, for the purpose of improving general health and well-being of the public, will ALWAYS be required for Intro-Social events. In other words, WEAR YOUR DAMN MASK OR LEAVE.
Violations – Lower Priority
Guests may be ejected from the event after MULTIPLE violations.
Mind your personal space and the personal space of others. Pay attention to how others respond to your presence. If the other person appears uncomfortable near you, back up. Most people enjoy 1m (3ft) of distance between them and another person. If another guest reports you, or you are observed making another guest uncomfortable by being too close, that counts as a violation.
In Speed Dating, please don’t “puppydog”. It is not pleasant, and can make some guests very uncomfortable. Puppydogging refers to the practice of some guests to follow other guests around, hoping that that other guests will strike up a conversation due to proximity.
Do not touch another person without first asking to do so. This includes hugs. Unwanted physical contact is one of the most-cited issues during these types of events. ALWAYS ASK FOR CONSENT. “Would you like a hug” is a much more inviting phrase than “Give me a hug”.
Exception 1) Handshakes, and gestures commonly used in place of handshakes, such as high-five, elbow bumps, or fist bumps, are permitted due to their social acceptance, and because they are deemed appropriate by general society as a greeting of an unknown, casual, friendly, or business acquaintance. Hugs DO NOT fall in this category.
Exception 2) Where medically appropriate to ensure the health and well-being of another person, including but not limited to, CPR, Heimlich Maneuver, positioning someone to avoid them passing out, etc.
Take NO for an answer. It hurts to be rejected. We understand. It can get really frustrating at times, especially when romance is involved like in Automated Speed Dating. That does not exempt you from your mandate to act cordially. The first NO is the final NO, so don’t keep asking.
In Speed Dating, DO NOT MAKE FUTURE PLANS with another guest during the event. While in normal dating life, it might be a good tactic to arrange to see the other person again before you part ways for the evening. In Speed Dating, it’s a little different. In order to maintain the integrity of the system, please refrain from making future plans during the event. You can make all the plans you want AFTER the event ends and you receive your match emails!
Your Rights as a Guest
You have the right to leave at any time for any reason.
You have the right to refuse to meet another guest if you don’t want to.
You have the right to have your personal boundaries respected.
You have the right to communicate to your event host if you feel that your personal boundaries are not being respected.
You have the right to communicate to Intro-Social if you feel that your event host is not adequately performing their duties to protect your rights and boundaries.
You have the right to delete your data. Follow the link at the bottom of your screen at date.intro-social.com if you wish to do so.