You must be at least 13 years old to use 56k. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you need a parent or guardian’s permission.

Members aged 13 to 17 get extra protections: only people they have added can send them Instant Messages or friend requests, pictures in mail only travel between them and accepted friends, their Feed posts can’t be shared beyond their friends, and 18+ rooms (like Romance) are closed to them.

Give your real birthday when you sign up. It is never shown to other members, and staff can’t change it for you without checking.

One person per account. Keep your email account secure: anyone who can read your email can sign on as you. You can sign other devices off from My Profile → Devices.

You own what you write and the pictures you share. You give 56k permission to store them, deliver them to the people you send them to, show your profile and posts to other members, and run the automated safety checks described in the Privacy Policy, only so we can run the service.

Screen names may not impersonate someone else, include slurs, or suggest you work for 56k. The room hosts’ names (Ashley, Leigh, and the rest) are reserved.

You can save logs of your conversations. Be considerate about where you share them: other people wrote half of them.

Be decent. No harassment, threats, hate, or bullying.

No sexual content involving minors, ever. We report it to the authorities.

No nudity or graphic violence in pictures, profiles, posts, or rooms.

No spam, scams, flooding rooms, or advertising, and don’t use invite links to spam people.

Don’t share someone’s private information without their permission.

Rooms you open and Group Chats you start are yours to run, under these same rules. Public member rooms may be visited by staff.

Don’t break the law or try to break, overload, or get around 56k’s safeguards, including the room hosts and the automated checks.

Every 56k room has an automatic host. The host is software, not a person: it welcomes people, enforces the rules, and answers questions. Staff and appointed moderators are people.

You can report a member from a chat room, a piece of mail, a post, or their profile menu, and you can mute or block anyone. Reports include what you saw so 56k staff can review them.

Hosts, moderators, and staff may hide a message, mute or remove someone from a room, send a warning, or suspend an account that breaks these rules. Serious cases may be suspended without warning. If you think a decision was wrong, write to support@56k.app.

You can delete your account anytime from My Profile → Delete Account. That removes your profile, Friends list, mail, messages, and posts right away, and frees the screen name.

You can download a copy of your data and change your email address from My Profile.

We may close accounts that have been suspended, or that have not signed on for a very long time, after letting you know by email.

56k is free and provided as is. We work to keep it running and safe, but we can’t promise it will always be available or error free, and we are not responsible for what other members say or send, or for links they share.

To the extent the law allows, 56k’s operator is not liable for indirect or consequential damages arising from your use of the service, and our total liability to you is limited to US$100.

We may change or shut down parts of 56k. We may update these terms; if the changes are significant, we will tell you when you sign on, and continuing to use 56k means you accept them.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida and the United States, and any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Florida, unless the law where you live gives you other rights.

56k is operated by Michael Freeman, an independent developer in Florida, United States.

Questions or concerns: support@56k.app.