Editorial policy for dating advice

How content is written

1. Start with the reader's question. The title, opening answer, headings, examples, and next steps should serve one clear intent.
2. Use supportable information. Product claims must match the working service and its published policies. Safety material should prefer primary public authorities where outside evidence is needed.
3. Distinguish advice from fact. A suggested message or conversation approach is an option, not a guaranteed outcome or universal rule.
4. Make the answer usable. Short summaries, steps, lists, examples, and comparison tables are used when they make a decision easier.
5. Connect the next useful resource. Contextual links should help readers move between the online dating guide, relevant tools, product help, and the dating safety guide.

Different content has different evidence

Product and account information

Help pages must reflect the current me.you interface, settings, access rules, and moderation workflow. They should not promise response times or outcomes that the product cannot guarantee.

Dating and relationship guidance

Guides should give proportionate options, explain trade-offs, and avoid claiming that one script, timing rule, or personality theory works for everyone.

Interactive tools

Writing tools provide drafts to personalise. Entertainment tools such as name-based compatibility scores and dating fortunes are labelled as playful rather than scientific.

Community diaries

A public diary is one member's experience, not editorial advice or proof that another reader will get the same result. Visibility and moderation rules are explained on the community diary page.

The pre-publication quality gate

A finished page must earn its place in the site. Passing a word-count check is not enough. An editor reviews the complete rendered page against the following requirements before it can be approved for search.

• Clear intent and aligned metadata. The title, H1, opening answer, headings and body must address the same primary question without stuffing extra search phrases.
• Distinct value. The page must contribute a topic-specific method, comparison, calculation, example, decision framework, original tool or other practical help that is not generic filler.
• Visible effort. Advice must explain why a recommendation works, where it may not fit and what the reader can do next. Tools must perform useful work rather than merely display rewritten boilerplate.
• Accurate claims. Unsupported statistics, invented testing, fictional reviews, false personal experience and credentials the author does not hold are not allowed.
• Original structure. Pages in the same family must not repeat one article with names or keywords changed. Their sections, examples and decisions should follow the actual subject.
• Precise links. Anchor text should name the destination or next task. A card description stays outside the anchor so search engines and assistive technology receive a concise label.
• No filler. Generic introductions, repeated conclusions, inflated definitions and paragraphs written only to reach a target length should be removed.
• Useful depth. The page should cover realistic questions, limitations, edge cases and trade-offs in proportion to the reader's need.

How automation and editorial review are handled

Software may help prepare a draft, organise research, format an article, or import material supplied through the Docs Library. Automation is an aid, not a reason to publish pages simply to cover more search phrases.

1. Generated and imported drafts are excluded from search by default. They do not appear in the public blog listings or XML sitemap until an editor explicitly approves them for indexing.
2. Review is based on the finished page. The editor checks whether the article answers a real reader need, adds distinct value, avoids unsupported claims, uses accurate headings, and treats third-party links appropriately.
3. Material revisions require another review. Regenerating or replacing an article removes its search approval so an earlier approval cannot silently carry over to new copy.
4. Paid or third-party placements do not buy ranking credit. External links in imported articles are marked sponsored and nofollowed. Inclusion does not imply that me.you independently endorses every external site.

Corrections and updates

Features, policies, safety resources, and common terminology can change. When a page conflicts with the current product or a supportable source, the accurate information should replace the old claim rather than being preserved for search traffic.

To report an error, unsupported claim, broken source, or unclear passage, contact me.you support and include the page URL plus the sentence that needs review. Privacy and data-handling questions should also be checked against the current privacy policy.