These Are The Rules

(or, “Don’t Make Us Write More Legalese”)

1. No Hate, No Harm, No NSFW

If your site promotes hate, harassment, or harmful misinformation – you’re out. No appeals. No weasel words.
This is a community built on creativity and mutual respect. Don’t mess that up.

2. Keep It Personal

Webring Studio is for personal sites – not landing pages, AI spam farms, crypto pump schemes, or SEO link dumps. Got a blog? Portfolio? Digital garden? Zine? Come on in. Got a clickbait empire? Try elsewhere.

3. You’re Responsible for Your Site

You can customize your webring widget, but don’t alter the functionality. The ring has to stay intact – that’s the whole point.

4. Don’t Break the Ring

If your site goes offline for too long, has broken ring code, or stops linking properly, we may remove it from the ring to keep things flowing. (We’ll try to give you a heads-up first.)

5. Ringmasters Set the Tone

Each ring has its own vibe. If you’re applying to join one, read the rules first. If you’re creating your own, set clear guidelines and lead with kindness.

6. Rings Are for the Willing

Love a site? Link to it anywhere you like on your site – on a blogroll, a tribute page, a list of cool sites. But to include it in your webring, they need to agree and install the widget. That’s what makes the ring a ring – mutual links that connect and flow.

7. This Isn’t a Popularity Contest

Webrings aren’t about clout. They’re about connection. We won’t show likes, shares, or rankings – just links and vibes.

8. We Moderate Gently but Firmly

We don’t want to play internet cop, but we will step in if something goes off the rails. Our goal is a safe, vibrant indie web – not anarchy in a trench coat.