Community Guidelines

1. Why we have guidelines

The Nijukti Community is a space for job seekers across Northeast India to ask questions, share success stories, post useful resources, and discuss exams, jobs, and career preparation. It works because people trust what they read here. These guidelines explain what is and isn't allowed, so that trust holds up as the community grows.

2. What you can post

The community currently supports four kinds of posts:

• Questions — about exams, eligibility, applications, or anything else related to jobs and careers.
• Success stories — sharing your own selection, interview experience, or preparation journey to help others.
• Resource shares — links or notes to genuinely useful study material, notifications, or tools.
• Discussions — open conversation about exam trends, recruitment news, or career decisions.

3. What is not allowed

• False or misleading information — fabricated exam results, fake notifications, or guaranteed-selection claims.
• Defamatory or unverified accusations against any person, employer, institution, or government body. Naming an organisation in connection with fraud, harassment, or malpractice without evidence is not allowed and may have legal consequences for the poster as well as us.
• Harassment, hate speech, or personal attacks directed at any individual or group.
• Spam, scams, or paid promotion — including fake job offers, paid-registration schemes, or unrelated advertising.
• Sharing someone else's personal information (phone numbers, addresses, ID documents, exam roll numbers) without their consent.
• Plagiarised content posted as your own.
• Off-topic content unrelated to jobs, exams, or career preparation in Northeast India.

4. How moderation works

Posts and replies can be reported by any user. Reported content is reviewed by the Nijukti team, not removed automatically. Depending on what we find, we may:

• Leave the content as-is, if it doesn't breach these guidelines.
• Pin or feature genuinely helpful posts.
• Hide a post or reply pending review, without deleting it outright, where the concern is disputed rather than clear-cut.
• Remove content that clearly breaches Section 3, and where appropriate, restrict the account that posted it.

We aim to act on reports within a reasonable time, prioritising anything that looks defamatory, harassing, or fraudulent. Moderation decisions are made by the Nijukti team; we do not outsource this to automated removal without review for anything involving a named person or organisation.

5. If you're named in a post

If you are an employer, institution, government department, or individual named in a community post and you believe it is false, defamatory, or unfairly damaging, you can raise a dispute rather than ask for outright deletion:

• Email hello@nijukti.org with a link to the post, your relationship to the organisation/person named, and a clear explanation of what you dispute and why.
• We will review the post and, where the original poster is contactable, give them a chance to respond or provide evidence before any action is taken.
• Outcomes can include: no change (if the post is substantiated), a correction or context note added, the post being hidden pending further evidence, or removal — depending on what the review finds.
• This process exists so that disputes are resolved on the facts, not by whoever complains first or whoever posted first.

6. Reviews of employers and institutions

Nijukti does not currently have a dedicated "review" post type for rating employers, universities, or colleges — today's community supports questions, success stories, resource shares, and discussions only (Section 2). If and when a review feature is introduced, it will be governed by these same guidelines, with the dispute process in Section 5 available to any employer or institution that wants to contest a review naming them. This section will be updated when that feature ships.

7. Legal context

India's defamation law (Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code) and the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 both apply to content posted on Nijukti. As an intermediary, we act on legitimate complaints about unlawful content; posting something false or damaging about another person or organisation can carry legal consequences for the person who posted it, separately from any action we take on the platform.

8. Reporting a problem

To report a post, reply, or user, use the report option on the post itself, or email hello@nijukti.org with a link to the content and a short description of the issue.

9. Changes to these guidelines

We may update these guidelines as the community grows and as new post types (like reviews) are introduced. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent update. Continued use of the Nijukti Community after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated guidelines.