What a listing on the record means, and what it does not

Every entry on the record is a statement of caution, shown with the evidence it rests on, so you can judge it yourself. It is not an allegation of a crime and not a finding of guilt.

How an entry gets here

• Someone files a report with screenshots. Nothing publishes on submission.
• An investigation opens and runs over a published window, normally three to five days.
• At least one factual finding is recorded: where we looked, and what was observed there.
• Only then can the report be approved onto the record, with a dated audit event.

If an entry was published faster because the findings were conclusive, the audit log says so and gives the actual number of days. The log never implies a longer review than the one that happened.

What an entry contains

• The public handle and the platform. Never a legal name, an address, or private information.
• The reason reported, in plain words.
• The evidence, as screenshots attached to dated events.
• The findings: each source checked, written as an observation rather than a conclusion, including any that cut against the report.
• A status: reported, disputed, confirmed, cleared, or re-listed.

Buyers and sellers are separate

An entry is about a handle acting in one role. The same account can be reported as a seller and never as a buyer, or the other way round. The two are never combined into one history, because bad buying says nothing about how someone sells.

How an entry comes off

Anyone listed can dispute their entry at any time. An explained, honest mistake takes a handle off the record entirely, and it is no longer named. That grace is one time. A handle that is cleared and then repeats the same tactic comes back as re-listed, and the log records both.

Corrections leave a visible seam. A redacted event keeps its date and says it was redacted. A removed entry leaves a dated stub saying an entry was removed. A record that could quietly rewrite itself would not be evidence of anything.