HBTOP50 Community Policy

Rules

These rules protect fair rankings, useful reviews and a healthy directory for both players and server owners.

Review Guidelines
Applies to all accounts Creating an account or using HBTOP50 means you agree to follow the rules that apply to your account type. Serious or repeated violations may lead to content removal, listing restrictions, suspension or account termination.
Server Owner Rules

List and promote your server fairly

Server Owner accounts may manage listings and community-facing information, but must not use those privileges to distort rankings or player feedback.

01

List only servers you are authorized to manage

Create, claim or manage a listing only when you own the server or have clear authorization from its administration. False ownership claims may be rejected or removed.

02

Keep listing information accurate

Server name, website, location, category, description, rates, features, status, banners and other public information must not intentionally mislead players. Update material changes promptly.

03

Do not impersonate another project

Do not use another server's branding, identity, screenshots, copy or trademarks in a way that falsely suggests you are that project or are officially affiliated with it.

04

No vote manipulation

Do not use bots, automated requests, vote scripts, proxy/VPN rotation, paid vote services, forced redirects, invisible voting, deceptive buttons or any technique designed to generate illegitimate votes.

05

Do not require or buy positive ratings

You may ask players to leave an honest review, but you may not require a specific score, sell rewards for positive ratings, punish negative reviewers or make rewards conditional on favorable feedback.

06

No staff/player review manipulation

Owners, staff and people acting on the server's behalf must not create Player accounts to review their own server, attack competitors or coordinate artificial review campaigns.

07

Respond to criticism professionally

Owner replies may clarify facts and address issues, but must not threaten, harass, expose private information or pressure a reviewer to remove or change a legitimate review.

08

Use reports for genuine violations

A low score or negative opinion alone is not grounds for removal. Report reviews only when you believe they violate a guideline such as spam, impersonation, fabricated content, harassment or manipulation.

09

No competitor sabotage

Do not submit false reports, fake reviews, attack campaigns or misleading claims against competing servers. Competition must remain outside HBTOP50 ranking manipulation.

10

Uploaded media must be safe and authorized

Banners and gallery images must relate to your server and must not contain malicious files, deceptive content, explicit illegal material or content you have no right to publish.

11

Do not abuse verification or status systems

Do not falsify verification data, manipulate status checks, intentionally misconfigure endpoints to deceive users or attempt to exploit analytics and ranking calculations.

12

One listing per actual server

Do not create duplicate listings for the same live server to occupy additional ranking positions. Separate listings are appropriate only for genuinely separate server projects or realms when HBTOP50 permits them.

13

Follow advertising rules

Paid placement or advertisements, when available, do not exempt a server from ranking, listing, moderation or review rules. Sponsored visibility must not be represented as an organic ranking result.

14

Respect platform security and moderation

Do not exploit HBTOP50, evade account/listing restrictions, interfere with other users, or recreate suspended listings to bypass an enforcement decision.

Enforcement

Depending on severity and history, HBTOP50 may reject or remove content, invalidate suspicious votes, place reviews in moderation, restrict listing features, suspend an account or remove a server listing. Immediate action may be taken for security abuse, large-scale manipulation or serious harmful conduct.