Community Guidelines

Effective: April 4, 2026 · Applies to: All Last Year Single community spaces — the LYS app on TribeSocial, all Jane Media Facebook Groups (including Live Launch), Zoom live sessions, private chats, and any official LYS community channel.

1. Who We Are

Last Year Single (LYS) is an online community founded by Jackie Dorman and operated by Jane Media, LLC. We exist to help singles prepare well for lasting marriage — body, heart, mind, and life. We are a community of learners, coaches, and fellow travelers walking toward healthy relationships and strong families.

2. Our Values & What This Community Is For

We believe being known in community is powerful. When a group shares a common purpose, it builds safety, clarity, and momentum. It also naturally draws the right people in — and gives the wrong-fit people a clear reason to look elsewhere. That's a feature, not a bug.

We are intentionally not a general dating forum, a debate club, a therapy group, a pickup advice community, or a platform for hookup culture. If that's what you're looking for, there are other communities better suited to your goals.

3. Encouraged Behaviors

This community thrives when members:

• Show up honestly. Real questions, real struggles, real wins. Polish is not the goal; truth is.
• Lead with kindness. Assume good intent. Ask questions before you push back. Speak to the person, not about them.
• Celebrate each other. Engagements, breakthroughs, hard decisions, small wins — these are the heartbeat of the community.
• Share what's working. Resources, books, prayers, frameworks, scripts, date ideas — we grow faster together.
• Respect each other's pace. Everyone is on a different part of the journey. Meet people where they are.
• Keep the focus on growth. What did you learn? What are you working on? What's next for you?
• Protect the circle. What's shared here stays here (see §5).

4. Prohibited Behaviors

The following will not be tolerated in any LYS community space:

Specific prohibitions:

• Harassment, bullying, or personal attacks — including subtle forms like public shaming, dogpiling, or repeated unsolicited messages.
• Sexual harassment or unwelcome romantic advances toward any member, including private DMs that the recipient did not invite.
• Hate speech or demeaning language based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, or national origin.
• Explicit, graphic, pornographic, or sexually suggestive content of any kind.
• Solicitation and promotion. No selling, promoting other programs, recruiting, affiliate links, pyramid schemes, or business pitches without explicit written permission from LYS staff.
• Sharing members' personal information (doxxing) — including full names, locations, employers, or photos of other members outside the community.
• Screenshots & external sharing. Do not post, copy, forward, or reproduce community content (including posts, comments, live sessions, coaching calls, or chats) outside LYS community spaces. See §5.
• Impersonation of Jackie Dorman, LYS staff, coaches, or other members.
• Misrepresenting credentials. Do not present yourself as a licensed therapist, counselor, medical provider, or attorney in community spaces unless you are one and can verify it on request.
• Illegal activity, threats of violence, or content promoting self-harm of others.
• Spreading gossip, rumors, or private information about other members.
• Politically divisive, contrarian, or inflammatory posts unrelated to the community's purpose. This is not a debate forum.
• Spam and low-effort content — repeated posts, link-only posts, unrelated memes, or off-topic content.
• Creating multiple accounts or returning after a ban under a new identity.

5. Confidentiality & Privacy

Screenshot & Sharing Rule

Do not take screenshots, recordings, or transcriptions of posts, comments, chat messages, coaching calls, live sessions, or any other community content and share them outside LYS spaces. This includes:

• Social media (Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, Reddit, etc.)
• Private texts or DMs with non-members
• Other communities, groups, or platforms
• Press, blogs, or podcasts

Violations of this rule are treated as serious and may result in immediate removal.

What you can share

• Your own story and experience — in your own words, without identifying other members.
• Public Jackie Dorman content (Instagram posts, published books, public videos) — share freely.
• General frameworks and concepts you've learned — without attributing specific stories to specific people.

Your data

For details on how we collect, store, and use your personal information, see the Privacy Policy. For how we handle email and unsubscribes, see the Email Compliance Policy.

6. Advice, Coaching, and the Line with Therapy

Jackie Dorman and the LYS team are coaches, educators, and matchmakers — not licensed mental health professionals. When you share advice in community spaces, you are speaking as a peer, not as a professional, unless you are a licensed professional and identify yourself as such (with credentials that can be verified on request).

If you need professional help

If you are dealing with trauma, abuse, significant depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, or any mental health crisis, please reach out to a licensed professional. We will always encourage you to do so and can help you find resources. See §9 for crisis resources.

Peer support is not clinical support

Members may share experiences, encouragement, and perspectives, but please do not:

• Diagnose other members ("You sound like you have BPD…")
• Prescribe or recommend medications, dosages, or treatment plans
• Provide legal advice on divorce, custody, or contracts
• Give advice that contradicts guidance from a member's own licensed provider

7. Matchmaking & Romantic Connections

LYS is a community of singles preparing for marriage. Connections may happen naturally — that's part of why the community exists. But community spaces are not dating apps, and the following rules apply:

• Do not use community channels to hit on other members. No unsolicited romantic DMs, flirting in comments, or using comment threads as a dating pool.
• If you're interested in a member, ask first. A respectful, private message asking if they'd be open to chatting off-platform is acceptable. One message. If they say no or don't respond, that is your answer.
• Never pressure or guilt someone into a romantic connection.
• LYS does not guarantee romantic outcomes. We are not a dating service, and no LYS program, coaching, or matchmaking discussion creates a promise that you will meet a spouse.
• Off-platform connections are at your own risk. Once you move a conversation off LYS spaces, LYS has no visibility and cannot moderate, protect, or intervene. Exercise the same caution you would with any online stranger: meet in public, tell a friend, trust your instincts, and protect your personal information.
• Report bad behavior. If another member behaves inappropriately in a private connection that started through LYS, report it to us. We take this seriously even though the conversation occurred off-platform.

8. Enforcement Ladder

Moderation decisions are made by LYS staff and designated moderators. We strive for fairness, consistency, and empathy. Serious violations (harassment, threats, doxxing, illegal content, screenshot leaks) may skip steps and result in immediate removal.

9. Crisis & Safety Protocol

If you or someone in the community is in crisis, please take it seriously. LYS moderators are not crisis counselors and cannot provide emergency mental health care. But we will always respond with care, direct you to help, and stay present.

If a member discloses a crisis in community spaces

1. Respond with care, not silence. "I hear you. You're not alone. I'm going to make sure you get connected to someone who can help right now."
2. Share the crisis resources above (988, 911, Crisis Text Line).
3. Notify LYS staff immediately so a moderator can follow up privately and, if needed, remove public content that poses a risk to others.
4. Do not try to counsel or solve. Your role is to connect them to professional help, not to be the professional help.
5. Do not share the member's story outside the community, including "to get help" — moderators will handle escalation.

If you witness abuse, threats, or predatory behavior

Report it immediately to LYS staff at support@jackiedorman.com. We take reports seriously, investigate promptly, and protect reporter identities to the extent possible.

10. Representing the Community Externally

LYS members naturally become ambassadors for the community. That's a good thing. A few guidelines so everyone is on the same page:

• Share your own story freely. Your experience is yours to tell.
• Don't speak on behalf of LYS, Jackie Dorman, or Jane Media unless authorized. If a reporter, podcaster, or influencer asks you to represent us, please refer them to admin@jackiedorman.com.
• Don't use the Last Year Single name, logo, HeartWork methodology, or any LYS materials in your own products, business, marketing, or social media without written permission.
• If you post about LYS on social media, be honest about your experience and your relationship to the program. If you were compensated, given a discount, or received anything of value in exchange for your post, you must disclose it (per FTC guidelines).
• Testimonials shared with LYS for use in marketing must be truthful and represent your actual experience. See also: LYS Testimonial Release (separate form).

11. Appeals & Reporting

Reporting a violation

If you see something that violates these guidelines — whether it happened to you or someone else — report it to support@jackiedorman.com or use the in-app report feature where available. Reports are reviewed by moderators promptly and confidentially.

Appealing a moderation decision

If you believe a moderation decision was made in error, you may appeal once by emailing admin@jackiedorman.com with:

• Your name and the email associated with your LYS account
• A brief description of the decision being appealed
• Any context you want us to consider

Appeals are reviewed by LYS leadership. Decisions following appeal are final.

12. Changes to These Guidelines

These guidelines are a living document. As the community grows and circumstances change, we will update them. Significant changes will be communicated to members through email or in-community announcements. The most current version always lives at the Policy Registry.

Questions?

Email admin@jackiedorman.com. We're always open to feedback.