Content Guidelines

What this place is for

Graveyard of Memories is a quiet archive of real memories about real loved ones — people and pets who have died, remembered by the people who miss them. Grief takes many shapes here, and all of them are welcome: tender, funny, complicated, unfinished. You do not have to write beautifully. You only have to write honestly.

Because this space holds people at their most vulnerable, a few things can never be part of it.

What is never allowed

• Hate speech, or attacks on any group of people.
• Harassment or intimidation of the living.
• Private information — addresses, phone numbers, medical details — shared without that person’s permission.
• Revenge posts: using a memorial to settle scores with the dead or the living.
• Graphic descriptions of death, dying, or injuries.
• False accusations against named people.
• Exploiting a tragedy for promotion, marketing, or fundraising that the family has not asked for.
• Mocking the dead, or making light of someone’s death.
• Fake memorials presented as real. Fictional tributes must never masquerade as genuine losses.
• Nudity, sexual content, or otherwise explicit imagery.

What happens when the rules are broken

Every report is reviewed by a human moderator. While we look into one, we may quietly hide the memorial so it does no further harm. Content that breaks these guidelines is removed. People who repeatedly or deliberately cause harm lose the ability to post here, temporarily or permanently.

We try to be gentle with honest mistakes and firm with cruelty. When in doubt, we act to protect the people who are grieving.

How to report something

If you see a memorial that troubles you, use the report button on that memorial’s page, or the report form at any time. You do not need an account, your report is confidential, and a moderator will look at it soon. Reporting is never an overreaction — if something felt wrong to you, we want to know.

One last thing. Behind every memorial here is someone who is grieving, and someone who was loved. Before you write, imagine both of them reading over your shoulder — and write with care.