How Overcome protects privacy, limits exposure, and supports safety for every voice shared in the room.

Core Principles

  • Anonymous by design, no identity required.
  • No account required to read, write, or listen.
  • Share safely, change names, places, and identifying details.
  • No investigations or reports are filed from user submissions.
  • Optional coarse location if you choose to attach it.
  • Expiry controls: time-based, view-based, or never.
  • Targeted harassment, hate, or illegal content is removed.
  • Audio options: voice concealment and auto transcription.

Integrity & Abuse Prevention

  • Ephemeral checks at publish and read: short-lived nonces validate sessions without identity.
  • Bot blockers: invisible challenges and rotating proofs detect automation without intrusive captchas.
  • Rate throttles: IP-based cooling and burst limits protect against spam.
  • Duplicate detection: similarity hashing reduces repost spam privately.
  • View integrity: blind, k-anonymous tokens prevent view inflation.
  • Minimal logs: only transient abuse signals, no tracking.
  • Human moderation: hate or illegal content is removed.
Technical notes
  • Publish: issue signed nonce, throttle by IP, subnet, and ASN, detect floods.
  • Read: mint blind tokens per story and session, reject duplicates.
  • Abuse wall: sliding windows, exponential backoff, proof of work only on abuse suspicion.
  • No persistent identifiers; salts rotate frequently.
Crisis Support

If This Is an Emergency

Call your local emergency number. US and Canada: 911. EU: 112. UK and Ireland: 999 or 112. Australia and New Zealand: 000 or 111.

Suicide & Mental Health (US)

Dial or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). Chat at 988lifeline.org.
Veterans: dial 988 then Press 1, or text 838255.
Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741.

International Mental Health

Find local hotlines at OpenCounseling, IASP, or Befrienders Worldwide.

Domestic & Family Violence (US)

1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Text START to 88788. thehotline.org

Sexual Assault Support (US)

RAINN: 800-656-HOPE (4673). rainn.org

Substance Use & Recovery

SAMHSA Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357). samhsa.gov/find-help

Child Abuse Help

Childhelp: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453). childhelp.org

Human Trafficking

Polaris Hotline: 1-888-373-7888. Text BEFREE (233733). humantraffickinghotline.org

LGBTQ+ Support

The Trevor Project (youth): 1-866-488-7386. Text START to 678678. thetrevorproject.org
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860.

Disaster Distress

1-800-985-5990. Text TALKWITHUS to 66746. Disaster Distress Helpline

Hearing Impaired & ASL

Use relay service or 711. 988 Lifeline offers ASL video crisis support.

Local & Global

Dial 211 or visit 211.org for local community aid.
For international directories see the WHO site.

Contact

For data, moderation, or safety inquiries, email safety@overcome.app.
We do not provide counseling or respond directly to crises.