Editorial Standards.

ZoneIN's content comes from several sources, and we want you to be able to tell them apart instantly. This page lays out every category, how each is labeled, who authors it, and the rules that govern it.

Every post on a team Board, every reply, every banter line, every upvote, every weather reaction, and every prediction is written by a fan. Fan content is the backbone of ZoneIN. We do not edit fan posts. We do not co-author fan posts. We do remove fan posts that violate the Terms (harassment, doxxing, slurs, threats, sexually explicit content, scams, impersonation, IP infringement) — that's moderation, not editing.

Fan-authored content shows the user's handle, primary team mark, equipped cosmetics (avatar frame, profile-mark, custom flair), and a timestamp. There is no house byline.

When a team verifies its ownership and signs the Brand Page Agreement, designated team representatives can publish broadcast posts on the team's Board. Broadcast posts:

• Show a verified-team badge next to the author name
• Pin above the regular fan feed in fixed order
• Are accountable to the team rep's account (their handle is on it)
• Cannot impersonate a fan or be presented as organic community content
• Are subject to the same moderation rules as any other post — abusive verified-team posts get removed

Static, long-form pages explaining how ZoneIN works — like /about, /faq, /how-it-works, and this page — are written by the team operating ZoneIN. They cover product mechanics, policy, and editorial choices. We do not publish opinion pieces on sports news, predictions, or coverage of specific games on house surfaces. We're a platform, not a sports newsroom.

The News & Media tile on team pages, the "FROM AROUND THE WEB" rails, and the Feed page surface headlines from RSS feeds, subreddits, and partner news sources. Every item is labeled with the original source (e.g., "r/lakers", "arrowheadpride.com", "EPL on ESPN") and clicking through takes you to the source site. We do not present third-party headlines as ZoneIN's own reporting, do not strip attribution, and do not host full article bodies — only the headline + a short summary (typically the source's own RSS description). If your source wants to be removed, email support@mail.zoneinhq.com and we will pull it from the feed registry.

ZoneIN uses AI tooling in a small number of specific places to improve the live-game experience. Each use is labeled and is subject to an admin kill switch that defaults to OFF during launch:

• Post-game recap summaries. When a game finalizes, an AI generates a ~250-word recap thread on the home team's Board. The recap is labeled AI-generated, has its own metadata tag, and is anchored to the final score and the scoring-plays log. Recap generation runs only when the AI Content kill switch is enabled in admin settings AND an Anthropic API key is configured. While disabled, no recap threads are written and any previously-written recaps emit a noindex meta tag.
• AI Top Take in live game threads. During live games, an AI scans recent replies, picks one with high engagement potential, and pins it as the "AI Top Take" for the next 5 minutes. The reply itself is user-written — the AI selects, does not author. The pin is labeledAI · auto-pin and the original reply's author keeps full credit (and earns Zone Points for being picked). Subject to the same kill switch.
• Daily digest summaries (email). When the daily digest worker emails fans a summary of overnight activity on their followed teams, the summary is AI-generated from real fan posts. The email is labeled as a digest; quoted post bodies are attributed to their original authors. Subject to the same kill switch.

We do not publish AI-written articles posing as fan content. We do not co-mingle AI-written paragraphs into fan posts. We do not use AI to mass-produce team-page content for SEO. If we expand AI use to new surfaces, this page is updated before that surface ships.

The line is simple. Fan content is accountable to the fan (we moderate, they author). Verified-team content is accountable to the team (we host, they author and sign for it under the Brand Page Agreement). House content is accountable to the team running ZoneIN (Brand Revolt LLC). Curated feed content is accountable to the original source (we attribute and link). AI-assisted content is accountable to ZoneIN (we label it, we operate the workers, we own the prompt design, we own any errors).

If you spot an error in a house-published page (this page included), email support@mail.zoneinhq.com with the URL and the correction. We fix corrections and update the "Last updated" line at the top.

If you see content you believe violates these standards — AI presented as human, a broadcast post posing as a fan post, a curated feed item stripped of attribution — report it. We treat that as a platform-integrity issue, not a typical mod report, and respond fast.