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Moderation

This section is for providers who want their solution or data offers to appear in the Approved category in Marketplace GUI. As a prerequisite, you must complete the Providers and Offers guide.

Super Protocol is a permissionless cloud and does not moderate or restrict offers or deployments. Providers can create any offers on the blockchain, which will be accessible by users through SPCTL. However, the Marketplace GUI is a separate Super Protocol product where offers are presented in a transparent and user-friendly manner.

Offer filter​

Marketplace GUI has a special filter that divides the offers into four categories:

  • Super Protocol: offers provided by Super Protocol
  • Approved: community offers reviewed by the Super Protocol team and considered acceptably operational
  • Unmoderated: community offers that were not reviewed; all new offers appear here
  • Inactive: community offers that do not respond and, therefore, are nonfunctional and likely abandoned. Read about Inactive offers

These categories are exclusive meaning an offer can belong only to one category. Offers with the Disabled status do not appear in the Marketplace GUI. Providers can use offers disable and offers enable commands to manage this.

Requirements​

Your offer should be well-documented and operational. It also should not contain anything illegal.

Well-documented​

The offer description must explain:

  • What your solution does.
  • The expected result; provide an example.
  • For solution offers: what kind of data the offer uses; provide examples of the required format and structure.
  • For data offers: what kind of data the offer contains; provide examples of the format and structure.

In the description, you can also use HTML links to outside resources like GitHub for additional information or downloads of your offer content. By default, neither the users nor the Super Protocol team have access to the actual content of your offers due to confidentiality reasons.

Operational​

Your offer has to work. Test it locally and deploy it to Super Protocol before turning it into an offer. After you create the offer, test it before submitting it for review.

Not illegal​

Super Protocol does not condone any type of illegal operations.

Your offer, its description, and HTML links to external resources must not be related to any of the following:

  • Copyright infringement: Uploading, sharing, or distributing copyrighted material without proper authorization
  • Illegal file sharing: Sharing or distributing illegal content such as pirated software, movies, or music
  • Hacking/cyberattacks: Attempting to gain unauthorized access to systems, networks, or data
  • Data theft: Stealing sensitive information or personal data belonging to others
  • Fraudulent activities: Engaging in scams, phishing, or other fraudulent schemes.
  • Distribution of malware: Uploading or distributing malicious software or viruses.
  • DDoS attacks: Launching Distributed Denial of Service attacks against websites or networks.
  • Child exploitation: Sharing, distributing, or possessing child pornography or related material.
  • Terrorist activities: Planning, promoting, or participating in terrorist activities.
  • Money laundering: Using cloud services to facilitate illegal financial transactions.

Moderation process​

  1. Create an offer following the Providers and Offers guide. Your offer will appear in Marketplace GUI in the Unmoderated category.
  2. Check that your new offer is fully functional and can be ordered using SPCTL.
  3. Create a new post on Super Protocol Discord in the #offers channel:
    • Make sure that it follows the naming convention: "Offer ###. The name of your offer" For example: "Offer 12. Tunnels Launcher".
    • Add a link to the offer in Marketplace GUI. The link is what you see when you open an offer window. It looks something like marketplace.superprotocol.com/?offer=offerId%3D12&tab=about.
    • Introduce yourself and your work to the community (optional).
    • Use Markdown to make your post more presentable.
  4. Answer questions by our moderators. They will look at your offer and make a test order.
  5. If all is fine, your offer will be moved to the Approved category.
  6. If your offer becomes Inactive, contact the Super Protocol team in the offer's post or create a ticket.

Note that other users may provide feedback on your offer using the same offer's post.