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๐ก๏ธ Community Safety Note: Please Read ๐งโโ๏ธ๐จ
Hey friends,
I want to take a moment to talk about safety in this community and how we talk to each other here. My goal is simple: keep Crust & Crumb Academy a safe place to learn, share, and grow without anyone feeling pressured, cornered, or pulled into something they didn't sign up for.
Lately I've seen some behavior that raises red flags for me, and I want you to know what I'm looking at so you can recognize it too.
๐ Our Clear Rule
All coaching, support, and conversation should stay inside this community or on the official channels I clearly label and link. No member should be asking you to move the conversation to WhatsApp, Telegram, or any other private messaging app "because they're not active here."
If someone you don't really know tries to do that, especially early in the conversation, treat it as a warning sign.
๐ฉ Specific Patterns to Watch For
Here are some patterns I'm seeing that I consider suspicious and not okay here:
A member starting out warm and friendly, responding to your baking story or post, and then dropping a line like:
๐น "am not usually active on skool easier to chat on telegram @[long string of random characters] and i will be expecting your message"
๐น Or: "this massive wow i will love us to continue this conversation am not usually active on skool easier to chat on telegram @[long string of random characters] and i will be expecting your message."
Notice the broken grammar, the urgency ("I will be expecting your message"), and the immediate push to a private app. That's the pattern.
Then there are the probing questions. The kind designed to keep the conversation going and personal:
๐น "What part stood out to you more first, the look of the food or the branding?"
๐น "What's been the best part of your day so far?"
๐น "What do you usually like putting them on the most?"
๐น "What part made it feel perfect to you?"
These questions, on their own, are normal. People in this community ask warm, curious questions all the time. The red flag is when they're paired with repeated attempts to move you to a private app or a DM.
The pattern is what matters. Not the individual question.
๐ ๏ธ How I'm Protecting You
I'm reading threads, paying attention to comments, and watching for patterns with one goal: to keep you safe.
That means:
๐น If I see repeated attempts to move members off-platform for private chat, I'll remove those comments.
๐น If someone ignores a warning and keeps doing it, they'll be removed from the community.
I'm not doing this to be heavy-handed. I'm doing it because communities like ours are prime targets for people who want to use warmth and curiosity to pull you into scams, pitches, or conversations that have nothing to do with bread.
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What I'm Asking From You
Here's how you can help keep this space safe:
๐น If someone you don't really know asks you to message them on WhatsApp, Telegram, or any other app, especially with language like "I will be expecting your message," don't go.
๐น Don't respond to it. Don't engage. Just screenshot it.
๐น Send me the screenshot in a DM, or use Skool's report feature on the comment so I can take a look.
๐น Trust your gut. If a conversation feels more like you're being "worked" than simply encouraged, you're probably right.
๐ฅ We Protect Each Other
This community is special because you all show up with generosity and honesty. You are the eyes and ears of this community as much as I am. The reason scams don't take root here is because bakers like you recognize the pattern and say something.
I'm going to keep doing my part behind the scenes to make sure that generosity is never taken advantage of.
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