Safety and help
Last updated 28 October 2026.
NUDGE is an independent student project. It is not run or endorsed by Central Mindanao University.
If you are in danger now
Call 911, the national emergency number, or go to the nearest safe place and tell someone you trust. NUDGE moderators are not an emergency service.
If you feel low or overwhelmed
The National Center for Mental Health crisis line is 1553 (free, all day and night, English and Filipino). Sources list it with mobile numbers 0919 057 1553 and 0917 899 8727.
Our rules, in short
- 18 and older only, and CMU students only.
- Be honest about who you are. Use your own photos.
- No sexual, suggestive or explicit messages or profile text.
- Phone numbers, social media and other ways to reach someone off NUDGE can only be sent in chat by people with Premium. Share them only when you trust the person.
- No harassment, threats, pressure, scams, hate, or sharing someone else’s private information.
Block or report
- Block from a person’s card, your match list or the chat. You and they stop seeing each other, and the chat is deleted. They are not told why.
- Report from the same place. A report also blocks them. We copy the last messages (and photos, for photo reports) so a reviewer can look at them. The person you report is never told who reported.
- Serious reports (threats, sexual content, under 18) come first. Several reports of the same serious problem hide the account until a reviewer looks.
If we restrict your account
You will see why on screen. You can appeal once for each restriction, in the app. A reviewer reads it and replies, usually within a week.
Meeting someone in person
- Meet first in a public place on campus, in daylight, with other people around.
- Tell a friend where you are going and who you are meeting.
- Arrange your own way there and back.
- Leave if you feel uncomfortable. You never owe anyone a reason.
- Nobody on NUDGE will ever ask you for money. Report anyone who does.
Contact
For help with your account or to report a problem with the service: nudgeofficial01@gmail.com. Campus contacts (for example the CMU guidance office) will be added here once confirmed.