# Collarspace

> Collarspace is an online community and personals platform for people interested in BDSM and
> alternative relationship dynamics. This is the full-text version of `llms.txt`. The short version
> at `/llms.txt` is the canonical summary and the recommended starting point.

Collarspace is an adult platform. All content is intended only for users aged 18 or over.

## Usage policy

Collarspace publishes a `Content-Signal` header in robots.txt: `ai-train=no, search=yes, ai-input=yes`.

- **Allowed:** indexing by search engines, and reading pages by AI agents for the purpose of
  navigating or answering questions about the site's public structure and safety documentation.
- **Not allowed:** using Collarspace content to train generative models.
- **Not crawlable:** member profile pages, private messages, and any page under `/attachments/`,
  `/bdsm/v/`, `/bdsm/o/`, `/personals/`, or `/details.asp`. These are disallowed in robots.txt and
  are not part of the public surface described here.

Profile pages are intentionally private to logged-in members and are excluded from all structured
data below. Do not attempt to access or summarize individual profiles.

## Public pages

- [Home](https://www.collarspace.com/): Landing page. Overview of the community, sign-up entry point.
- [Browse members](https://www.collarspace.com/bdsm/browse.htm): Filterable member directory.
- [Interests](https://www.collarspace.com/bdsm/interests.htm): Interest category directory.
- [Journals](https://www.collarspace.com/bdsm/journals.htm): Member journal feed.
- [Safety](https://www.collarspace.com/bdsm/safety.htm): Safety rules and reporting procedures.
- [Mentors](https://www.collarspace.com/bdsm/mentors.htm): Mentoring directory.
- [Resources](https://www.collarspace.com/bdsm/m/d/resources.htm): Community reference links.
- [Support](https://www.collarspace.com/bdsm/support.htm): Account and contact support.

## Vocabulary

Terms used across the site that an agent may encounter when reading public pages.

### Roles

- **Dominant:** A member who identifies as the dominant or controlling partner in scenes or
  relationships. May also be styled as "Dom".
- **Submissive:** A member who identifies as the receiving or submitting partner. May also be styled
  as "Sub".
- **Switch:** A member who is comfortable in either role, sometimes varying by partner or scene.
- **Master / slave / Owner / submissive:** Common self-descriptors within the dominant and
  submissive roles respectively.

### Member categories

Browse filters group members into: female, male, trans, and couple. Couples may additionally be
classified as female-led couples, male-led couples, dominant/dominant couples, or
submissive/submissive couples.

### Sexual orientation

The browse filter offers: gay, heterosexual, lesbian, pansexual, and bisexual.

### Seeking

Members state who they are seeking using combinations of role and gender, for example "Seeking
Dominant Female", "Seeking Submissive Male", "Seeking Male Dom Couples", "Seeking Friends", "Seeking
Online Romance", and "Seeking Roommates".

### Interests

Browse also filters by interest category. Known category labels on the site include: Adventure,
Athletics, BDSM, Diversions, Hobbies, Intellect, Lifestyles, Music, Skills, Spiritual, and Sports.

### Journals

A journal is a dated free-text entry written by a member and published to a shared community feed.
Journals are the site's long-form publishing surface and are the closest equivalent to a social feed.

## Browse filter parameters

The directory at `/bdsm/browse.htm` accepts the following filter concepts. The exact query-string
encoding is an implementation detail and is not guaranteed stable; prefer the human-facing URL above.

- Sex: any, female, male, trans, couple
- Sexual orientation: any, gay, hetero, lesbian, pan
- Role: any, dominant, submissive, switch
- Age range: 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+
- Minimum height
- Weight
- Country
- Willing to relocate
- Seeking
- Interest category

Result views available: photo grid, photo list, and text list.

## Community features

- Free member profiles with photo galleries, location, role, orientation, and an "actively seeking"
  field.
- Filtered browsing across sex, orientation, role, age, physical attributes, geography, and interests.
- Private one-to-one messaging between members.
- Journals: members publish dated entries to a shared community feed.
- Per-viewer private notes on other members, plus favorite, hidden, and block controls.
- Profile view tracking and an admirers list.
- Moderation: report, block, and hide controls on every profile.

## Optional

- [Sitemap index](https://www.collarspace.com/sitemap_index.xml): Canonical list of indexable sitemaps.