Guide to PINKBLCK

1. What PINKBLCK is and how to read the platform

PINKBLCK is a social network built around Experiences and their links to reality. People, businesses, places, products, events and other themes can become contexts through which users tell what they lived.

The core logic is: Node → Experience → connected elements. The Node defines the context or theme; the Experience is the user’s account within that context; tags, subtags and manual tags add useful information and connections.

You can therefore explore PINKBLCK not only by author or post, but also through what different Experiences have in common.

2. Visitors, Citizen and Business accounts

Visitors can access the public areas made available by the platform and view content, Nodes and profiles according to visibility rules; some social actions require an account.

A Citizen profile represents a person and is designed for personal Experiences and social interactions. A Business profile represents a business, organisation or professional identity and has its own public identity.

Available functions may vary depending on account type, login status and permissions.

3. Your profile and public identity

Your profile contains the information that identifies your account in the community, including the profile image and the data or information you choose to enter through your private account area.

Information intended for public display may be visible to other users and, where provided, visitors. Consider what you want to make public before adding images, descriptions, location or other details.

Use the private account area to manage the data and settings available to your account type. Never publish passwords, financial data, confidential documents or third-party personal data without a lawful basis.

4. The Node: context or theme

The Node is PINKBLCK’s conceptual starting point. It is not the post and not simply a hashtag: it represents the context, theme or element around which one or more Experiences can develop.

A Node can concern people, places, businesses, products, events or other supported real-world elements. Experiences from different authors can therefore converge on the same context.

If the relevant Node already exists, connect the Experience to it and add a new perspective instead of duplicating the context. Creating a new Node is a separate action for a context that does not yet exist.

5. Creating an Experience

An Experience is the content through which you describe something you lived, observed or experienced within a Node.

The logical flow is: find or create the correct Node, create the Experience in that context, add available structured elements, optionally add manual tags and location, write the text and, if desired, attach photos or videos.

Different Experiences can refer to the same Node while keeping different authors, content, media and perspectives. The author’s original text remains in its original language; optional translation does not replace the original.

6. Tags, subtags and manual tags

Official tags and subtags organise the elements supported by PINKBLCK and help describe an Experience consistently. Interface labels are shown in the active language where translations are available.

Manual tags are an optional extra layer for something not present in the official structure, such as a proper name, person, specific event, particular place or concept.

A manual tag does not replace the Node. The Node remains the main context; the manual tag creates an additional searchable connection to Experiences using it. Manual tags are not automatically translated.

7. PINK and BLACK

PINK and BLACK express how an element affected the Experience: PINK for a positive impact and BLACK for a negative one.

This reflects the author’s perspective and does not automatically declare that a person, business, product or place is objectively good or bad.

PINK/BLACK works together with the Node and the Experience: the Node says what the context is, the Experience tells what happened and PINK/BLACK expresses the sign assigned by the author.

8. Photos, videos and uploads

Experiences can be enriched with media allowed by the platform. Photos and videos document the story but remain the responsibility of the user who uploads them.

PINKBLCK applies the technical checks and limits provided by the service. For large video files the platform may show a warning and offer a link to an external compression tool so the file can be reduced before uploading again.

Only upload material you are entitled to publish. Consider copyright, images of other people, minors, visible personal data, documents, licence plates and other third-party information.

9. Search

Search helps turn published connections into navigation. It can lead to supported result types such as Citizen profiles, Business profiles, Nodes, Experiences and searchable connected elements.

A manual tag can provide an alternative route back to an Experience even when the term is not part of the Node’s official tags.

Categories, subcategories, Nodes and structured elements keep the network organised and connect content sharing the same context.

10. Likes, comments and shares

PINKBLCK is also a social network: available interactions include likes, comments and shares.

Interactions remain connected to the original content. Comments join the conversation, likes express an interaction with the content, and shares circulate the Experience while preserving the connection to the original.

Users can therefore interact with other people’s content and receive likes, comments and shares on their own Experiences.

11. Strette

A Stretta is the social connection between two PINKBLCK accounts and is different from simply viewing a profile or interacting with content.

A Stretta request can be sent and, once accepted, creates a connection recognised by the platform. It is especially relevant to private messaging.

12. Private messages

Messages are private communications between accounts and are separate from public Experiences and comments.

You can search for an account available for messaging and open a conversation under the service rules. Without an accepted Stretta, PINKBLCK limits sending to a maximum of 3 messages to that account.

Once the Stretta is accepted, the no-Stretta limit no longer applies and the conversation can continue normally. Citizen and Business remain distinct identities even if their internal numeric IDs happen to match.

13. Notifications and received activity

Notifications help you return to activity concerning your account and content and can lead back to the relevant Experience, profile or area.

Social interaction works both ways: you act on other users’ content and, where notifications are provided, receive activity generated by others on your own content.

14. Languages and authentic content

The PINKBLCK interface supports Italian, English, Spanish, German and French. A manually selected session language takes priority; otherwise the primary browser/device language is used.

Interface elements, including supported categories and subcategories, can be translated. Authentic text written by an Experience author remains in its original language.

Where available, voluntary translation is a reading aid and does not alter the original. Manual tags also remain as entered.

15. Editing and deleting your content

Authors can use the available tools to manage their own Experiences, including editing and deleting where provided.

Managing an Experience is distinct from managing the shared Node: the Node is the common context, while the Experience belongs to its author.

16. Reports, support and responsible use

Use reporting tools or Support when content or behaviour may violate community rules or the law. Use Support for technical problems and the Privacy contact for personal-data matters.

Use PINKBLCK with respect for other people and their rights. Do not use profiles, Experiences, tags, comments or messages for impersonation, harassment, disclosure of confidential data, deception or unlawful material.

17. In short: how the PINKBLCK network forms

Start from a context: the Node. Tell your Experience within it. Describe it with official elements and, where useful, manual tags. Add PINK or BLACK, location and media, then publish.

After publication, the Experience can be found through search and connections, receive likes, comments and shares, and connect Citizen and Business profiles.

This combination of shared context and personal perspective builds the network: the same Node can collect different Experiences without losing the identity of the people who lived them.

18. Implicit reviews: Experience, Node and PINK/BLACK

PINKBLCK does not require a traditional star rating or numeric score. Evaluation emerges from the Experience, the connected Node and the PINK or BLACK choice.

This can be described as an implicit review: PINK or BLACK expresses agreement or disagreement with what affected the Experience, while text, media and context explain why. It is not an objective certification or an absolute judgement.

Multiple Experiences connected to the same Node allow the community to compare different perspectives on the same context.

19. Linking a public page and importing external content

Where available, a Citizen can link a supported public page or channel, such as a YouTube channel. PINKBLCK stores the provider, public URL and technical identifiers needed to recognise the source.

For YouTube, PINKBLCK can check public content from the linked channel and import new videos as Experiences to be completed, retaining the original source reference and public title, description and thumbnail where available.

A manual import creates a draft. Before publication the user completes the Experience by connecting at least one Node and choosing PINK or BLACK. Automatic checking, when enabled and available, follows the settings offered by the platform.

Linking a public page does not transfer ownership of the channel or its content to PINKBLCK and does not by itself verify ownership or identity.

20. Explore, profile visibility, public pages and messages

Explore separates Citizens and Businesses and helps users discover available profiles. The initial view may show a limited number of profiles and offer “See more users” or “See more businesses” to open the dedicated lists.

Citizens can use the available profile privacy settings. Location and country are shown to others only when the user chooses to make them visible; corresponding settings apply to Businesses. Linked public pages, such as a website and supported social profiles, are displayed when configured as visible.

Public social pages linked to a profile are external references. The YouTube association used for content checking or importing is a separate feature and may require specific linking or verification steps.

Messaging supports conversations between eligible accounts. Strette may affect message-starting or continuation limits according to the rules shown in the interface. Messages and attachments must comply with the Terms and Community Guidelines.

Deleting a conversation removes it from your view. If you later start a conversation again with the same account, your new session starts without displaying the previous history; removing it from your view does not automatically delete that history for the other participant.

21. PINKBLCK services: Work with us and verification badge

The official PINKBLCK profile includes a service centre with functions dedicated to the community. These include “Work with us” and “Request verification badge”, each opening a specific form without turning the official profile into an ordinary Business profile.

With “Work with us” you can submit an application to PINKBLCK. The form lets you provide the requested details, application type, the area in which you would like to collaborate, a short introduction, an optional phone number and your preferred contact method. You may attach a CV in the formats allowed by the interface, and submission requires confirmation that you have read the privacy notice.

“Request verification badge” starts an account-verification procedure. Before submission, PINKBLCK verifies the email linked to the account using a 6-digit code. Once the email is confirmed, you can select the reason for the request — for example public figure, recognised business/activity, creator or official social channel, organisation/institution, or other — and provide information useful for the review.

A badge request goes through a review stage and does not automatically grant verification. If PINKBLCK needs additional checks, the status changes to “Advanced verification”: the user receives a notification and the “Complete advanced verification” card on the official profile is visually highlighted until it is opened.

The advanced-verification form depends on the reason for the request. It may ask for video-call availability for a public figure, a VAT number for a business, or an official URL/reference for creators, channels, organisations or institutions. The user can also add notes useful to the verification.

After the advanced verification is submitted, PINKBLCK continues the review. A notification is sent when a decision is made. If approved, the badge is activated on the profile and the link opens a dedicated congratulations page. If rejected, the notification leads to Support, where the criteria and possible reasons for rejection are explained.

The badge indicates that PINKBLCK carried out the required checks on the identity or representative capacity of the account. It should not be interpreted as a general guarantee of quality, merit or commercial reliability.