Last Updated: May 29, 2025
Our Commitment to Our Readers
At The Modes, we are dedicated to delivering high-quality, engaging, and trustworthy content that reflects our mission as a modern, inclusive, unisex lifestyle publication. This Editorial Policy outlines the core principles that guide our content creation and publishing practices.
1. Accuracy and Fact-Checking
We are committed to publishing accurate information. While covering subjective lifestyle topics, we strive for factual correctness regarding names, places, dates, prices, statistics, and verifiable claims. Our editors and contributors are expected to verify information from reliable sources. We understand that errors can occur, and we are committed to correcting them promptly and transparently.
2. Originality and Integrity
All editorial content published on The Modes must be original and created exclusively for our platform or used with appropriate licensing and attribution. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. We respect intellectual property rights and require contributors to do the same.
3. Fairness and Perspective
We aim for fairness in our coverage. While we feature curated perspectives within the lifestyle space, we avoid promoting harmful stereotypes or discriminatory viewpoints. In reviews or features covering products, services, or experiences, we strive to represent the subject fairly and honestly based on genuine assessment.
4. Transparency
Transparency with our readers is paramount, especially regarding commercial relationships:
Sponsored Content: Any content on The Modes that is paid for by an advertiser or partner will be clearly and conspicuously labelled as “Sponsored Content,” “Paid Promotion,” or similar, distinguishing it from independent editorial content.
Affiliate Links: Articles may contain affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service through these links, The Modes may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. We will generally disclose the use of affiliate links on relevant pages or site-wide.
Gifts & Hospitality: Acceptance of gifts, products for review, or hospitality does not guarantee coverage and does not influence our editorial judgment or review outcomes.
5. Separation of Editorial and Commercial
Our editorial decisions are made independently by The Modes’ editorial team. Advertisers or commercial partners do not influence our editorial content, topics, or opinions, except where the content is explicitly labelled as sponsored.
6. Corrections Policy
We are committed to correcting factual errors in our published content. If you identify an error, please contact us (see below). Verified factual errors will be corrected promptly within the article, and we will add a clear correction note or editor’s note to inform readers of the change.
7. Attribution and Sourcing
We attribute information, quotes, data, and imagery (where required) to their original sources.
8. Respect and Inclusivity
The Modes is a platform for a diverse, unisex audience. We use respectful and inclusive language and strive to represent a wide range of perspectives and experiences within the lifestyle sphere. We do not tolerate hate speech, discrimination, or personal attacks in our content or on platforms we control (like comment sections, which are moderated).
9. Reader Feedback
We welcome feedback on our editorial standards and content. If you have questions or concerns regarding our editorial policy or the content we publish, please contact us at: contact@themodes.com