Member Guide
Welcome to Manavgoat.
This page briefly explains how your profile works, what you can share and how member badges are used.
1. Your Profile
Depending on your profile visibility settings, your Display Name, Profile URL, Profile Photo and optional profile fields may be visible to other members and may allow people to interact with you. If you hide your profile, your profile page and social features may be hidden or limited. This may also limit how other members can find you, view your profile, interact with you or how you can interact with them in the community.
Your First Name, Last Name and email address are not shown to other members or site visitors, whether your profile is public or hidden.
Fields below are optional. Fill in only what you feel comfortable sharing. However, completing your profile can help other members understand your language, travel style, interests and connection to Manavgat more easily.
About — Write a short introduction about you, your trip, local experience or interests.
Example: Visiting Side with my family and looking for local tips.
Preferred Language — Write the language you prefer to use in the community.
Examples: English, Deutsch, Русский.
Country / From — Write where you are from or connected to.
Examples: Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Türkiye, Netherlands.
User Type — Write what best describes you in the community.
Examples: Tourist, Local, Expat / Resident, Student.
Staying / Interested Area — Write the area in Manavgat or nearby that you are staying in or interested in.
Examples: Side, Manavgat Center, Kumköy, Evrenseki, Sorgun, Titreyengöl.
Travel Style — Write how you usually travel or who you are travelling with.
Examples: Solo, Couple, Family, Friends / Group, Long-term Stay, Digital Nomad.
Interests — Write the topics you are interested in.
Examples: Beaches, Food, Nature, History, Shopping, Nightlife, Adventure, Photography, Day Trips.
Please do not share private details such as phone numbers, exact addresses, hotel room numbers, passport details, payment information or private documents.
2. Community Rules & Language
Manavgoat Community (GoatCommunity) is for questions, tips, real experiences and helpful local information.
Manavgoat supports three languages: English, Deutsch and Русский. Its visitor-facing content, guides, tools and features for exploring Manavgat are available in all three, allowing visitors to discover the area and use the platform comfortably in their preferred language. English serves as Manavgoat’s shared base language and is recommended within the Manavgoat Community when members wish to reach the widest possible audience; however, posts and comments in Deutsch or Русский are equally welcome. Community and member-created content may appear in any of these languages or in the language in which it was originally shared.
Automated system emails may be sent in English, Deutsch or Русский, depending on the recipient’s recorded language and the availability of a translated email version. If the recipient’s recorded language is neither Deutsch nor Русский, or if no matching translated version is available, the email will be sent in English.
Advertising, selling, spam and business promotion are not allowed. This includes service offers, discount codes, booking links, affiliate links, WhatsApp sales messages, repeated commercial posts and profile-based advertising. Advertising may lead to a permanent ban.
Naming, shaming, targeting or attacking people and businesses is not allowed. Do not use Manavgoat to accuse, expose, insult or damage the reputation of individuals, hotels, restaurants, shops, drivers, agencies, companies, institutions or other members. Targeting may lead to a permanent ban.
Your Display Name, Profile URL and optional profile fields must not include advertising, business promotion, phone numbers, websites, QR codes, offensive content, sexual content, hate speech, impersonation, official authority names or misleading information.
Manavgoat may remove profile information, change visibility, suspend accounts or ban members who use their profile for advertising, spam, harmful content, impersonation or abuse.
You may use your own photo, a travel photo, an avatar or another image you have the right to use.
Profile photos must not include ads, business logos, phone numbers, websites, QR codes, offensive content, sexual content, hate symbols, impersonation or photos of other people without permission.
Manavgoat may remove profile photos and may suspend or ban members who use profile photos for advertising, spam, impersonation, harmful content or abuse.
Please be respectful, helpful and clear.
You are responsible for the content you share on Manavgoat, including posts, comments, photos, profile information, reviews, tips and any other user-generated content.
Please make sure that anything you share is respectful, lawful, accurate to the best of your knowledge and does not violate anyone’s privacy, rights or intellectual property.
Manavgoat is not responsible for user-generated content or any legal issues, disputes, claims or damages that may arise from content shared by members, to the extent permitted by law.
3. Member Badges
Badges are given manually by Manavgoat.
Helpful Goat — For useful, respectful and practical contributions.
Local Goat — For reliable local knowledge about Manavgat, Side and nearby areas.
Travel Goat — For valuable travel experience shared with others.
Photo Goat — For useful, clear or inspiring photos from Manavgat and nearby areas.
Verified Goat — For trusted contributors, moderators, team helpers or verified representatives.
Manav Goat — Official founder badge of Manavgoat.
Badges are not automatic. Manavgoat may add, remove or update badges when needed.
If you think you have earned a badge, you may email Manavgoat at contact@manavgoat.com with your Display Name, Profile URL and a short explanation. Badge requests are reviewed manually and are not guaranteed.
4. Account Control and Email Preferences
Manavgoat uses Wix as its website and member service provider. Due to the current Wix member system, members may not be able to delete their account directly from the website.
You may be able to remove your account through the Spaces by Wix mobile app, or you can hide your profile from your profile visibility settings.
If you want Manavgoat to remove your account manually, please use the form in the website footer and select “Account Removal Request” as the subject.
If your account activity does not require review for legal, security, moderation, dispute or technical reasons, your account may be removed as soon as possible.
You can manage your email and subscription preferences from your account settings. Manavgoat does not send promotional emails unless you have subscribed, enabled relevant email preferences or clearly agreed to receive them. Necessary account, security, technical or service-related emails may still be sent.
5. Final Note
For more details, please read the relevant Manavgoat policies, including our Community Guidelines, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Content Policy and Photo & Media Policy.
You can find all Manavgoat policy pages in the website footer.
Be useful. Be respectful. Protect privacy. Do not advertise. Do not target people or businesses.
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