Keep the water clean.

A private wish is between you and the fountain. A public wish is going to drift past strangers, some of whom are having a hard week. These are the rules for the public ones.

Not allowed

• Hate or harassment aimed at anyone or any group.
• Threats of violence, or wishing harm on a named person.
• Personal information — full names of private people, addresses, phone numbers, bank details, anything that identifies someone.
• Links, handles, promo codes and anything else that is really an advert.
• Sexual content.
• Anything illegal, or anything encouraging it.
• Spam, repetition, and keyboard mashing.

How it works

Every public wish is checked before it can appear. Clean wishes go through immediately; anything that trips a rule waits for a person to read it. Anyone can report a public wish, and a reported wish leaves the stream straight away until someone has looked.

Serious things

Some wishes are about very hard situations, and those belong here. But a fountain is not help. If you are in danger or thinking about hurting yourself, please contact your local emergency number or a crisis line — in the Netherlands, 113 Zelfmoordpreventie on 113 or 0800-0113.

Ferraris

Allowed. Obviously.