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Hello, I'm Bommel. Whatever you want to do — save a link, find that thing you saved ages ago, share your best finds, or teach me to be extra clever — there's a short, friendly guide for it right here.

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Platform safety architecture — the complete reference

Every safety and security control on the platform in one place: the zero-tolerance content policy, the seven enforcement layers, all five automated checkers and their thresholds, strikes and bans, the incident ledger, the upload gate, and the web-security layer — with file paths, an honest list of residual gaps, and a copy-paste brief for rebuilding it all somewhere else.

Admin & Safety35 min read
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Set up content-safety scanning (Google Cloud)

A slow, click-by-click walkthrough for turning on the four safety checkers — Natural Language, Vision, Web Risk, and the Gemini page classifier — and then letting clean bookmarks publish themselves without manual approval. Written so anyone can follow, no experience needed.

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Reporting content & the moderation queue

How to report a public bookmark that breaks the rules, what happens after you do, how the automated pipeline decides most submissions on its own, and — for admins — how the in-app moderation dashboard handles the rest.

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Fixing excessive ISR writes on Vercel

Why bot traffic on our public bookmark pages caused a storm of Vercel ISR writes, how we fixed it (dynamic rendering + edge shape-checks and rate limiting), and how to verify and prevent it.

Admin & Safety7 min read
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Connect with people on Bommel

Link up with other Bommel Bot members, LinkedIn-style: tap Connect on someone's @handle page, they accept, and you both appear under the Bommel tab on Contacts. Opt-in, two-way, and easy to undo.

Sharing & Privacy3 min read
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How I tidy your library

Categories, tags, departments, platforms — the little shelves I use to keep everything findable. Here's how the tidying works, and how you can change it.

Getting Started5 min read
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I'll nudge you when it matters

Saving is only half the story. Set a gentle reminder on any bookmark — renew the passport, watch that later, call them back — and I'll tap you on the shoulder.

Features3 min read
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Your own @handle page

Want a place to show your best finds? Claim a handle like @you and get a friendly public page. You choose exactly what goes on it — nothing appears by accident.

Features4 min read
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Shareable collection boards

Group your best public bookmarks into named boards — 'Recipes', 'Best dog parks', 'Cars I love' — each with its own link you can share with anyone.

Features4 min read
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Explore what everyone's sharing

The Explore page is one big, friendly library of everything the community made public — people, their collections, and fresh finds. Wander in and discover something lovely.

Features3 min read
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The Share button, explained

How sharing works, step by step: publish a bookmark to get a link, then send it anywhere — or share a whole collection at once. Simple, and always your choice.

Features3 min read
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Save by messaging a bot

Most good links show up in your chats. So make your own little bot on Telegram, Discord, Slack, or WhatsApp, and just message it — the bookmark lands in your library.

Features4 min read
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Your data is yours: backups and export

A Pro feature: export everything you've saved — as a simple file, a spreadsheet, or a full zip with your documents — and import it back. You can even lock a backup with a password. No lock-in, ever.

Features4 min read
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Local-first, with optional cloud sync

Your library lives on your device first, so it's fast and works offline. Sign in on Free to sync bookmarks across devices (up to 100). Pro adds attachment files, unlimited count, and export.

Features4 min read
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A swipe file for creators

Great hooks, references, tools, and ideas — save them the moment they spark, tag them your way, and turn your best finds into public boards your audience will love.

Use Cases3 min read
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Discord
Connect Discord to Bommelbot

Make a Discord account, create an application + bot in the Developer Portal, connect it to Bommel Bot, and file bookmarks with the /save command — every step explained.

Channel Setup10 min read
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WhatsApp
Connect WhatsApp to Bommelbot

Set up WhatsApp and the free Meta Cloud API, grab your access token, phone number ID and app secret, wire up the webhook, and save bookmarks by texting your number.

Channel Setup12 min read
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Slack
Connect Slack to Bommelbot

Create a Slack workspace and app, get your bot token and signing secret, point Slack's Events API at Bommel Bot, and save bookmarks by DMing your bot.

Channel Setup10 min read
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