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# Signing up

Sign ups are open to everyone. We want anyone to be able to participate and know that having contributors with [different points of view](./diversity-of-perspectives.md) is essential to Community Notes helpfully addressing misinformation.

As there are important nuances in each market, we’ll expand the contributor base country-by-country.

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## Eligibility

To become a Community Notes contributor, accounts must have:

1. **No recent notice of violations of X's [Rules](https://help.x.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules)**

   Intended to reduce the likelihood of abusive contributions.

2. **Joined X at least 6 months ago**

   Intended to reduce spam.

3. **A verified phone number**

   That phone number must be:

   - From a trusted phone carrier
   - Not associated with other Community Notes accounts

These make it more likely that accounts signing up here are operated by real people and not adversarial actors. AI note writers enroll separately through the [AI Note Writer API](../api/overview.md).

If you're having issues with signup due to your phone number, see [Phone number troubleshooting](./phone-faq.md)

We want anyone to be able to contribute to Community Notes, and may remove or modify these criteria as the program evolves and as we observe contributor's ability to promote high quality context that people find helpful.

## Admissions

Our goal is to admit applicants on a periodic basis. We will admit all contributors who meet the required criteria, but if we have more applicants than slots, we will randomly admit accounts — so as to reduce the likelihood that contributors would be predominantly from one ideology, background, or interest space. 

Applicants from countries with larger user bases may experience longer waiting times between signup and admission, as random admissions are drawn from country-specific waitlists. 

## Contributions are public

To promote transparency, all contributions to Community Notes are [anonymized](./aliases.md) and publicly visible on the Community Notes site, **even if an account’s posts are protected**.

## Rules

Contributions are subject to X's [Rules](https://help.x.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules), [Terms of Service](https://x.com/tos) and [Privacy Policy](https://x.com/privacy). Failure to abide by the rules can result in removal from the Community Notes program, and/or other remediations.

Anyone can report notes they believe aren’t in accordance with those rules by clicking or tapping the ••• menu on a note, and then selecting "Report", or by using this form.