Profile quality guidelines

The one rule everything else follows from

Your profile must be honest, and it must be about you. Amana's entire premise is that people here are who they say they are. A profile that misrepresents its subject is not a minor breach of etiquette — it undermines the reason anyone joined.

This is why we use real names only, with no aliases or display names, and why misleading information can lead to a restriction or, if deliberate, a suspension.

Photos

What works

A clear photo of your face. Well lit, in focus, taken reasonably recently. Remember it is blurred to everyone until interest is mutual, so a photo that survives blurring and then rewards a closer look is doing its job.
You, alone, and recognisable. Somebody meeting you should recognise you from it.
Dressed as you would be meeting a prospective spouse's family. That is the right instinct for the level of modesty this platform expects, without us prescribing anything further.

What we will ask you to change

Photos that are not of you. A photo of anyone else — a celebrity, a stock image, a friend — is misrepresentation.
Group photos where you cannot be identified. If the viewer has to guess which person is you, it is not serving its purpose.
Photos containing children. Children cannot consent to appearing on a matrimonial platform, including your own. Please do not include them.
Immodest or sexualised images. Amana is a matrimonial platform, not a dating app, and this standard is not negotiable.
Contact details in the image. A phone number or social handle written or displayed in a photo defeats every protection the platform provides. See below.
Heavy filters or editing. If it makes you hard to recognise in person, it is working against you anyway.

What happens to your photo

It is blurred to everyone until interest is mutual, can only be retrieved by a signed-in member, and is never on a public web address. Profile and chat screens block screenshots. Photos are also automatically checked for harmful content, with anything flagged going to a human moderator. More on how photos are protected.

Your written introduction

The "about me" section is where a profile stops being a list of attributes. A few lines that sound like a person will do more than a paragraph of adjectives that could describe anyone.

Worth including

How faith actually shows up in your day, rather than a label.
What you do, and whether you enjoy it.
What kind of home and family life you are hoping to build.
Something specific and true — a habit, an interest, something you are learning. Specific is memorable; general is not.

Please leave out

Any contact details. Phone numbers, email addresses, social media handles, messaging IDs. This is the most important one on the page — see below for why.
Long lists of requirements. A profile that reads as a specification tends to be read as one.
Anything disparaging about a sect, ethnicity, nationality or previous acquaintance.
Anything commercial. Amana is not a place to advertise, recruit or solicit.

Why contact details do not belong on a profile

Your profile is visible to people you have not chosen and have not matched with. Publishing a phone number or social handle there hands your contact details to every one of them, permanently, and moves the conversation somewhere with no blurring, no screenshot protection, no reporting route and no moderation. It is a real safety risk, not a formality — so we will ask you to remove it.

Once you have matched, you can share whatever you choose, with whoever you have chosen. Guidance on when that is a good idea.

Voice and video introductions

You can record a 30-second introduction. It is optional, and worth thinking about — hearing someone speak conveys a great deal that written text cannot.

It cannot be played before you match. Profiles show that a video introduction exists, with no way to play it. Only someone you have matched with can watch or listen.
Speak as you would to someone's family. A short, warm, honest introduction lands better than a rehearsed pitch.
Mind the background. Do not record somewhere that shows your street, your workplace or your front door.
Same rules as everything else. Nothing immodest, no contact details, and no one else in the frame who has not agreed to be there.
Recordings are not automatically checked. Our content checks cover text and images, not audio or video. If someone sends you something inappropriate in a recording, please report it — that is how these are caught.

Completeness helps you

Attributes left blank are skipped rather than counted against you — but they also cannot count in your favour. Sect, ethnicity, prayer level, education and marital status all feed the match percentage shown on your card, and search filters only find you on the fields you have filled in.

This is not a nudge to over-share. It is just worth knowing that an empty field is invisible rather than neutral.

If we contact you about your profile

We will tell you what needs to change and why. A first request about profile content is normally a warning, which records the issue without blocking anything. Ignoring it, or deliberate misrepresentation, escalates from there. The full enforcement policy is here.