Pleated-Jeans Editorial Standards and Ethics
Our Mission
Pleated Jeans is a humor and entertainment site dedicated to making people laugh. We curate and create content that’s funny, shareable, and worth your time. While our tone is lighthearted, we take our editorial standards seriously — our readers trust us to deliver content that’s accurate, fairly sourced, and crafted by real people.
Editorial Principles
Accuracy: Every post on Pleated Jeans is fact-checked to the best of our ability. When we reference real events, statistics, or claims, we verify them against credible sources. We avoid clickbait that misrepresents what readers will actually find in an article.
Transparency: We credit our sources clearly, including the original posters, subreddits, social accounts, or publications where content originated. When a post is built around content from a specific creator or community, we say so.
Independence: Our editorial decisions are made by our team. Advertisers, ad networks, and syndication partners don’t influence what we cover or how we cover it.
Human Authorship and AI Use
All editorial articles on Pleated Jeans are written and edited by human writers. Our headlines, intros, commentary, and captions are produced by people — not generated by AI. Human authorship and curation is the foundation of our voice, and we don’t outsource the writing to large language models.
We do use AI as a supporting tool in limited, disclosed ways. This may include preliminary research, transcription, image processing, or brainstorming assistance. AI never replaces the judgment, creativity, or fact-checking of our editorial team, and we don’t publish AI-generated text as if it were written by a human.
If we ever publish a piece that meaningfully incorporates AI-generated text or visuals, we label it clearly.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we fix it. Factual errors are corrected promptly, and significant corrections are noted on the post itself. Minor edits for spelling, grammar, or style are made silently. If you spot an error, please let us know.
Sourcing and Copyright
As web creators ourselves, we respect copyright and honor takedown requests from creators who don’t want their work featured, while striving to always operate within fair use for commentary and curation.
If you’re a creator whose work has appeared on Pleated Jeans and you’d like a credit corrected, an embed swapped, or your content removed, contact us and we’ll handle it quickly.
Privacy
We respect the privacy of individuals featured in our content. We’re especially careful with content involving minors, private individuals who didn’t consent to public attention, and sensitive situations. When in doubt, we err toward not publishing.
For details on how we handle reader data, see our Privacy Policy.
Monetization Transparency
Pleated Jeans is supported by display advertising and, in some cases, affiliate links. Affiliate content is labeled. Sponsored posts, when they appear, are clearly marked as such. Ad revenue keeps the lights on, but it doesn’t shape our editorial choices.
Feedback
If you spot an error, want to flag a credit issue, or have feedback on our coverage, we want to hear from you. Reach out through our contact page.