FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

If you have a question, you can find the answer here

1. What is Impressle?

Impressle (impressle.fun) is a unique social network where you have to draw by hand, not uploading image files. Follow your favorite artists, give likes to other users' pictures and make your own ones!

2. How to Become an Artist on Impressle?

Log in to your account, or sign up if you do not have one
Go to this page
Draw something impressive
Click "Publish" button
You are now officially a new artist!

3. What is Karma?

Karma shows your reputation to others. Also, more karma -> higher rank. If your karma goes negative, you will be banned

You get +1 karma ...:

For publishing a picture
For every new follower
For every like on your picture
For every comment on your picture

You get -1 karma ...:

For deleting a picture
For every dislike on your picture
If your picture gets banned
If your comment gets banned

4. What is Rank?

Rank shows your skills at drawing on Impressle

Ranks list and how to get these ranks:

Newbie - Given to all new users by default
Artist - Given for getting at least 1 karma
Amateur - Given for getting 25 karma
Cool - Given for getting 50 karma
Skilled - Given for getting 100 karma
Impressive - Given for getting 1000 karma

Also, there are some secret ranks that aren't listed here...

5. Are There Any Limits On Posting Pictures?

No! You can post as many pictures as you want without any limits, but if you will spam empty or strange pictures you will be banned

6. What is [ INACTIVE ] Tag?

Every user should do some activity on Impressle, otherwise the account may be deleted because of inactivity. If the account was inactive for last 30 days, it will be marked with [ INACTIVE ] tag and the account owner (user) will not be able to log in to their account

Just visit the website sometimes, it's not that hard. You don't have to post every day if you don't want to

Also, if you want to leave the Impressle community forever, you can delete your account ( Settings -> Delete Account) and it will be marked as inactive instantly so the other users could understand that this account is "dead"

7. What If My Account/Picture/Comment Gets Banned?

If your account gets banned, you will not be able to log in to your account anymore and other users will see [ BANNED ] tag in your profile

If your picture gets banned, it will not be showed at the Feed page, but users still can view the picture in your profile

If your comment gets banned, its text will be replaced with [ BANNED ]

Just don't be a bad guy and everything will be fine :)

8. Can I Trust This Website?

Absolutely. Source code of Impressle is available on GitHub. You can check it on this repository

9. I Didn't Find The Answer to My Question Here. Where to Ask?

If you have some questions, you can ask on official Impressle Telegram community group. Currently, there are available English and Russian channels and groups. All of them are listed here
Also, you can ask on GitHub ( Impressle repository -> Issues -> New issue)