Safeguarding

1. What Kwokka Is

Kwokka is a philosophical personality quiz. You answer sixty Likert-scale statements and four binary ethical dilemmas. We assign you to one of eighteen “thinker types” — archetypes drawn from recognisable schools of moral and political philosophy such as Stoicism, Rawlsian justice, empiricism, utilitarianism, nihilism, and existentialism.

The result is intended for reflection, conversation, and entertainment. The descriptions are written to be evocative rather than diagnostic. Treat them, as our Terms put it, “like a horoscope you actually enjoy: directional, not prescriptive.”

2. What Kwokka Is Not

To be unambiguous about scope:

• Kwokka is not a mental-health service. We do not provide counselling, therapy, crisis intervention, or any form of clinical support;
• Kwokka is not a clinical or diagnostic instrument. The quiz has not been validated against DSM-5, ICD-11, or any other recognised diagnostic system, and must not be used to diagnose or treat any mental-health condition;
• Kwokka is not a referral service. We can point you towards the resources above, but we cannot and do not assess suitability, route referrals, or follow up;
• Kwokka is not a safe space for crisis. There is no chat function, no triage, no human on the other end of the website. If you are in distress, please use one of the services in the box at the top of this page;
• Kwokka is not a replacement for professional advice on medical, psychological, legal, financial, career, relationship, or life-direction questions.

If anything on the site reads as if it is telling you what to do or who to be, that is a feature of personality-quiz formats in general, not a clinical recommendation. Treat it with the scepticism it deserves.

3. If the Quiz Brought Up Difficult Feelings

Some of the questions ask about harm, sacrifice, mortality, fairness, and what we owe each other. They are intended to be thought-provoking, but for some people, on some days, they will land harder than that. If a question made you uncomfortable, sad, anxious, or distressed:

• It is fine to stop. You can close the tab at any time; nothing depends on you finishing the quiz;
• It is fine to skip. You don’t owe anyone, including yourself, an answer to a question that is hurting;
• If the feelings are sticking around, please talk to someone. The services in the box at the top of this page are good first stops. If you have a GP or therapist already, they are good too.

You are not weak for finding a hypothetical hard. The questions are deliberately edged. Real life supplies enough material for those edges to catch.

4. A Note for Front-Line Workers

Kwokka has, from the start, expected that some of its visitors will be people whose work routinely puts them in close contact with other people’s distress — nurses, paramedics, police officers, social workers, teachers, carers, hospitality and retail staff, charity workers, and others. We mention this here, in plain sight, because front-line work is associated with elevated rates of burnout, moral injury, and post-traumatic stress, and because front-line workers tend to be exactly the people who do not ask for help when they need it.

If that’s you: this site is not enough. Some specific resources you may want to know about, in addition to the general services above:

• Frontline19 — free psychological support for emergency, healthcare, and other key workers. frontline19.com
• The Laura Hyde Foundation — support for emergency-services and healthcare professionals. laurahydefoundation.org
• Hospitality Action — for people in or recently in hospitality. hospitalityaction.org.uk
• Education Support — for teachers and education staff, with a 24/7 helpline on 08000 562 561. educationsupport.org.uk
• Police Care UK — for serving and former police personnel and their families. policecare.org.uk

Asking for help is part of doing the job for the long haul, not a sign that you can’t. Please use these.

5. Children and Young People

The Site is intended for users aged 16 and over (see our Terms & Conditions). Some of the dilemmas — the trolley problem, sacrificing one to save many, the experience machine — are upper-secondary-school philosophy material, but they are still edged.

If you are under 16, please consider taking the quiz with a parent, guardian, or trusted adult. If you are struggling and want to talk to someone, in addition to the services above:

• Childline — for anyone under 19, call 0800 1111, free, 24/7. Online chat at childline.org.uk.
• The Mix — for under-25s, call 0808 808 4994. themix.org.uk
• Papyrus HOPELINE247 — for under-35s having thoughts of suicide, 0800 068 4141, 24/7.

6. If You Are Worried About Someone Else

If you are worried that another person — a friend, family member, colleague, student, patient, client — may be in distress, in danger, or considering suicide:

• If you believe their life is in immediate danger, call 999;
• If they will speak with you, listen without judgement; ask directly whether they are thinking about suicide if you have reason to fear they are. Asking does not put the idea in someone’s head — the evidence is consistent that asking helps;
• Encourage them to contact one of the services in the box at the top of this page, or to speak to their GP;
• If you are supporting someone over a sustained period, look after yourself too — the services above also support people supporting others.

7. What We Do When We’re Worried

Kwokka has no chat or messaging feature, so we very rarely receive direct safeguarding signals from individuals. If a visitor does email us with content that suggests they may be at risk of harm to themselves or to others, we will:

• Reply, where we can, with the resources on this page and a note that we are not a clinical service;
• Not attempt to provide counselling, advice, or assessment ourselves, because we are not qualified to do so;
• If we believe someone’s life is in immediate danger and we have information that could help them be reached (for example, an email exchange that contains identifying details), we may share what we know with the relevant emergency services. This is consistent with the lawful basis of vital interests under UK GDPR Article 6(1)(d), and we accept that we will sometimes act on incomplete information when life is at stake.

8. Contact

For safeguarding concerns relating to the Site — for example, if you have spotted content that you believe is unsafe, or if you want to flag a question that landed badly — please email:

Adam Kesterson
Kwokka
Email: adamkesterson@kwokka.net
Location: Staffordshire, United Kingdom

For anything urgent or clinical, please use the services at the top of this page rather than emailing us. We are not a 24/7 inbox.