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Some Advice for the Owner of the Site, @system

submitted by Xigbar68 to Voat 3 yearsApr 4, 2021 12:46:13 ago (+17/-0)     (Voat)*

IANAL

Your current rules are limited and with no official Terms of Service:

https://www.voat.xyz/rules.php

For your own legal protection, I strongly suggest you make a Terms of Service at least limiting your liability as the owner of the site. Because right now I believe you're technically open to potential lawsuits and damages by not having an official Terms of Service.

I'm mostly advising you to get a Terms of Service because the current state of the site reeks of a glowie honeypot, but now that I'm effectively stuck here after being kicked off Poal, I'll to have make do here.

@system


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Often times, a Terms of Service limits liability from the owner and administrators of a site. By not having a Terms of Service, an owner of a site opens themselves up to legal damages, lawsuits, and liability. It also means there's no official agreement between the users and owner of the site as far as the use of the service, besides the rules. Generally, a Terms of Service acts as the rules of the service while also usually limiting liability of the owner for users' actions and content.

For examples:

Poal ToS: https://poal.co/tos

Ruqqus ToS: https://ruqqus.com/help/terms