A post that I hope you guys will actually answer, instead of just reading.
Hey, guys.
I'm a beta tester over at Scribblit, which is looking like it's going to be a really fun, fandom-friendly, regular person-friendly, Canada-based, eighteen plus service using LJ's coding. We're trying to hash out the Terms of Service, and I want to directly ask you guys what you want in an ideal TOS/user agreement. I know this has been asked in a lot of places, but I wanted to give you guys a chance to say what you think on a post made by someone who is currently discussing what will soon be a very real TOS. I love my flist and I respect all of you a lot. You can refer your flists to this post, too; the more responses, the better. Even if you're not moving off of LJ, I still want to know what your ideal TOS would say.
PLEASE REPLY HERE, NOT ON SCRIBBLIT.
Quoth test86:
"1. What should be the benefits of paid membership? Should permanent and/or early adopter accounts be created?
"2. I think most of us would probably prefer to see no restrictions at all on content, but there will have to be some basic, very narrow and clearly understandable rules. What content must be restricted? In other words, what kind of content genuinely is illegal child pornography, for example, as opposed to drawings or stories depicting fictional characters engaging in sexual activity? What about copyrighted materials being posted here (like the copy of the Harry Potter book that was leaked to the 'net recently, or copyrighted songs, TV episodes, bootlegged movies, etc.)? "I know it when I see it" is not an acceptable guideline here - we need to be specific about what is not allowed.
"3. When site management receives a complaint about unacceptable content, what should the procedure be?
"4. What should be the procedure for resolving disputed issues
(a) between users?
(b) between users and site management?"
You can also address anything else you think falls under TOS, but please don't tell me features you want the site to provide. I'm not the right person for that.
Thanks, guys, for all your help. ♥
I'm a beta tester over at Scribblit, which is looking like it's going to be a really fun, fandom-friendly, regular person-friendly, Canada-based, eighteen plus service using LJ's coding. We're trying to hash out the Terms of Service, and I want to directly ask you guys what you want in an ideal TOS/user agreement. I know this has been asked in a lot of places, but I wanted to give you guys a chance to say what you think on a post made by someone who is currently discussing what will soon be a very real TOS. I love my flist and I respect all of you a lot. You can refer your flists to this post, too; the more responses, the better. Even if you're not moving off of LJ, I still want to know what your ideal TOS would say.
PLEASE REPLY HERE, NOT ON SCRIBBLIT.
Quoth test86:
"1. What should be the benefits of paid membership? Should permanent and/or early adopter accounts be created?
"2. I think most of us would probably prefer to see no restrictions at all on content, but there will have to be some basic, very narrow and clearly understandable rules. What content must be restricted? In other words, what kind of content genuinely is illegal child pornography, for example, as opposed to drawings or stories depicting fictional characters engaging in sexual activity? What about copyrighted materials being posted here (like the copy of the Harry Potter book that was leaked to the 'net recently, or copyrighted songs, TV episodes, bootlegged movies, etc.)? "I know it when I see it" is not an acceptable guideline here - we need to be specific about what is not allowed.
"3. When site management receives a complaint about unacceptable content, what should the procedure be?
"4. What should be the procedure for resolving disputed issues
(a) between users?
(b) between users and site management?"
You can also address anything else you think falls under TOS, but please don't tell me features you want the site to provide. I'm not the right person for that.
Thanks, guys, for all your help. ♥