1. Introduction
We at ADS GmbH (collectively as “ADS”, “we”, “us” or “our”), including FollowTheQuote.com (hereinafter as “service”, empower anyone to connect with others around what they love about quotes. With that mission comes a responsibility to keep every member safe and happy. Therefore, please read our terms of service carefully, because they apply to every single visitor and member. All visitor and members of the service must be at least 16 years old. We will delete all unauthorized and prohibited content, possibly suspend you for wrongdoing and delete your account completely.
2. Prohibited content
2.1 Copyright and intellectual property
In general, if you post something, you should either own it or have gotten permission to post it. Don’t claim authorship over content that you didn’t create.
If you see copyright infringement, we encourage you to report that user – in the service or send us an email to report @ followthequote.com
2.2 Harassment and hate
Be kind. Communities are about people coming together because they share something in common. We take this very seriously, and explicitly ban:
- Hate speech. Content that attacks or vilifies people based on things like race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability is not allowed. For example, don’t use slurs or epithets, don’t attack profanity, don’t express hatred toward a group of people, don’t glorify the suffering of a group of people and don’t express supremacism.
- Harassment and bullying. Making others feel unsafe is not allowed. For example, don’t share personal information about others, don’t publish content with the intent to embarrass or harm another person, don’t tell someone to hurt themselves or to commit suicide, and don’t create fake accounts to impersonate another person and harass them.
- Threats, violent, or dangerous behaviour. The following types of threats are prohibited and may also result us reporting you to law enforcement or emergency officials. For example, terrorism or mass violence, physical harm or murder, hacking or threatening to others, self-harm or suicide, and blackmail.
- Inappropriate requests for personal data. Don’t make inappropriate or unwanted requests for personal information or photos. Context matters here but, generally speaking, asking for other’s contact information or for them to send you photos is prohibited.
If you feel harassed, we encourage you to report that user – in the service or send us an email to report @ followthequote.com
2.3 Spam and self-promotion
We want everyone to enjoy the content and discussions they want. Some activities ruin that experience. Some examples:
- Super annoying, off-topic messages
- Automated posting, messages, comments, or automated anything
- Making the same post, message, or comment over and over again
- Promoting yourself, or anything else about you in a repetitive or impersonal manner
- Promoting anything outside the service
If you feel bothered, we encourage you to report that user – in the service or send us an email to report @ followthequote.com
2.4 Sexual content and NSFW
We aren’t going to list off every type of weird thing we don’t allow, but a good rule of thumb is: if you think it’s sexual, it probably is, and it shouldn’t be posted here.
- Nudity is NOT allowed. Art depicting nudity is NOT allowed.
- Explicit and implicit sexual content is NOT allowed.
- Sexual content is NOT allowed.
- Content that encourages or celebrates sexual violence, exploitation, prostitution, or sex trade is NOT allowed.
- Text-based sexual content is NOT allowed.
- To discuss sexual themes and related topics is NOT allowed.
- Any behaviour or content that sexualizes minors is NOT allowed.
If you feel harassed, we encourage you to report that user – in the service or send us an email to report @ followthequote.com
2.5 Self-harm
Anything that promotes, glorifies, or encourages self-harm or eating disorders isn’t allowed. If it could intentionally physically, emotionally, or mentally harm anyone, it has no place here.
If you see someone telling or discussing harming themselves or others, we encourage you to report that user – in the service or send us an email to report @ followthequote.com
2.6 Unsafe or illegal content
Content depicting actual illegal, unsafe, or criminal activity is NOT allowed. Some examples of this include anything that could harm minors, dangerous activity involving regulated goods or services, violent crimes or terrorism and self-harm or harm to others. It is also prohibited to offer raffles, sweepstakes, games of chance or merit, or the opportunity to gamble, if you require users to pay in order to potentially win a prize.
If you see illegal content, we encourage you to report that user – in the service or send us an email to report @ followthequote.com
2.7 Other kinds of graphic/gross content
Don’t post real gore or graphic violence to shock other members. Don’t post anything that depicts the mutilation, torture, or harm of human beings, animals, or any thinking, feeling being.
To determine whether content crosses the line, we review the general context of the imagery and take things into consideration such as,
- if it depicts actual torture, pain, dismemberment, or violence involving real people or animals.
- if it invokes a feeling of shock, sickness, or pain in the viewer.
- if the content is abnormally grotesque or exaggerated.
- if it depicts bodily fluids.
If you see improper content, we encourage you to report that user – in the service or send us an email to report @ followthequote.com
3. Usage restrictions
3.1 Content of the service
DON’T copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, reformat, delete, reverse engineer, store, cache, aggregate, publish, post, rent, sell, share, sublicense, syndicate, or otherwise provide to others, or use any content obtained on or through this service, in whole or in part.
3.2 Access the service
DON’T access, other than connecting to our service and servers by http requests using a browser, or disrupt, overwhelm, attack, hack, damage, tamper or interfere with, the service including without limitation any content, communications, messaging, programming, hardware and functionality on our service, servers or databases, or impede or interfere with others’ access, visitation, and/or use of the service, in any way or by any means, whether remotely or by access to our personal property, premises, or otherwise, including, without limitation, by using administrator passwords or by masquerading as an administrator while using the service or otherwise.
3.3 Damage the service
DON’T post, upload, transmit, send or otherwise make available on or through the service any software disabling devices, time bombs, trojan horses, cancelbots, viruses, worms, bugs, corrupted files, spyware, adware, malware, malicious programs or code, or devices or defects of similar nature.
4. Use of content supplied by you
4.1 Privacy Policy
To learn about our use of information about you and your computer, mobile or other device that may be collected in connection with your access, visitation and/or use of the service, please read our privacy policy.
4.2 Content is publicly accessible
Please be aware that content you disclose in publicly accessible portions of the service may be available to other users, so you should be mindful of personally identifiable information and sensitive content you may wish to post. We are not responsible for the consequences of content or personally identifiable information you post, upload, send or otherwise make available on this service.
4.3 Ownership and useright of the content
Except as expressly provided otherwise in the agreement, you or the owner of any content you post, upload, send or otherwise make available on or through the service retains ownership of all rights, title, and interests in such content. However, by posting, uploading, transmitting, sending or otherwise making available content, registering for the service, or engaging in any other form of communication with us you irrevocably grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide useright and license to copy, reproduce, modify, edit, crop, alter, revise, adapt, translate, enhance, reformat, remix, rearrange, resize, move, remove, delete, erase, reverse-engineer, store, cache, aggregate, publish, distribute, broadcast, perform, rent, sell, share, sublicense, syndicate, or otherwise provide to others, use, or change all such content and communications, in any medium (now in existence or hereinafter developed) and for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and to authorize others to do so. Among other things, this means that we may use any ideas, suggestions, developments, and/or inventions that you post, upload, send or otherwise make available in any manner as we see fit without any compensation or attribution to you. In any event, you should make copies of or otherwise backup any and all content, personal data or communications you post, upload, send or otherwise make available on or through the service that you may wish to retain.
4.4 Sources for the images and graphics used in the service:
On the one hand, image material on this site is used from services such as https://unsplash.com, https://pexels.com and https://thenounproject.com. On the other hand, images and text are generated with the help of artificial intelligence and partly edited manually.
5. Moderation
Our team has many tools to help keep communities safe, friendly, and fun. We help members by providing tons of moderation support, especially with inappropriate content. The team reviews content that is reported to us by other users. We also use technology to help us detect policy violations before other users have to report it us. These tools help us look for things like hateful content, dangerous activity, or pornographic content sent on the service. Much of this content is automatically removed to minimize its presence on the service.
We take the safety of our service extremely seriously and work to prevent members from encountering content that violates our terms of service. Although the team will attempt to keep all objectionable posts, it is impossible for us to review all posts. All posts express the views of the members, and neither the owners of this service or the team will be held responsible for the content of any post.
We do not claim any responsibility for the materials posted by the members. Members are solely responsible for the content of their posts. Any member found improper posting will be suspended without warning. Please remember: we will delete all unauthorized and prohibited content, possibly suspend you for wrongdoing, delete your account completely and reserve the right to disclose any and all information deemed necessary to the appropriate authorities.
By agreeing to these terms of service, you warrant that you will not post any content which is hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws and regulations.
If you have any questions or comments concerning these terms of service, you may contact our representatives with the following information: ADS GmbH, attn. Legal, Bergstr. 128-130, 58095 Hagen, Germany, or email legal @ followthequote.com
These terms of service are ever evolving and are therefore subject to change at any time.
6. Legal responsibility
The published statements and advice have been carefully prepared. However, no guarantee is given for success, and liability for personal injury, property damage and financial loss is also excluded.