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Yeah, allmost all AUPs say "we can fuck you and there is nothing you can do about it" - but most of the time, you expect the company to behave reasonably. Spe
by lsc 17y ago
Yeah, allmost all AUPs say "we can fuck you and there is nothing you can do about it" - but most of the time, you expect the company to behave reasonably.
Speaking as someone who has to write AUPs, this is something I spend some time thinking about.
Sometimes it's pretty obvious, like the guy is selling fake rolexes, etc... but sometimes it's more subtle. I mean, I don't want to be a haven for people breaking the laws, but I also don't want to be a pushover that kicks off legitimate users who have just pissed off people who like to file abuse reports.
This is, I think, why a reasonable AUP and set of policies is important. It should be simple for me, or for someone who works for me who reads the policy do decide how they should react to a particular abuse report.
- kn0thing 17y agoIt would please me to no end if we had a crowdsourced database grading the terms of service and practices of sites. Or some version of AUP that was created with CreativeCommons-like elegance and simplicity...
- lsc 17y agoI'm looking into implementing that (I mean, I need to get my own policies in place; that just seems like the way to do it.) If others are interested, email me.
- kn0thing 17y agoGreat! Sign me up - I'd love to see codified and prominently on reddit. And while I'm at it, I'm going to register a few Hacker News usernames... let's see... Microsoft, Apple, Pitchfork... update: Breadpig has just registered UniversalAUP.com, .net, and .org that I'll donate to wherever we can get this online.