Terms of Service

1.1. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Chatter platform (“the Platform”), operated by Voxline Holdings (“Chatter,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).

1.2. By accessing or using the Platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and all applicable regulations of the Greater Arkness Falls Metropolitan Authority, the Municipal Digital Conduct Ordinance, and any supplementary zone-specific guidelines published by the jurisdictions in which you access the Platform.

1.3. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must discontinue use of the Platform immediately. Continued browsing, scrolling, or lingering constitutes acceptance.

2.1. “Account”— a unique Chatter profile associated with a verified email address and a single dimensional zone identifier.

2.2. “Account Holder”— any individual, registered entity, or organizationally recognized construct that has been issued valid Platform credentials through the standard registration process.

2.3. “Chit”— a text-based publication of up to 280 characters, submitted through the Platform and distributed across indexed zones via dimensional routing.

2.4. “Re-chit”— the redistribution of another Account Holder’s Chit through your own profile, subject to the same content policies as an original Chit.

2.5. “Content”— any text, image, poll, link, video, or other material submitted through the Platform, and any metadata generated by such submission.

2.6. “The Platform”— Chatter, including all associated web properties, dimensional routing infrastructure, and content delivery systems, operated by Voxline Holdings.

2.7. “Authorized Zones”— geographic and dimensional territories in which the Platform is currently licensed to operate under applicable regulatory frameworks.

2.8. “Dimensional Routing”— the process by which Content is transmitted between Authorized Zones through Chatter’s proprietary delivery infrastructure.

3.1. You must be at least 16 years of age to create an Account. We do not independently verify age except where required by zone-specific regulation.

3.2. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your Account. Chatter is not responsible for unauthorized access resulting from your failure to secure your credentials, your decision to share them, or their interception during dimensional transit.

3.3. Each Account must be associated with a single, valid email address. Each email address may be associated with one Account. Operating multiple Accounts for any purpose is prohibited unless authorized in writing by Chatter, which we have never done and see no reason to start doing.

3.4. Chatter reserves the right to suspend or terminate any Account that violates these Terms, that has been inactive for more than twelve (12) consecutive months, or that is associated with activity our automated systems flag as “unusual,” a designation we acknowledge is somewhat subjective.

3.5. You agree to provide accurate information during registration. Chatter does not require dimensional identity verification at this time, though we reserve the right to implement it in the future if the Bureau of Civic Identity ever responds to our inquiry, which was submitted in 2019.

4.1. You agree to use the Platform in compliance with these Terms, all applicable laws, and the general principle that other people also use this platform and would prefer not to be harassed, deceived, or dimensionally displaced.

4.2. You may not use the Platform to:

1. Post content that promotes or incites violence against individuals, groups, or load-bearing structures.
2. Impersonate any individual, entity, regulatory body, or licensed prophet, or falsely claim affiliation with any of the foregoing.
3. Engage in unauthorized temporal speculation, including but not limited to predictions, forecasts, or claims about future events, without a valid disclosure form from the Bureau of Prophetic Standards. Expressing a personal opinion about the future (“I think it might rain”) is not temporal speculation. Posting specific outcomes with dates and confidence intervals is.
4. Distribute, advertise, or endorse products in O.O.P.S.-restricted categories without the required regulatory clearance and consumer advisories.
5. Post content designed to interfere with municipal drift calibration systems, dimensional routing infrastructure, or zone boundary maintenance.
6. Transmit content that induces, or is reasonably likely to induce, involuntary dimensional displacement in other users.
7. Use automated systems, scripts, or coordinated account networks to artificially amplify content, inflate engagement metrics, or simulate public consensus.
8. Circumvent or attempt to circumvent zone-based content restrictions, including accessing, reposting, or referencing content from zones in which you are not dimensionally present.
9. Post reconstitution instructions, dehydration procedures, or catalytic formulas without appropriate safety warnings as defined by O.O.P.S. Guideline 14-A.
10. Solicit, collect, or store other users’ dimensional zone identifiers, temporal access patterns, or ambient frequency signatures without their explicit consent.
11. Use the Platform in any manner that would cause Chatter to violate the Municipal Digital Conduct Ordinance, the Dimensional Commerce Standards Act, or any regulation we haven’t heard of yet but will presumably be informed about via certified mail.

5.1. You retain ownership of the Content you post to the Platform. By posting Content, you grant Chatter a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, display, distribute, and transmit your Content through the Platform and its dimensional routing infrastructure. This license exists solely for the purpose of operating the Platform and terminates when you delete the Content or your Account.

5.2. The Chatter name, logo, design elements, and underlying technology are the property of Voxline Holdings. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from Platform materials without express written permission.

5.3. Chatter owns all Platform data, including engagement metrics, dimensional routing logs, trending analysis, and aggregated usage statistics. This data does not include your Content, which remains yours, or your personal information, which is governed by our Privacy Policy.

5.4. If you believe that content on the Platform infringes your intellectual property rights, contact legal@chatter.d7 with the details of the alleged infringement, the basis of your claim, and your contact information. We will investigate and respond within thirty (30) days, or within one standard administrative cycle, whichever is longer.

6.1. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Chatter and Voxline Holdings shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Platform, including but not limited to:

1. Loss of data, revenue, or goodwill;
2. Service interruptions, including those caused by scheduled maintenance, unscheduled dimensional events, or regulatory reclassification of Platform infrastructure;
3. Content posted by other users, including content that is inaccurate, offensive, dimensionally hazardous, or temporally misleading;
4. Gravitational variance, temporal displacement, dimensional instability, ambient phenomena, or any other environmental condition affecting Platform performance in your zone;
5. Decisions made, actions taken, or emotional states experienced as a result of reading content on the Platform.

6.2. Chatter’s total aggregate liability for any claims arising under these Terms shall not exceed the total amount paid by you to Chatter in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim. As the Platform is provided free of charge, this limits our liability in a way that our legal team describes as “structurally elegant.”

6.3. You acknowledge that the Platform routes content across multiple dimensional zones and that content may be subject to latency, distortion, or temporal displacement during transit. Chatter does not guarantee that content will arrive in the order it was posted, in the zone it was intended for, or at all. We do our best.

7.1. Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of the Platform shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered by the Interdimensional Commerce Tribunal (“the Tribunal”), which convenes on the third Thursday of each month, provided the third Thursday occurs in that month’s calendar.

7.2. Arbitration proceedings shall be conducted at the Tribunal’s offices in Pellwick District, Arkness Falls, or by dimensional relay for parties unable to attend in person. Remote attendance via temporal projection is permitted but not recommended, as the Tribunal has noted that projected parties tend to “flicker distractingly.”

7.3. The Tribunal’s decision shall be final and binding. Appeals may be filed with the Tribunal’s Appeals Division, which was established in 2014 and has not yet convened.

7.4. You agree to waive any right to a jury trial or to participate in a class action, except in jurisdictions where such waiver is prohibited, in which case we genuinely do not know what happens and would prefer not to find out.

8.1. We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be communicated via Platform notification, email to registered Account Holders, or — in the event of a significant regulatory shift — formal gazette publication. We have never used the third method. We reserve the right.

8.2. Continued use of the Platform following any modification constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree with the changes, your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the Platform and delete your Account.

8.3. These Terms replace all prior versions, including the version from Cycle 44 that contained a typographical error in Section 4 which inadvertently prohibited all chits containing the letter “Q.” That has been corrected. We regret the inconvenience, particularly to residents of Quelm, Quelmire, and the Quendle Heights Quarterly Book Club, all of whom were disproportionately affected.