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1. Moderation<\/h2>\n

We retain the right, though not the obligation, to oversee content, including but not limited to postings, text, code, images, video, binary files, ads, accounts, account information, flags, emails, messages, and other user communications (“content”) posted to, stored on, or transmitted via our sites and services by any user or any other third party. We also have the right to regulate conduct, whether authorized or unauthorized access to or use of our sites and services, by any user or any other third party. We may enforce these Terms of Use (TOU) for any reason, in any manner, or by any means we consider necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to automated and manual screening, blocking, filtering, exclusion from index pages, exclusion from search results, requiring the use of an application programming interface (API), requiring the use of a bulk posting interface, authorization, verification, and the deletion and\/or termination of content, accounts, and\/or all or any use or access. We may, at our sole discretion and without notice, initiate, terminate, or modify any regulation or enforcement measures at any time. Our actions or inaction to regulate content or conduct or to enforce against any potential violation of these TOU by any user or any other third party does not waive our right to implement or not implement regulation or enforcement measures with respect to any subsequent or similar content, conduct, or potential TOU violation.<\/p>\n

You also understand and agree that any action or inaction by us or any of our directors, officers, stockholders, employees, consultants, agents, or representatives (collectively, “our representatives,” and individually “our representative”) to prevent, restrict, redress, or regulate content, or to implement other enforcement measures against any content, conduct, or potential TOU violation is undertaken voluntarily and in good faith. You expressly agree that neither we nor any of our representatives will be liable to you or anyone else for any action or inaction to prevent, restrict, redress, or regulate content, or to implement other enforcement measures against any content, conduct, or potential violation of these TOU.<\/p>\n

Although our representatives may moderate content on our sites and services at our discretion, our representatives have no authority to make binding commitments, promises, or representations to anyone that they or anyone else on behalf of us will “take care” of any alleged problem or complaint, or that they or anyone else on behalf of us will otherwise stop, cure, or prevent any problem, content, conduct, or purported TOU violation from occurring or recurring. Accordingly, you further agree that any representation (written or verbal) by our representative (or by anyone else acting on behalf of us or by anyone purportedly acting on behalf of us) that we (including but not limited to our representative, anyone else acting on behalf of us, or anyone purportedly acting on behalf of us) would or would not prevent, restrict, redress, or regulate content (including, without limitation, screen, block, moderate, review, remove, terminate, delete, edit, or otherwise stop, cure, or exclude any content), or to implement other enforcement measures against any content, conduct, or potential or purported TOU violation is superseded by this provision and is nonbinding and unenforceable. Specifically, you agree that we, our representatives, and anyone else authorized to act on behalf of us will in no circumstance be liable as a result of any representation that we, our representatives, or anyone else on behalf of us would or would not restrict or redress any content, conduct, or potential or purported TOU violation. For the purpose of clarity, the opinions, statements, comments, posts, and other communications expressed on our sites and services are solely those of the poster and not ours, or our employees, officers, directors, shareholders, subsidiaries, parent companies, attorneys, or other agents. We do not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the information provided by any poster, administrator, or moderator. Administrators and moderators are not our agents, and their opinions, comments, and posts are their own. This paragraph may not be modified, waived, or released except by a written agreement, dated and signed by our Chief Executive Officer and dated and signed by the individual or entity to whom the modification, waiver, or release is granted.<\/p>\n

We also reserve the right in our sole discretion to limit, modify, interrupt, suspend, or discontinue all or any portions of our sites and services at any time without notice. We and our representatives will not be liable for any such limitations, modifications, interruptions, suspensions, or discontinuance, or any purported losses, harm, or damages arising from or related thereto.<\/p>\n

2. Content and Conduct<\/h2>\n

a. Content<\/h3>\n

We do not control, are not responsible for, and make no representations or warranties with respect to any user content. You are solely responsible for your access to, use of, and reliance on any user content. You must conduct any necessary, appropriate, prudent, or judicious investigation, inquiry, research, and due diligence with respect to any user content.<\/p>\n

You are also responsible for any content that you post or transmit, and if you create an account, you are responsible for all content posted or transmitted through or by the use of your account.<\/p>\n

Content prohibited from our sites and services includes but is not limited to: (1) illegal content; (2) content in facilitation of the creation, advertising, distribution, provision, or receipt of illegal goods or services; (3) offensive content (including, without limitation, court-ordered defamatory statements, threatening, hateful, or pornographic content); (4) content that discloses another’s personal, confidential, or proprietary information; (5) false or fraudulent content (including, but not limited to false, fraudulent, or misleading responses to user ads transmitted via our sites and services); (6) malicious content (including, without limitation, malware or spyware); (7) content that offers, promotes, advertises, or provides links to posting or auto-posting products or services, account creation, or auto-creation products or services, flagging or auto-flagging products or services, bulk telephone numbers, or any other product or service that, if utilized with respect to our sites and services, would violate these TOU or our other legal rights; and (8) content that offers, promotes, advertises, or provides links to unsolicited products or services. Other content prohibitions are set forth in supplemental terms for particular categories or services on our sites and services, and all such prohibitions are expressly incorporated into these TOU, as stated in the introductory paragraphs above.<\/p>\n

You automatically grant and assign to us, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant and assign to us, a perpetual, irrevocable, unlimited, fully paid, fully sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), worldwide license to copy, perform, display, distribute, prepare derivative works from (including, without limitation, incorporating into other works), and otherwise use any content that you post. You also expressly grant and assign to us all rights and causes of action to prohibit and enforce against any unauthorized copying, performance, display, distribution, use, or exploitation of, or creation of derivative works from, any content that you post (including, but not limited to any unauthorized downloading, extraction, harvesting, collection, or aggregation of content that you post).<\/p>\n

b. Conduct<\/h3>\n

We do not control, are not responsible for, and make no representations or warranties with respect to any user or user conduct. You are solely responsible for your interaction with or reliance on any user or user conduct. You must perform any necessary, appropriate, prudent, or judicious investigation, inquiry, research, and due diligence with respect to any user or user conduct.<\/p>\n

You are also responsible for your own conduct and activities on, through, or related to our sites and services, and if you create an account on our sites and services, you are responsible for all conduct or activities on, through, or by the use of your account.<\/p>\n

3. Postings and Accounts<\/h2>\n

This section 3 applies to all uses and users of our sites and services, unless we have specifically authorized an exception to a particular term for a particular user in a written agreement. We have sole and absolute discretion to authorize or deny any exception or exceptions to the terms in this section 3.<\/p>\n

a. Postings<\/h3>\n

Users may not circumvent any technological measure implemented by us to restrict the manner in which content may be posted on our sites and services or to regulate the manner in which content (including but not limited to email) may be transmitted to other users. This prohibition includes, without limitation, a ban on the use of multiple email addresses (created via an email address generator or otherwise); the use of multiple IP addresses (via proxy servers, modem toggling, or otherwise); CAPTCHA circumvention, automation, or outsourcing; multiple and\/or fraudulent service accounts, including phone-verified accounts; URL shortening, obfuscation, or redirection; use of multiple phone lines or phone forwarding for verification; and content obfuscation via HTML techniques, printing text on images, inserting random text, or content “spinning.”<\/p>\n

It is expressly prohibited for any third party to post content to our sites and services on behalf of another. Users must post content only on their own behalf, and may not permit, enable, induce, or encourage any third party to post content for them.<\/p>\n

It is expressly prohibited to post content to our sites and services using any automated means. Users must post all content personally and manually through all steps of the posting process. It is also expressly prohibited for any user to develop, offer, market, sell, distribute, or provide an automated means to perform any step of the posting process (in whole or in part). Any user who develops, offers, markets, sells, distributes, or provides an automated means to perform any step of the posting process (in whole or in part) will be responsible and liable to us for each instance of access to our sites and services (by any user or other third party) using that automated means.<\/p>\n

Affiliate marketing by users is expressly prohibited on our sites and services. Users may not post content or communicate with any user for purposes of affiliate marketing or in connection with any affiliate marketing system, scheme, or program in any manner or under any circumstance.<\/p>\n

b. Accounts<\/h3>\n

For each site, a user may create, maintain, and use no more than one account to post content only on his\/her or its own behalf. A user must create his\/her or its account personally and manually and may not create accounts by any automated means. Without limitation, this includes the obligation that the user personally and manually solves any CAPTCHA challenge in the account creation process. A user may not create or use additional accounts or any account of another and must not permit, enable, induce, or encourage others to create accounts for him\/her or it.<\/p>\n

The purchase and sale of accounts and the creation of accounts for others are expressly prohibited. The circumvention of any technological restriction or security measure in the account creation process, posting process, or otherwise for posting content in violation of these TOU is also expressly prohibited.<\/p>\n

4. Unauthorized Access and Activities<\/h2>\n

This section 4 applies to all uses and users of our sites and services, unless we have specifically authorized an exception to a particular term for a particular user in a written agreement. We have sole and absolute discretion to authorize or deny any exception or exceptions to the terms in this section 4.<\/p>\n

To maintain the integrity and functionality of our sites and services for its users, access to our sites and services and\/or activities related to our sites and services that are harmful to, inconsistent with, or disruptive of our sites and services and\/or users’ beneficial use and enjoyment of our sites and services are expressly unauthorized and prohibited. For example, without limitation:<\/p>\n