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Terms of Service
Jan. 27th, 2014 04:21 pmTumblr just updated its terms of service--you have to accept them before you can access the site.
Every now and then I've tried reading terms of service--just for the cussedness of it, just for the I'm-on-the-hook-legally-for-signing-this-thing-edness of it. And I'm reading, oh yes, so reading, look at me read! . . . And then before I know it, in fact all I'm doing is thinking about reading as I scroll rapidly down, wondering just how long terms of service can possibly be.
"I think the only people who read terms of service all the way through are the people who write them," said the ninja girl.
"They could probably hide all kinds of things in there and no one would know," I said. "If they wanted people to really read the terms of service, they could make it known that there are Easter eggs in there--maybe clues to a treasure or something," I said.
"They could put in excerpts from their favorite novels," she suggested.
"Or from their own!" I said. "You could serialize your work in the terms of service--people would be waiting with bated breath for the next update."
As it happens, people have found some interesting treats in Tumblr's terms of service, such as . . .
So there you have it. Tumblr's terms of service--more entertaining than most.
Every now and then I've tried reading terms of service--just for the cussedness of it, just for the I'm-on-the-hook-legally-for-signing-this-thing-edness of it. And I'm reading, oh yes, so reading, look at me read! . . . And then before I know it, in fact all I'm doing is thinking about reading as I scroll rapidly down, wondering just how long terms of service can possibly be.
"I think the only people who read terms of service all the way through are the people who write them," said the ninja girl.
"They could probably hide all kinds of things in there and no one would know," I said. "If they wanted people to really read the terms of service, they could make it known that there are Easter eggs in there--maybe clues to a treasure or something," I said.
"They could put in excerpts from their favorite novels," she suggested.
"Or from their own!" I said. "You could serialize your work in the terms of service--people would be waiting with bated breath for the next update."
As it happens, people have found some interesting treats in Tumblr's terms of service, such as . . .
So there you have it. Tumblr's terms of service--more entertaining than most.
