Opiniowiki:Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Welcome to Opiniowiki. By accessing or using our platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service, our Disclaimers and our Privacy Policy. Please read them carefully.

Our mission is to transform chaotic online debate into structured, transparent, and accessible insight. Opiniowiki is a Public-Facing Civic Intelligence Platform—a living knowledge base of public opinion, built on a unique synthesis of human contribution and transparent artificial intelligence.

1. Your Account and Contributions

Account Creation: To register for an account, you must provide a valid email address, a username, and a password. You are responsible for safeguarding your account and for all activities that occur under it.

Anonymous Contributions: You may contribute comments without a registered account. To maintain platform integrity and prevent abuse, we log the IP address associated with anonymous contributions. This IP address is not made public.

User-Generated Content: You are solely responsible for the content you post, including comments, arguments, and replies ("User Content"). Your User Content is the essential raw material that our AI uses to generate interactive articles.

Content License: By submitting User Content on the Opiniowiki platform, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, display, and distribute your User Content in connection with operating and providing the service. You are a co-creator of a permanent, citable knowledge base.

2. Platform Use and Nature of Content

A Map of Arguments, Not Factual Truth: Opiniowiki is designed to answer the question, "What are the different arguments surrounding this topic?" It is not designed to provide definitive factual truth. The content is derived from public opinion and should not be interpreted as factual reporting or professional advice.

AI-Synthesized Articles: The articles on our platform are generated by an Artificial Intelligence that reads and structures the arguments made in user comments. The AI's output is a reflection of the user-contributed data. Every sentence generated by the AI is interactively linked back to the source comments for full transparency.

Living Content: Our articles are dynamic and change automatically as new comments are added. An article you read today may be different tomorrow, reflecting the living nature of public discourse.

3. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities:

Spamming, attempting to manipulate the conversation, or engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior.

Harassing, abusing, or harming another person.

Posting content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, or discriminatory.

Violating any applicable laws or regulations.

We reserve the right to remove content and suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms or our community guidelines.

4. Data, Privacy, and Research

Your privacy is paramount. Our Privacy Policy details how we collect, use, and protect your data. Key points include:

Data Collection: We collect User Content, registered user information, IP addresses for anonymous users, and anonymous usage data to improve our service.

Data Usage: Your data is used to power our core technology, foster community engagement, improve the platform, and ensure safety.

Research: We may partner with academic or research organizations. All such partnerships are governed by our strict Ethical Research Framework, which requires transparency and data anonymization where appropriate.

5. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

Disclaimer of Warranty: The Opiniowiki platform is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not warrant that the service will be error-free or that the content is accurate, complete, or reliable.

User Opinions: The comment sections contain the personal opinions of our users. These views do not reflect the views of the Opiniowiki platform or its staff.

Limitation of Liability: To the fullest extent permitted by law, Opiniowiki shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, resulting from your use of the platform.

6. Termination

You may stop using our services at any time. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the platform at our discretion, without notice, for any conduct that we believe violates these Terms of Service.

7. Changes to Terms

We may modify these terms from time to time. We will provide notice of any significant changes. By continuing to use Opiniowiki after changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.

8. Contact

For any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at: admin@opinio.wiki