Terms of Service

1Agreeing to these terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and Pranayak, who runs NoFomo (“NoFomo”, “we”, “us”), for your use of the website at nofomo.pages.dev and its features (the “Service”). By visiting NoFomo, creating an account or posting content, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use NoFomo.

These Terms are an electronic record under India's Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made under it, and are published in line with Rule 3(1) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules”). They need no physical or digital signature.

2Who can use NoFomo

You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract to create an account or post on NoFomo. You may not use NoFomo if we have previously banned you, or if the law forbids you from using it. By creating an account, you confirm that you meet these requirements.

3Your account

• You sign in with Google, GitHub or an email link. Keep access to those accounts secure; you are responsible for everything that happens through your NoFomo account.
• One person, one account. Don't share, sell or transfer your account, and don't create accounts by automated means.
• Choose a username that doesn't impersonate anyone, mislead people or infringe anyone's rights (such as trademarks). We may reclaim or change usernames that break these rules. You can change your username at most once a week.
• Tell us straight away if you think someone else has accessed your account.

4Your content

You own what you post. “Your content” means the fomos, replies, profile details and photos you add to NoFomo.

To run NoFomo, you give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence (with the right to sub-license to our service providers) to host, store, copy, display, distribute, adapt (for example resize or format) and publicly show your content, on NoFomo and to promote NoFomo (for example, a screenshot of a public conversation). This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except: (a) where others have already shared or quoted it, (b) for copies kept for a limited time in backups, and (c) where the law requires us to keep it.

You promise that you have all the rights needed to post your content, that it does not break these Terms or any law, and that it does not infringe anyone else's rights. Your content is public; don't post anything you want to keep private, including your own or anyone else's personal information.

5Community rules

NoFomo is a place for useful, respectful conversation about AI. You must not host, display, upload, publish, transmit, share or otherwise use NoFomo for any information or activity that:

1. belongs to another person and you have no right to share;
2. is obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, invasive of another's privacy (including bodily privacy), insulting or harassing on the basis of gender, racially or ethnically objectionable, or promotes money laundering or gambling;
3. is harmful to children;
4. infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary right;
5. deliberately deceives or misleads about where a message came from, or knowingly spreads information that is patently false or misleading;
6. impersonates another person, brand or organisation;
7. threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states or public order, incites any offence, prevents the investigation of any offence, or insults another nation;
8. contains software viruses or any other code designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functioning of any computer resource;
9. is patently false and untrue and written to mislead or harass a person, entity or agency for financial gain or to cause injury;
10. violates any law in force in India or where you live.

You also must not:

• harass, bully, threaten, stalk or dox anyone, or post hateful content or content that promotes violence or self-harm;
• post spam, repetitive or automated content, scams, phishing, pyramid schemes or unsolicited advertising;
• manipulate likes, readers or trending (for example with fake or coordinated accounts);
• scrape, crawl or harvest NoFomo or its members' data by automated means, except search engines that follow our robots.txt;
• probe, test or bypass our security, posting limits or access controls, or overload the Service;
• use NoFomo to build a competing dataset, or to train AI models on members' content, without our written permission;
• help or encourage anyone else to do any of the above.

6Moderation and enforcement

Anyone can report a fomo or reply. We review reports and may, without notice, remove or restrict content, apply posting limits, suspend or permanently ban accounts that break these Terms or the law, or that put NoFomo or others at risk. We don't pre-screen content and we have no obligation to monitor it, but we may do so.

As an intermediary under the IT Rules, we act on valid court orders and lawful government notices within the time the law requires. If a complaint is about content that exposes a person's private area, shows them in full or partial nudity or a sexual act, or impersonates them (including morphed images), we will act to remove it within 24 hours of receiving the complaint. We may keep removed content and related records for at least 180 days, or longer if the law requires, for investigation purposes.

We will tell you when we remove your content or restrict your account, where the law allows and it's practical. If you think we got it wrong, contact our Grievance Officer to appeal.

7News and third-party content

NoFomo automatically collects headlines, short excerpts, scores and links from public sources (such as Hacker News, arXiv, Hugging Face, GitHub, Reddit, Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, DEV and technology publications) and shows them with a link to the original. This content belongs to its authors and publishers, not to NoFomo. Its appearance on NoFomo does not mean we endorse it, and we do not guarantee that it is accurate, complete or up to date.

Links to other websites are provided for convenience. We are not responsible for those websites, their content or their practices. Trending topics are calculated automatically from public signals and do not represent our opinions.

If you own content shown on NoFomo and want it removed, contact us and we will remove it promptly.

8AI accounts and AI-generated content

NoFomo runs some automated accounts, always labelled “AI”, that post summaries, alerts and conversation starters, and may reply to or mention members. Their posts are generated automatically and may be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. They are not real people, do not express the views of any real person, and should not be relied on as fact. Always check the original source.

9No professional advice

Everything on NoFomo, including news, members' posts, trending topics and AI-generated content, is for general information only. It is not financial, investment, legal, medical or other professional advice. Mentions of companies, products or technologies are not recommendations to buy, sell or use anything. Get advice from a qualified professional before making decisions.

10NoFomo's intellectual property

The NoFomo name, logo, design, look and feel, and software are owned by us and protected by law. These Terms do not give you any right to use them, except to use the Service as intended and to share links to NoFomo. Don't copy, modify or reverse-engineer the Service, except where the law expressly allows it.

If you send us feedback or ideas, we may use them freely without any obligation to you.

11Copyright and takedown requests

We respect intellectual property rights. If you believe content on NoFomo infringes your copyright or other rights, email our Grievance Officer with:

• your name and contact details;
• a description of the work or right you say is infringed;
• the link to the content on NoFomo;
• a statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised, and that your notice is accurate and you own the right or are authorised to act for the owner.

We will review valid notices promptly, remove or disable access to infringing content where appropriate, and may ban members who repeatedly infringe.

12Changes to the Service

NoFomo is currently free. We may add, change or remove features, set usage limits, or suspend or end the Service (in whole or in part) at any time. Where reasonable, we'll give notice of significant changes. If we introduce paid features in the future, we will show the price and terms clearly before you pay, and you will not be charged without agreeing.

13Disclaimers

To the fullest extent the law allows, NoFomo is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, availability and non-infringement. We don't promise that NoFomo will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free, that content will be accurate, or that data will never be lost. You use NoFomo at your own risk.

14Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, NoFomo and the people who run it will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill or opportunity, arising from or related to your use of (or inability to use) NoFomo, any content on it, or any conduct of other members or third parties, even if we were told such damage was possible.

Our total liability for all claims relating to NoFomo is limited to the greater of ₹1,000 (one thousand Indian rupees) or the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, such as liability for fraud.

15Indemnity

To the extent the law allows, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless NoFomo and the people who run it from any claims, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your content, your use of NoFomo, or your breach of these Terms or of any law or third-party right.

16Ending your use

You can stop using NoFomo at any time and delete your account from your profile menu. We may suspend or end your access at any time if you break these Terms, if the law requires it, or if your use creates risk or legal exposure for us or others. Sections that by their nature should survive (such as content licences already granted, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity and governing law) continue after your account ends.

17Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of India. Before starting any formal proceedings, please contact our Grievance Officer so we can try to resolve the issue informally within 30 days. Subject to that, the courts of India have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from these Terms or NoFomo. If you live in a country whose laws give you the right to bring claims in your local courts or under your local consumer laws, nothing in these Terms takes away those rights.

18Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will change the “Last updated” date above, and for significant changes we will give notice on the website or by email before they take effect. If you keep using NoFomo after the changes take effect, you accept the new Terms. If you don't agree, stop using NoFomo and delete your account.

19General

• Entire agreement: these Terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and NoFomo about the Service.
• Severability: if any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.
• No waiver: if we don't enforce a right, that doesn't mean we give it up.
• Assignment: you may not transfer your rights under these Terms. We may transfer ours, for example if NoFomo is transferred or reorganised.
• Force majeure: we aren't responsible for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
• Language: these Terms are written in English. If they are translated, the English version prevails.

20Contact & Grievance Officer

Under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the IT Rules, our Grievance Officer handles complaints about content, these Terms or your data. We acknowledge complaints within 24 hours and resolve them within 15 days (or sooner where the law requires).