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Terms of Service

Effective date: April 30, 2026

These Terms of Service govern your use of NoiseGate ("the Service"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years of age to use NoiseGate. By creating an account, you confirm that you are 18 or older.

2. Accounts

✦You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and password
✦You may not share your account with others or create accounts on behalf of others without their consent
✦You must provide accurate information when creating an account
✦You may not create an account if you have previously been banned from the Service

3. Acceptable use

You agree not to use NoiseGate to:

✦Post content that is illegal, defamatory, harassing, hateful, or otherwise harmful
✦Submit fake, automated, or manipulated responses to posts
✦Attempt to circumvent the attention check or quality filtration systems
✦Scrape, crawl, or extract data from the platform without permission
✦Use the platform in any way that could damage, disable, or impair the Service
✦Attempt to access data that is not yours or that you are not authorized to see
✦Impersonate any person or entity

4. Content ownership

You retain ownership of any content you submit to NoiseGate, including post questions, answer options, and uploaded images. By submitting content, you grant NoiseGate a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, display, and process that content for the purpose of operating the Service.

We do not claim ownership of your content. We will not use your post content for advertising or sell it to third parties.

5. Quality controls & silent filtration

NoiseGate uses automated behavioral quality controls to assess the quality of responses. These controls operate silently and are not disclosed to respondents at the time of response. Responses that do not meet quality thresholds are flagged and may be excluded from filtered results.

The fact that a response was flagged is not disclosed to the respondent, but is stored in our systems as part of our quality infrastructure. Post owners can see the count of filtered responses but not the identities of respondents whose responses were excluded.

By using NoiseGate as a respondent, you acknowledge and consent to this automated quality assessment process.

6. Signal Score

Your Signal Score is a reputation metric calculated from your response history and quality. It is used to weight your responses in filtered results. NoiseGate reserves the right to adjust, reset, or remove Signal Scores in cases of abuse or manipulation.

Your Signal Score is not a guarantee of any particular standing, benefit, or access. We may modify the Signal Score system at any time with reasonable notice.

7. Statistical disclaimer

NoiseGate's signal clarity tiers, confidence tiers, and result summaries are statistical interpretations based on established methods. They are provided for informational purposes to help you understand crowd input — they are not professional research findings and should not be relied upon as the sole basis for significant business, financial, legal, or medical decisions.

NoiseGate makes no warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or fitness for a particular purpose of any results generated on the platform.

8. Termination

You may delete your account at any time. We will delete your data within 30 days of a deletion request.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, engage in abuse, or attempt to manipulate the integrity of the platform. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you before termination except in cases of serious abuse.

9. Disclaimers & limitation of liability

NoiseGate is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free from harmful components.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, NoiseGate's total liability to you for any claims arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim (or $0 if you are on the free tier).

We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages.

10. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under these Terms will be resolved in the courts of California.

11. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email and update the effective date. Your continued use of the Service after a material change constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at: [hunter@teamhat.org]

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