Terms of Service — Thonest

1. Who we are

Thonest (“Thonest,” the “Service,” “we,” “us”) is a public registry of claims and the tests that settle them. The Service is owned and operated by Flocksy LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company (“Flocksy”). References to Thonest in these Terms are references to Flocksy LLC doing business as Thonest. By accessing or using the Service you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. What the Service is

Thonest records public statements — predictions, forecasts, and other claims — together with their source, the date they were made, the date they were registered, and, where one can be defined from the speaker’s own words, the test that settles them. Cryptographic fingerprints of records are anchored to a public blockchain so that records cannot be silently edited or backdated. Thonest documents what was said; it does not judge speakers, offer opinions about them, or decide whether they were wise. Where a locked test resolves, the outcome is reported mechanically against that pre-registered test.

3. Accounts

You must provide accurate information when creating an account, keep your credentials confidential, and be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live). You are responsible for activity under your account. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

4. Your submissions

You are responsible for ensuring your submissions are lawful, accurately attributed, and permitted under these Terms. When you submit a statement, a source, or any other content, you represent and warrant that: (a) the source is lawfully public and you are entitled to submit it; (b) the wording is verbatim and you have not altered the words, the attribution, or the surrounding context in any way that changes their meaning; (c) the statement is correctly attributed to the person who actually made it; (d) the submission concerns a matter of public concern and does not target a private individual; (e) you are not submitting it for the purpose of harassing, defaming, or retaliating against anyone; and (f) the submission violates no law or third-party right. You further acknowledge that you have no obligation to submit anything, and do so voluntarily and at your own risk.

You grant Flocksy a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to host, store, reproduce, display, distribute, and archive your submissions as part of the registry, including within the public dataset and API. Submissions are checked against their sources; we may refuse, decline to publish, or withdraw any submission at our sole discretion, with or without reason, and without that discretion making us the publisher of anything.

4a. Our role: a registry, not a publisher

Thonest is an interactive computer service that hosts content provided by others. Statements in the registry are submitted by users or drawn from sources users identify, and are attributed to the person who made them at the source we link. Flocksy is not the author or speaker of those statements, and hosting a statement is not an endorsement of it or a representation that it is true.

We claim the protections of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. § 230) for information provided by another information content provider. We do not claim that protection for everything on the Service. Material that Thonest itself creates or develops — including classifications, normalised descriptions of a claim, resolution conditions, settlement outcomes, and summaries — is our own content and is not covered by that section. Section 230 also does not apply to intellectual-property claims, and nothing here asserts otherwise.

Verification is mechanical and narrow. When we report that a quote was verified, we mean only that the words appear in the source at the location cited and are attributed there to the named speaker. That is a statement about the source, not an assertion that the speaker was right, honest, or reasonable. Reporting that a locked test was MET or NOT MET is the mechanical output of a rule fixed before the outcome was known, applied to a named data source; it is not an opinion about the speaker and must not be represented as one.

Any moderation, formatting, verification, refusal, or removal we perform is undertaken in good faith to keep the registry accurate. Exercising editorial judgment of that kind does not make Flocksy the publisher of user-submitted content, and no such action waives any protection available under Section 230(c) or any other law.

4b. Public statements, public figures, and fair use

Our editorial policy is to quote only the minimum necessary for accurate attribution, always with a link to the original, for purposes of documentation, commentary, research, and public-interest record-keeping. We also aim to record statements made publicly by public figures and limited-purpose public figures speaking in their public capacity, on matters of public concern.

That is a statement of our policy and intent — it is not a representation that any particular excerpt qualifies as fair use or any other exception under copyright law, which depends on facts a court weighs case by case. Third-party submissions targeting private individuals are prohibited under Section 6; see Section 6a on recording your own statements.

4c. Notice, right of reply, and takedown

Anyone — including a person quoted — may contest a record through the dispute process or by emailing support@thonest.com. On receiving a specific, good-faith notice that a record misquotes, misattributes, or materially misrepresents a statement, we will review it promptly and, where the notice is substantiated, append a public correction, mark the record as disputed, or withdraw it from public display. Speakers may submit a response for publication alongside their record. These remedies are available without cost and without litigation, and we ask that they be used first.

4d. DMCA agent

Copyright notices under 17 U.S.C. § 512 should be sent to support@thonest.com with the subject line “DMCA Notice”, and must include the elements required by § 512(c)(3). We review notices promptly and will remove or disable access to material as appropriate. We maintain a repeat-infringer policy and will terminate accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

5. Permanence, corrections, and disputes

The registry is append-only by design. Once a record is registered and anchored, it cannot be edited or deleted — that immutability is the product. Errors are handled through public, append-only correction events displayed alongside the original, and anyone, including the person quoted, may use the dispute process. You acknowledge that registration is effectively irreversible and that cryptographic fingerprints of records persist on public blockchain infrastructure that nobody, including us, can alter.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to: submit fabricated quotes or misattributed statements; harass, defame, or target private individuals; scrape or overload the Service; probe or breach its security; use the Service to violate any law; misrepresent Thonest records as endorsements or judgments; or interfere with the operation of the registry. We may rate-limit, suspend, or block access to protect the Service.

6a. Recording your own statements

Anyone may register their own predictions and statements, whether or not they are a public figure. The restrictions in Section 6 on records concerning private individuals apply to submissions about other people. They do not limit what you may record about yourself. Registering your own call is the primary use of Thonest and is open to every user.

7. Not advice

Thonest records statements about markets, technology, and world events, and reports whether locked tests were met. Nothing on the Service is financial, investment, legal, or other professional advice. Records and resolutions are informational only. Do not make investment decisions based on the Service.

8. Third-party content and services

Records link to third-party sources we do not control. The Service also relies on third-party providers, including AI model providers, hosting, email delivery, archival services, and public blockchain networks. We are not responsible for third-party content, services, or networks.

9. Intellectual property

The Service, its design, and its software are owned by Flocksy or its licensors. Quoted statements remain the intellectual property of their authors and are reproduced as brief, sourced excerpts for the public-interest purpose of accurate attribution. If you believe content infringes your copyright, contact support@thonest.com with the information required by the DMCA and we will respond promptly.

10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY RECORD, VERIFICATION, OR RESOLUTION IS COMPLETE OR CORRECT.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FLOCKSY AND ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR GOODWILL. FLOCKSY’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO $100 USD.

12. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Flocksy LLC and its members, managers, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from third-party claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising from: (a) content you submitted that was fabricated, knowingly misattributed, or materially altered from its source; (b) your infringement of another’s intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights; (c) your deliberate misconduct or unlawful conduct; or (d) your material breach of these Terms.

This obligation is limited to matters within your control. It does not extend to ordinary use of the Service, to good-faith submissions that later prove mistaken, or to claims arising from Flocksy’s own content, classifications, resolution conditions, or settlement outcomes. It survives termination of your account. We may participate in the defense of any indemnified matter with counsel of our choosing.

12a. Assumption of risk and release

Submitting a statement attributed to another named person carries legal risk that sits with you. Before submitting, satisfy yourself that the wording is accurate, the attribution is correct, and the source is lawfully public. This does not apply to recording your own statements under Section 6a, which carries no such risk to you.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, and nothing requires you to indemnify Flocksy for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud.

13. Arbitration and class action waiver

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service (“Dispute”) shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. Arbitration shall take place in New London, Connecticut, or — if you are an individual consumer — remotely or in your home county at your election. If you are an individual consumer, Flocksy will pay the filing and arbitrator’s fees for any claim under $10,000 brought in good faith, and either party may instead bring an individual claim in small claims court. For business and API customers, the parties share the arbitrator’s expenses equally and the prevailing party may recover reasonable attorneys’ fees. Proceedings are confidential. All Disputes shall be arbitrated on an individual basis. You irrevocably waive any right to proceed on a class or collective basis. If this arbitration provision is found unenforceable, Disputes shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New London County, Connecticut, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

14. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

14a. Limitation period, severability, survival

Any claim arising from or relating to the Service must be brought within one (1) year after the claim arose, or it is permanently barred, to the extent such a limitation is enforceable where you live. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, it shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the remaining provisions remain in full force. Sections 4, 4a, 4b, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 12a, 13, and 14 survive termination of your account or of these Terms. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.

15. Changes

We may update these Terms. Material changes will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

16. Contact

Flocksy LLC, d/b/a Thonest · support@thonest.com