You’re correct, thanks. I’m not sure what’s the perfect wording to not annoy users when they register. But still to make them aware that actually clicking the URLs and reading them is important.
Actually, it would need 2 fields - one for accepting the ToS, and the second to have read and understood the FAQ/guidelines. I’ve heavily modified the FAQ as the platform is more like QA and users tend to not know what to collect when asking a question. Similar thing with GitHub and issue templates, e.g. provide the OS, configs, logs and where to look for “troubleshoot on your own”.
I’ve asked our community what they do think, might need til next week for feedback. Weekend is where not many look into monitoring questions in their spare time and there’s expected low traffic.
If you scroll down on https://monitoring-portal.org, you’ll recognise the footer. I’ve added this as German law requires your to have an URL to your legal notice (“impressum” in German) on every single page. This lists personal details such as name and address where the owner can be contacted. I haven’t had that in Austria, but Germany is more special on that.
It is far from perfect and not very “fancy”, but it works for me to be on the safe legal side. Germany is known for legal notice trolls because of that law requirement.