What Changed in the META ToS (July 18, 2024)

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It would be useful to link the mandatory banner to accept new ToS to the changes, so it’s easier to review. Reading the full ToS does not help informing what has actually changed, and while you have not accepted the changes you cannot participate anymore, so it’s a bit problematic. Moreover, there should be a place where one can feedback on the changes, just in case one disagrees and would like further explanations. Right now it feels like you’ve been kicked out of the forum!

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Seconded. It would be nice to know the delta. Maybe I missed an announcement …

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I got feeling that someone came to idea that consent of users is legal need and there should be timestamp for that. And then other someone remembered that hey we have that neat option to use forced user field and now we are here.

Sorry to say this at loud but I keep this as an example of reactive behaviour.

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I agree with this. Also, the user can just check the box without actually clicking on the link. This kinda defeats the purpose.
As for this issue, perhaps there could be a What's changed part above the checkbox?
Additionally, is it me, or is there 2 spaces before ‘terms’?
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This happens around a lot of links next to a checkbox, for example, in the flag modal or the admin site settings.

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The checkbox says “I have reviewed and agree” — so not reading the terms and agreeing is a risk you’re taking on personally. Ultimately no one can be forced to read anything so there’s not much point in requiring a link click.

The diff between the April and July terms is very minor… this is all at the end under the “Changes” header:

The company last updated these terms on July 18, 2024, and may update these terms again. The company will post all updates to the forum.

The company last updated these terms on April 10, 2024, and may update these terms again. The company will post all updates to the forum. For updates that contain substantial changes, the company agrees to either e-mail you, if you’ve created an account and provided a valid e-mail address., The company may also or to announce the updates with special messages or alerts on the forum.

Once you get notice of an update to these terms, you must agree to the new terms in order to keep using the forum.

The most notable difference may be the process, because we now have a feature to force a user field to be completed by both new and existing users:

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