Terms
Terms of Use
These draft terms describe Threaded, a social reading and local book club app for iOS and Android by Ken Mitre, and the marketing site at threaded.page.
The service
Threaded is a mobile app for reading, talking about books without casual spoilers, finding a reading buddy, joining local clubs, and RSVPing to gatherings in public places. Features described on the website — chapter threads, buddy matching, the home feed, the e-reader, Discover, points, and the Reading Passport — may change before launch and afterward.
No account on this website
threaded.page does not offer an account. Do not send a password to this site, because there is nowhere for one to go. If Threaded asks you to create an account, that happens in the iOS or Android app. Store buttons marked “Coming soon” are placeholders and are not an offer to download.
Eligibility
You must be 18 or older to use Threaded. By using the app once it is available, you confirm that you are. People under 18 are not permitted.
Acceptable use
Use the rooms for books and for the ordinary kindness of a club. You may not harass, threaten, or impersonate anyone. You may not try to get around safety tools, including the block on phone numbers and street addresses in private messages. You may not scrape the service, break into it, or use it to send spam.
Spoilers
Chapter threads are meant to stay with the chapter. If you discuss something a reader hasn’t reached, mark it as a spoiler. Deliberately ruining a book for people who asked for a veil is not welcome.
Messages and meetups
Private messages are not a place to trade phone numbers or home addresses. The app is designed to block that sharing. Meetups arranged through Threaded are for public places. You are responsible for your own judgment about whether to attend. Threaded does not guarantee the conduct of other people.
Your posts
You keep ownership of the words and photos you post. You give Threaded permission to host and display them inside the service — in a club, a thread, a review, or your profile — for as long as the product needs to in order to operate. That permission should be spelled out more precisely, including for backups and moderation, in the final terms. Don’t post anything you don’t have the right to share.
Points, rewards, and the passport
Points are a thank-you inside the app, not a bank account. The intention is that they can be redeemed for books or gift cards, under rules published in the app. Those rules can change, and example balances on the website are not a promise. The Reading Passport is a record of stamps, not cash value. Rewards may be limited, delayed, or withdrawn if they were collected by abusing the app.
The e-reader and Discover
The built-in reader and the Discover section (new releases, author announcements, adaptations, and watch recommendations) depend on what the app can lawfully offer. A title appearing in a mockup on this website is an illustration, not a catalog listing or an endorsement.
Intellectual property
The Threaded name, the open-book-and-thread mark, and the look of the app and this website belong to Ken Mitre or are used with permission. Book titles and author names belong to their owners. These draft terms don’t give you a license to copy the brand.
Disclaimers
Until launch, and subject to whatever the final terms and consumer law require, the website is provided as a preview. Club examples on the homepage are not scheduled events. The app, once available, may be interrupted, and matching suggestions may be imperfect. Nothing on this site is a promise that a particular person will be safe, kind, or nearby.
Liability
A limitation of liability will be added by counsel before these terms are adopted. This draft does not try to waive rights that cannot be waived, including rights you may have under Arizona law or other law that applies to you.
Governing law
The intended governing law for the final terms is the State of Arizona, without its conflict-of-law rules. That choice is a placeholder for counsel to confirm.
Changes
These drafts will be replaced by adopted terms. If the service is already in your hands when terms change, the final version should say how you’ll hear about it.
Contact
Questions about these terms: hello@threaded.page.