Terms of Use

1. Application

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") set the conditions for using SpiralLink, a multilingual social networking service with auto-translation, operated by SpiralLink Team ("we", "our", or "us") on iOS, Android, and the web. By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms.

2. Eligibility & Age Verification

SpiralLink is only for users who have reached the legal age of adulthood in their region (generally 18 or older). We do not provide features for minors. Age checks use your birth date and the age you declare at registration (self-declaration; no government ID verification). Registration requires profile information and a supported sign-in method (Apple, Google, Facebook, email/password, and/or phone+password depending on platform). Accounts with false information may be restricted or deleted.

3. Accounts & Membership

You are responsible for managing your account. One SpiralLink account works across iOS, Android, and the web. You can delete your account anytime from Profile / Account settings; related profile, posts, comments, likes, messages, follows, blocks, reports, notifications, entitlements, and media will be deleted. Paid plans may be offered as auto-renewing subscriptions via Apple In-App Purchase, Google Play Billing, or Stripe on the web. Available plans and billing can differ slightly by platform. Free members may see ads; Ad removal (or equivalent) hides ads and is available from day one. Other individual subscriptions unlock in phases as the user base grows (about every 3,000 registered members after the first 3,000). You may use a real name or a pseudonym as your public display name, and any profile image. Display names and icons do not require a paid plan. Impersonating another person, celebrity, public figure, brand, or organization is prohibited.

4. Tips & Creator Support

SpiralLink may offer optional tips and fan support so you can support other members. These purchases are voluntary and are not required to use core features. Tips and related purchases are processed by Apple In-App Purchase on iOS, Google Play Billing on Android, or Stripe on the web—not as a direct peer-to-peer transfer of the full listed amount. Apple, Google, Stripe, and SpiralLink may each deduct platform or service fees. When creator earnings are enabled, the amount credited to a recipient may therefore be less than the price you pay. Fee rates and payout timing can change; the store or Stripe checkout screen shows the price you pay at purchase time. Refunds and chargebacks follow the policies of the payment platform you used. Tips and fan support do not mean SpiralLink has verified a member’s real-world identity or that a display name is authentic. Whether to tip or support someone is your own judgment. Refunds and chargebacks related to tips—including disputes about impersonation—follow the policies of the payment platform you used (Apple, Google, or Stripe). Tips and fan support are voluntary encouragement of other members. They are not religious offerings, tithes, or formal donations to a religion or organization, and they are not tax-deductible charitable donations. Pressuring others for tips or donations (including as religious offerings), or collecting tips while impersonating a person, brand, or organization, is prohibited.

5. Advertising

Free members may see ads in the Service (for example, in the timeline), including first-party sponsored ads. Members with Ad removal (or equivalent; available from day one) do not see those ads. We do not provide your profile data (real name, age, location, email, posts) to third-party ad networks for targeting. Users may report sponsored ads in the app. Advertisers without a prior policy removal may pay after submit; after a policy removal, new applications are content-reviewed before payment opens. We may reject or stop showing an ad we determine is harmful, illegal, misleading, or otherwise inappropriate, or when configured report thresholds are reached; high-priority report reasons may stop delivery sooner (by default after two unique reporters for those reasons). Advertising fees: paid campaigns removed for policy violations (including threshold-based stops) are generally non-refundable; promo (¥0) bookings have no cash refund; if we stop an ad for our own operational or technical reasons (not a policy violation), any refund is a pro-rata amount for unused days minus processing fees (or equivalent credit); pre-publication cancellations without a violation are handled case-by-case by support and, when refunded, are also pro-rata minus processing fees. Repeated policy violations may permanently block further ad applications (configurable; default five). For ad content questions, contact the advertiser shown in the ad or support@spirallink.net.

6. Prohibited Conduct

You must not: violate laws or public order; harass, threaten, discriminate against, or sexually exploit others; spam, impersonate (including celebrity or brand impersonation), or spread false information; interfere with operation of the Service; or engage in other conduct we reasonably consider inappropriate. Report impersonation with the Impersonation reason in the app or on the web.

7. User-Posted Content

You are responsible for content you post or send (posts, comments, messages, and attached media). We accept reports of inappropriate content and aim to review them within 24 hours. When a violation is confirmed, we may remove content or restrict accounts.

8. Auto-Translation

To support communication across languages, SpiralLink provides auto-translation on-device: Apple’s Translation framework on supported iOS versions, ML Kit Translation on Android, and the browser Translator API on desktop Chrome/Edge. We do not guarantee translation accuracy or completeness. Original text is stored in Firebase; translations are generated for display and are not treated as the stored source content.

9. Disclaimers & Changes

Except where required by law, we are not liable for damages arising from changes to, interruption of, or termination of the Service. We may update these Terms as needed; material changes will be announced in the Service. Contact: support@spirallink.net.