Terms of Service
Welcome to the Star Sailors community! These terms help us maintain a respectful, scientific environment where everyone can contribute to real space exploration and discovery.
Community Guidelines Summary
Be Respectful
Treat fellow explorers with kindness and scientific curiosity
Stay Scientific
Keep content factual, educational, and research-focused
Follow Laws
Comply with applicable laws and platform policies
🤝 Agreement to Terms
By creating an account or using Star Sailors, you agree to these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree with any part of these terms, please don't use our platform.
🔬 Our Mission
Star Sailors is a citizen science platform that connects space enthusiasts with real astronomical research. Your contributions help scientists discover new planets, asteroids, and cosmic phenomena. These terms ensure our community remains focused on this important work.
👥 Community Code of Conduct
✅ We Encourage
• Scientific discussion about your discoveries
• Helpful comments that improve data quality
• Educational content about astronomy and space
• Constructive questions about observations
• Collaborative research with other users
• Sharing knowledge and learning from others
• Reporting bugs or suggesting improvements
• Celebrating discoveries made by community members
• Following scientific methods in classifications
• Respectful disagreement backed by evidence
❌ Prohibited Content & Behavior
• Harassment or bullying of any kind
• Hate speech based on identity or beliefs
• Spam or irrelevant content unrelated to astronomy
• False or misleading scientific information
• Personal attacks on other users
• Inappropriate sexual content or imagery
• Violent or threatening language
• Copyright infringement or plagiarism
• Deliberate misinformation or conspiracy theories
• Commercial advertising without permission
⚠️ Enforcement
We reserve the right to remove content or suspend accounts that violate these guidelines. Our approach is always educational first:
1. First offense: Warning and education about community standards
2. Repeated issues: Temporary suspension with explanation
3. Severe violations: Permanent account suspension
📝 Your Content & Our Rights
Content You Create
- • You retain ownership of comments, classifications, and other content you create
- • You're responsible for ensuring your content is accurate and appropriate
- • You grant us permission to display, store, and use your content within the platform
- • Your scientific contributions may be included in research datasets (anonymized)
Platform Rights
- • We can moderate, edit, or remove content that violates these terms
- • We may use your contributions for scientific research and publication
- • We can improve our algorithms using anonymized user interaction data
- • We reserve the right to suspend accounts for terms violations
🌟 Research Contributions
Your discoveries and classifications contribute to real scientific research! When your work is included in research papers or datasets, you'll be credited as part of the Star Sailors community. Individual contributors may be acknowledged in major discoveries.
🛠️ Platform Usage & Restrictions
✅Acceptable Use
- • Use the platform for its intended scientific purpose
- • Make good faith efforts to classify accurately
- • Respect other users and their contributions
- • Report bugs and technical issues responsibly
- • Follow all applicable laws and regulations
❌Prohibited Activities
- • Attempting to hack, exploit, or break the platform
- • Creating multiple accounts to manipulate results
- • Automated classification without explicit permission
- • Selling or transferring your account to others
- • Interfering with other users' ability to use the platform
⚖️ Legal Requirements & Disclaimers
🌍 Compliance with Laws
By using Star Sailors, you agree to comply with all applicable laws, including:
• International copyright and intellectual property laws
• Local data protection and privacy regulations
• Content moderation and community standards
• Export control and scientific data sharing rules
• Terms of service for third-party integrations
• Platform-specific policies (Google Cloud Platform, etc.)
⚠️ Service Disclaimers
• Star Sailors is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind
• We don't guarantee the accuracy of astronomical data or user classifications
• The platform may experience downtime, data loss, or technical issues
• Scientific results are subject to peer review and may change over time
• We're not liable for decisions made based on platform data
📋 Google Cloud Platform Compliance
Star Sailors operates on Google Cloud Platform and complies with their Acceptable Use Policy. This includes restrictions on illegal content, harassment, and technical abuse. Content that violates Google's policies may result in service suspension.
🚪 Account Termination
Your Right to Leave
• You can delete your account at any time through your profile settings
• Account deletion removes your personal information from our systems
• Your scientific contributions may remain in anonymized research datasets
• We'll process deletion requests within 30 days
When We May Suspend Accounts
• Repeated violations of community guidelines
• Attempts to harm the platform or other users
• Legal requirements or law enforcement requests
• Technical security concerns or abuse
📞 Questions & Updates
Have Questions?
If you have questions about these terms, need to report content, or want to discuss community guidelines, we're here to help.
Email us at: liam@skinetics.tech
Terms Updates
We may update these terms as the platform evolves. We'll notify users of significant changes and give you time to review them before they take effect.
Current version: 1.0 (July 27, 2025)
Next review: January 2026
Together, we explore the cosmos responsibly and respectfully.