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Terms of Service

Last updated: 3 September 2026

These Terms govern your use of Ripledd — the website ripledd.com (the waitlist, information and support pages, and the read-only web viewer of public Ripledd content) and the Ripledd mobile app for iOS and Android. By using either, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use Ripledd.

The Ripledd mobile app is in closed testing (Apple TestFlight and Google Play testing) and is only available to invited testers. Because it is still in testing, features may change, break, or be removed, and in rare cases data may be lost. These Terms apply to that testing period as well as to general release.

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1. Who we are and acceptance

Ripledd ("Ripledd", "we", "us", "our") is operated by an individual established in the European Union: Elias Kofler, operating as "Ripledd". By accessing the website, joining the waitlist, using the web viewer, or downloading, signing into, or using the app, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. Contact: [email protected].

2. Who may use Ripledd

You must be at least 16 years old, or the minimum digital-consent age where you live if it is higher. By using Ripledd you confirm that you meet this requirement and that you can enter into a binding agreement. If you use Ripledd on behalf of an organisation, you confirm you are authorised to bind it.

3. What Ripledd offers

  • Website: a waitlist sign-up, informational pages, a support contact form, a staff-only admin area, and a read-only viewer of publicly available Ripledd content (no sign-in, no posting, liking, commenting, or following).
  • App: an account-based social image and text app where you create a profile, post images and "thoughts", comment, follow other people, search, and receive notifications.

We provide Ripledd "as is", may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of it at any time, and — for the app — deliver updates (including automatic over-the-air updates) from time to time.

4. Your account

  • You need an account to use the app. You may sign up with email and a password, or with Google or Apple.
  • Keep your credentials secure and your contact email current. You are responsible for activity under your account unless it results from our breach.
  • You may keep more than one account and switch between them in the app, but you may not use multiple accounts to evade a suspension or ban, inflate metrics, or otherwise abuse the service.
  • Tell us promptly at [email protected] if you believe your account has been compromised.

5. Acceptable use

When using Ripledd you agree not to:

  • break the law or infringe anyone's rights;
  • post, submit, or transmit content that is unlawful, hateful, harassing, bullying, threatening, defamatory, deceptive, or that promotes violence or self-harm, or that discloses another person's private information without consent;
  • post, submit, or transmit content that sexually exploits or endangers minors in any way — this is reported to the competent authorities;
  • post sensitive or "not safe for work" content (see section 7);
  • upload or transmit malware, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to, probe, scan, overload, disrupt, or reverse-engineer Ripledd, the app, or our API (ripledd-gateway) and supporting services;
  • circumvent access controls (such as the admin gate), rate limits, content moderation, or other security measures;
  • access the service through anything other than our official app and website — no bots, scrapers, or automated clients — except well-behaved indexing bots that respect robots.txt on the public website;
  • scrape, harvest, or bulk-collect content, data, or embeddings;
  • impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone;
  • use Ripledd to send unsolicited advertising or spam, or to artificially inflate follows, likes, views, or other metrics.

6. Your content and licence

  • You keep ownership of the content you create and submit — images, text, captions, comments, your profile details, and anything you send through the support form.
  • You grant Ripledd a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable licence to host, store, cache, back up, reproduce, re-encode, resize and crop, generate thumbnails and other size variants of, analyse by automated means to produce search embeddings, publish, publicly display, and distribute that content, solely to operate, secure, improve, and promote the service. This includes showing your public content in the app and in the website's read-only viewer, and making it reachable at a public URL.
  • This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for (a) reasonable backup copies kept for a limited period, (b) content other users have re-shared or replied to, and (c) content we must retain by law or to handle abuse.
  • You are responsible for your content and confirm you hold all rights needed to grant the licence above and that your content does not infringe anyone else's rights.
  • Anything you post publicly can be seen, shared, and replied to by others, including through public URLs. Ripledd is not responsible for how third parties use content you have made public.

7. Sensitive and NSFW content

Ripledd does not tolerate sensitive or "not safe for work" content. This includes pornographic, sexually explicit, or fetish material; nudity posted for sexual gratification; gratuitously graphic violence, gore, or shock content; and any content that sexualises minors.

We remove sensitive and NSFW content whenever we find it, with or without notice, and we do not rely on labels, age-gates, or warnings as a substitute for removal. Posting this kind of content is a serious breach of these Terms and can lead to your account being suspended or permanently banned — including on a first offence and including deletion of your content and account without refund. Content that is illegal is removed immediately and may be reported to law enforcement.

8. Automated processing

To provide search and related features, Ripledd automatically processes the images and text in your posts to generate numerical representations ("embeddings"). By posting, you permit this processing. It is carried out on our own infrastructure, involves no third-party AI provider, and makes no decision that produces legal or similarly significant effects on you.

9. Reporting, moderation, suspension, and termination

  • You can report content in the app ("report" on a post) or by emailing [email protected].
  • We may remove or restrict content, and suspend, limit, or terminate an account, if it breaches these Terms, creates legal risk for us or others, or harms the service or other users. Where practical we give notice and a chance to respond; for serious breaches (such as section 7) we may act immediately and permanently, including on a first offence.
  • We terminate the accounts of repeat copyright infringers.
  • You may stop using Ripledd at any time. To delete your account and content, email [email protected] (see the Privacy Policy — there is no in-app deletion yet). Uninstalling the app or using "Reset App" does not delete your account.

10. Intellectual property

The Ripledd name, logo, site and app design, source code, and our own content belong to us. Ripledd is not open source and is not licensed for reuse. You may not copy, distribute, modify, reverse-engineer, or create derivative works from any part of Ripledd except as expressly permitted by these Terms or applicable law. You may use the Ripledd logo to link to or refer to Ripledd, but not in a way that implies endorsement or partnership, and not as your own brand or product identity.

If you believe content available through Ripledd infringes your copyright, email [email protected] with: (a) identification of the work you say is infringed; (b) the URL or location of the material in question; (c) your name and contact details; and (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the rightsholder or the law, and that the information in your notice is accurate. We remove or disable access to infringing material and may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

12. Third-party services and app stores

  • Ripledd relies on third-party providers (hosting, storage, database, authentication, app updates, and push delivery — including Supabase, Cloudflare, Expo, Apple, Google, and Vercel) and may link to third-party sites. We are not responsible for third-party sites or services, and your use of them is governed by their own terms.
  • You obtain the app through the Apple App Store or Google Play, and their terms also apply to your download and use.
  • Ripledd shows no advertising — not on the website, not in the read-only web viewer, and not in the mobile app — and sets no advertising or analytics cookies (see the Privacy Policy). The app also has no in-app purchases.

13. Apple App Store terms

This section applies when you obtain the app from the Apple App Store. These Terms are between you and Ripledd only, not Apple, and Apple is not responsible for the app or its content. Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for the app. Apple is not responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied. To the extent permitted by law, Apple has no warranty obligation with respect to the app, and any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to a failure to conform to a warranty are our responsibility. Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the app or your possession or use of it, including product-liability claims, claims that the app fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, claims under consumer-protection or similar legislation, and intellectual-property infringement claims. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, on your acceptance, have the right to enforce them against you. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo or designated as "terrorist supporting", and that you are not on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

14. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ripledd is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranty that Ripledd will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, or free of data loss. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

15. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ripledd and the operator will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of Ripledd. Our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to Ripledd is limited to EUR 100.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law — including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or your mandatory rights as a consumer under the law of your country of residence in the EEA.

16. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Ripledd and the operator from any third-party claim, demand, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from content you submit, your use of Ripledd, or your breach of these Terms. This does not apply to the extent a claim results from our own breach or negligence.

17. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. We will change the "last updated" date above and, for material changes, take reasonable steps to notify you (on the website or in the app). Continued use after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

18. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Austria, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and without prejudice to the mandatory consumer-protection rules of your country of residence in the EEA. The courts of Austria have jurisdiction, again subject to any mandatory consumer rules that let you bring proceedings in your home country. EU consumers can also use the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

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