1About these terms
Othord isn’t a company: I, Othman El Hajjami, run it on my own from Kenitra, Morocco. These terms are the agreement between you and me (“Othord”, “I”, “me”). They cover the Othord app and othord.com.
You accept them when you create your account, by ticking “I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy”. That box is never ticked for you, and without it you can’t create an account. If you don’t agree, please don’t use Othord. The Privacy policy explains what I do with your personal data.
2Who can use Othord
- You must be 18 or older.
- You must be able to enter into a binding agreement, and not be barred from Othord by law or by an earlier decision of mine to remove you.
3Your account
- Give accurate information. One account per person, and don’t pretend to be someone else.
- Keep your password to yourself. You’re responsible for what happens on your account. If you think someone else is using it, tell me at hello@othord.com.
- You can delete your account at any time in Settings, or by email: see othord.com/delete-account.
4Your content
Everything you post — photos, videos, snaps, text, ratings, comments, messages and the spots you add — is your responsibility. You keep all your rights to it.
By posting it, you give Othord a non-exclusive, worldwide, free licence to host, store, reproduce (for example to resize or compress), display and distribute it within Othord, so it can be shown to the people allowed to see it. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for content kept with a report (see Reporting and blocking).
You confirm that you own what you post or have the right to post it, including any music, photos or videos made by someone else, and that anyone who can be recognised in it agrees to appear.
Snaps
A snap disappears after 24 hours, but anyone who sees it can still take a screenshot, so only share what you’re happy for them to keep. If you rate the spot in a snap, that rating stays after the snap is gone and counts, without your name, towards the spot’s average. A reported snap is kept with the report.
Spots
- Add only real places where you can eat or drink, with their real name and city.
- No duplicates: if the spot is already on Othord, pick it rather than adding it again. I may merge duplicates, correct a spot’s details, or remove one that isn’t a real place.
- You can add up to 5 new spots a day.
- Nobody sees who added a spot, and a spot you add stays on Othord for everyone, even if you delete your account.
- A rating is your honest opinion of a place you’ve been to: the rule on fake reviews below applies to posts and snaps alike.
Music
The music in Othord’s library is used under its artists’ licences, mostly Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. When you add a track, its credit is shown with your post or snap, as the licence requires. Don’t pass the music off as your own.
Stickers
Othord’s stickers are part of Othord’s design (see Othord’s name and design). You can use them in your comments, snaps and messages on Othord, but not outside it.
5Community rules
Othord is about food. Posts should be about food: what you cook, eat, drink or find. Content that has nothing to do with food may be removed.
Not allowed on Othord:
- Hate speech: attacking or demeaning people for their origin, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or illness.
- Nudity or sexual content.
- Violence: graphic violence, threats, or encouraging violence or dangerous acts.
- Harassment: bullying, insults, intimidation, or sharing someone’s private information.
- Spam: repetitive or misleading posts, unsolicited advertising, fake accounts or fake engagement.
- Fake reviews: reviewing a place you haven’t been to, being paid or rewarded for a review without saying so, or posting false reviews to harm a business.
- Content you don’t have the rights to, including music, photos or videos that belong to someone else.
- Anything that sexualises or endangers a minor. There is zero tolerance for this: see the child safety standards.
- Anything illegal, or that helps someone break the law.
- Trying to get into other people’s accounts or Othord’s systems, collecting other users’ data, or using bots or automated scripts.
6Reporting and blocking
You can report a post, a snap, a comment or an account from the menu next to it, and block an account from its profile or from any of its posts. I review every report and act on it; serious ones reach me straight away. When you block someone, you stop seeing each other on Othord. Support explains how.
Reports are Othord’s moderation records, kept separately from accounts. Deleting an account deletes the account and its content, but reports made by or about that person stay, with the reported content kept as evidence, for as long as the Privacy policy says.
7What I can do
If content or an account breaks these terms or the law, or puts other people at risk, I can remove the content, limit features, or suspend or delete the account, with or without warning depending on how serious it is. I may report illegal content to the authorities. If you think I made a mistake, write to me at hello@othord.com.
8The service
Othord is free. I may add, change or remove features, and I may stop the service; where I can, I’ll tell you in advance. It’s run by one person, so please be patient if something breaks: I’ll fix it as soon as I can.
Othord doesn’t offer any paid subscription yet. If it ever does, I’ll update these terms and tell you before anything paid applies.
Posts are written by users and I don’t check them, so information about places, dishes, prices or opening hours may be wrong. Posts are not health, nutrition or allergy advice: if you have an allergy or a medical condition, check with the place itself.
9No warranty
Othord is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the extent Moroccan law allows, I make no promise that it will always be available, uninterrupted, free of errors or secure, or that the content on it is accurate.
10Limitation of liability
To the extent Moroccan law allows, I’m not liable for indirect damage, such as lost profits, lost data or harm to reputation, nor for content posted by users or for how other users behave, on or off Othord. In any case, my total liability to you is limited to 500 MAD.
Nothing in these terms limits liability that Moroccan law does not allow to be limited, such as liability for fraud or gross negligence.
11Indemnification
If someone makes a claim against me because of content you posted, or because you broke these terms or the law, you agree to cover the resulting damages and costs, including reasonable legal fees, and to help me defend myself.
12Othord’s name and design
The Othord name, logo, design, stickers and code are mine. You may not use them without my written permission.
13Changes to these terms
I may update these terms. I’ll publish the new version here with its date, and tell you in the app or by email before a significant change applies. If you keep using Othord after that, you accept the new terms; if you don’t, you can delete your account.
14Law and courts
These terms are governed by Moroccan law. Any dispute goes to the competent courts of Kenitra, Morocco, unless the law gives you the right to go to another court. Before going to court, write to me: most problems can be sorted out.
15Contact
Othman El Hajjami · Othord · Kenitra, Morocco