Let me tell a lame, ice-cold joke: even for a forum, I always have some “friends” who seem hell-bent on wrecking the place by spam-posting nonstop.
The size limit doesn’t shut down the account. It just removes too large files and stop you uploading more after you reach the limit
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You actually banned the name “chat.php”—who came up with such a nasty idea?
iFastNet came up with that.
It’s banned because live chat is not allowed. Thing not going as you’ve imagined is not “nasty”.
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This is probably a translation issue. I never said he was disgusting. I just said it was a bad idea. After all, renaming it in another way would work the same. http://chidianqianying.ct.ws/ Is this allowed? A few days ago, you said that files should be uploaded to Google. For me, connecting to Google in my country is illegal. Domestic cloud drives are too expensive, or they force logins with too many ads. Even the cloud drive with the fewest ads in our country has more ads than here, and the upload speed is not limited, but the download speed is extremely slow. You need to purchase an expensive membership. So you might not understand why I’m setting up a cloud drive here. But I still respect your rules.
AI chat scripts are usually allowed as long as you don’t do some weird stuff on the hosting.
I understand that you might not have a good cloud storage service. This doesn’t justify you trying to setup cloud storage on a service that doesn’t allow it.
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I have seen through some special means that your host is in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. It’s really a miracle that you are not blocked here. Overall, I still like you guys very much and sincerely hope that you will keep getting better.
To clear something up, the only type of chat script that is prohibited is one that uses AJAX to communicate with the free server to check for new messaging.
Embedded chat scripts from external 3rd parties, AI chatbots that use API keys from external providers, etc are all allowed. The constant pings on the servers is prohibited, not the idea of a chat itself. Yes, this could be communicated better, and yes some of the blocks may be a bit overreaching, but it generally works to keep the system running the way it’s supposed to.
Hosting a file sharing site is strictly prohibited. If you want to share files with users, you must use a 3rd party service. If Google drive is not available in your region, look for alternatives like Box, OneDrive, etc.
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Typically, the messages from the AI providers still pass through the server, so you do need to be careful with it. Polling the server for messages is still not OK. But AI prompts are typically request/response only, so that should be fine.
It’s a blunt instrument, yes. But live chat scripts are REALLY taxing so just putting it in the terms and relying on the daily limits didn’t cut it.
Having more granular blocking rules to block specific software would be better, but there are tons of live chat scripts in existence, and a good number of them I see are custom built, so trying to block only that is a fools errand.
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Would simply making files available for one-way download also violate the user agreement?
If you store them on your hosting account, yes. If you store them elsewhere (like Google Drive) then no.
You can find the full terms of service here.
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So you’re saying I can’t even use it to link to my other sites?
You cannot use free hosting as a file storage provider. However, you can link to files hosted elsewhere (For example, a “List of my eBooks” is allowed, as long as the user downloads the eBooks from Google Drive / Box / etc).
Please note that you still need to follow the rest of the ToS as well. So linking to crypto, adult content, etc is not permitted
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