Pulse

The fine print, in plain words

Terms of service

The ground rules for using Pulse, the bot, the website and the dashboard. Short, fair, and written so you can actually read them.

Last updated Read the privacy policy

TL;DR The short version

  • Pulse is free, and it's a hobby project, not a big company. It's offered as it is, without guarantees it'll always be online.
  • Follow Discord's rules. Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines apply everywhere Pulse runs.
  • Don't use Pulse to harm people, spam, or attack the service or other servers.
  • Server admins are in charge of how Pulse is set up in their server, including who gets moderated and why. Pulse is the tool, not the judge.
  • Coins are just for fun. They have no real-world value and can't be bought, sold or cashed out.
  • You can leave any time: kick Pulse from your server, or delete your data with /mydata delete.

That's the gist. The numbered sections below are the full version.

1 The deal #

Pulse is a Discord bot with a website and a dashboard, run by Ethan R. (hello@pulsebot.gg). By adding Pulse to a server, using its commands, or logging in to the dashboard, you're agreeing to these terms and to the privacy policy. If you don't agree, that's completely fine, just don't use Pulse.

Pulse is free. There's no paid tier and nothing to buy.

2 Discord's rules apply #

Pulse lives on Discord, so Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines apply whenever you use it. That includes Discord's minimum age (13, or older where your country says so).

Pulse isn't made by, affiliated with or endorsed by Discord.

3 Acceptable use #

Use Pulse the way you'd want others to use it in your server. Please don't:

  • use it to harass, threaten, dox or target anyone, or to post hateful, sexual or illegal content (custom commands, welcome messages and reminders included);
  • use it to spam, mass-mention, or flood servers or people;
  • try to break, overload or get around Pulse's limits, permissions or security, or poke at other servers' data;
  • scrape the website or API in bulk, or pretend to be Pulse or its operator;
  • use it for anything illegal where you or the server are.

Found a bug or a security problem? Thank you! Please tell us privately (section 11) rather than using it.

4 If you run a server #

Pulse is a tool. Server owners and admins decide which modules are on and how they behave, so they're responsible for how it's used in their server. In particular:

  • Moderation is your call. Automod rules, raid lockdowns, tripwire actions, warnings, timeouts, kicks and bans happen because of settings you chose or commands your staff ran. Pulse carries them out; it doesn't judge anyone.
  • Check your settings. Automatic tools can get things wrong. Keep an eye on the mod log and undo mistakes, for example by lifting a lockdown or revoking a case.
  • Be upfront with your members. Let people know your server uses Pulse, especially that ticket conversations are saved as transcripts, and point them to the privacy policy if they ask.
  • Treat what you see with care. The dashboard shows you your members' levels, coins, cases and tickets. Use it to run your server, not to share people's details elsewhere.
  • Only follow channels you're allowed to. Social alerts are for announcing YouTube channels and Twitch streamers you have a genuine reason to share.

5 Coins and the shop #

The economy module is a game inside your server. Coins and shop items:

  • have no real-world value and aren't money, credit or property;
  • can't be bought with real money, and can't be sold, traded or cashed out for anything outside Discord (please don't try, and server admins, please don't offer it);
  • can be changed, reset or removed by the server's admins, or by Pulse if a bug hands out coins it shouldn't;
  • disappear if you delete your data or the server's data is deleted.

Games like coin flips use pretend coins only. Nothing about Pulse is real-money gambling.

6 Other people's content #

What you and your members write stays yours; you just let Pulse handle it as needed to run the features (for example, reposting a starred message to the starboard, or saving a ticket transcript).

Social alerts link to videos and streams on YouTube and Twitch. That content belongs to its creators, and Pulse isn't connected to YouTube, Google or Twitch.

7 No promises on uptime #

Pulse is run with care, but it's provided "as is", without any warranty. It might go offline, lose a feature, behave unexpectedly, or (rarely, we hope) lose data. Discord can also change things that affect what Pulse can do.

We may add, change or remove features at any time, and we'll try to give a heads-up in the "What's new" box when something big changes.

8 Liability #

As far as the law allows, the person running Pulse isn't responsible for losses caused by using it or not being able to use it, including what happens in a server because of how it was set up (a mistaken ban, a missed raid, a reset leaderboard). Since Pulse is free, any liability that can't be excluded is limited to the most the law allows for a free service.

Nothing here takes away rights you have by law that can't be signed away.

9 Ending things #

  • You can stop any time. Kick Pulse from your server, log out of the dashboard, and delete your data with /mydata delete or from Your data in the dashboard.
  • We can stop too. If someone breaks these terms, we may block a user or a server from Pulse, or remove Pulse from a server, usually with an explanation. We might also shut Pulse down one day; if so, we'll give notice where we can.

10 Changes to these terms #

We may update these terms now and then. When we do, the "Last updated" date at the top changes. If you keep using Pulse after that, you're agreeing to the new version; if you don't like a change, you can stop using Pulse as described above.

11 Contact #

Questions, reports or appeals: email hello@pulsebot.gg (Ethan R.).

That's everything. Thanks for reading, and thanks for keeping your corner of Discord a nice place to be.