Terms of Service

What this is

The True Norm is a platform where people answer questions about their lives and see how their responses compare to others. You must be at least 18 years old to use this service. By using the site, you agree to these terms.

Your responses

By submitting a response, you grant The True Norm a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use your anonymized response as part of aggregate datasets. Your individual response will never be shared in a way that identifies you. You may request deletion of your data at any time (see our Privacy Policy).

Honesty

The value of this platform depends on honest responses. By using The True Norm, you agree to answer questions truthfully. Deliberately submitting false, misleading, or spam responses may result in your account or session being blocked.

No guarantees

Percentiles and comparisons are based on user-submitted data and are not scientifically validated. The True Norm is not a medical, financial, or professional advisory service. Results are for informational and entertainment purposes only. Do not make life decisions based solely on your percentile ranking.

Rooms

You may create or join Rooms — private groups where members answer the same questions and see the group portrait (averages). Individual answers are never visible to other Room members. In small Rooms (fewer than 5 members), individual answers may be inferable from the average; a disclosure is shown in this case.

Room creators can revoke invite links at any time to stop new members from joining. Anonymous members' contributions expire after 48 hours unless they create an account. Your responses in a Room also contribute to the global TTN dataset. You may leave a Room at any time; your data will be removed from that Room's aggregates.

Data export

You may export your response data as a CSV file from your profile page. Exported data is for your personal use. You may not use exported data to re-identify other users or reverse-engineer aggregate statistics.

Acceptable use

You agree not to: submit automated or bot-generated responses; attempt to manipulate percentile calculations; scrape or harvest data from the platform; use the platform to harass, harm, or target individuals; reverse-engineer individual responses from aggregate data.

Accounts

You may use The True Norm without an account. Creating an account via Google sign-in or passwordless email link allows your responses to persist and gives you access to additional features. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account.

Limitation of liability

The True Norm is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. Parallel Works, LLC is not liable for any damages arising from your use of the platform, including but not limited to emotional distress from comparison results, data inaccuracies, or service interruptions.

Changes

We may update these terms as the platform evolves. Continued use constitutes acceptance of updated terms.