# Firewatch Terms of Service

Effective date: May 23, 2026

These Terms of Service describe the rules for using Firewatch, a Devvit
moderation app for Reddit communities. By installing or using Firewatch, you
agree to these terms and to the Reddit terms and policies that apply to your
use of Reddit and Reddit's Developer Platform.

## What Firewatch Is

Firewatch is a moderation workflow tool. It helps moderators detect escalating
posts, review public Reddit activity, coordinate ownership, run configurable
Automations, take Reddit-native mod actions, and save handoff notes.

Firewatch is not a Reddit safety enforcement system, legal advisor, or
replacement for moderator judgment. Scores, labels, suggestions, rule matches,
and summaries are workflow aids for moderators.

## Who May Use Firewatch

Firewatch is intended for subreddit moderators and other users authorized to
moderate an installed community. You may use Firewatch only for legitimate
community moderation, safety, and governance work.

You are responsible for complying with Reddit's User Agreement, Reddit Rules,
Moderator Code of Conduct, Developer Platform rules, your community rules, and
all applicable laws when using Firewatch.

## Moderator Responsibility

Firewatch provides deterministic signals and action tools, but moderators remain
responsible for final decisions. Before taking action, review the relevant post,
comments, report context, community rules, and Reddit policies.

You are responsible for any moderation action you choose to run through
Firewatch, including approvals, removals, spam actions, locks, report handling,
flair changes, user approvals, user mutes, moderator notes, recent content
cleanup, and bans.

## Automations

Firewatch includes configurable Automations. Depending on how a moderator
configures a rule, Firewatch may suggest actions, prepare actions for approval,
auto-run safe Firewatch-only actions, or auto-run all selected actions.

Use automatic actions carefully. Test rules in a sandbox subreddit before
enabling them in an active community. Do not configure rules to make moderation
decisions that are discriminatory, retaliatory, deceptive, abusive, or
inconsistent with Reddit policies or your community rules.

Firewatch cannot guarantee that any Reddit action will succeed. Actions may
fail because of permissions, deleted content, API limits, platform changes, or
other conditions outside the app's control.

## Acceptable Use

You may not use Firewatch to:

- Harass, threaten, intimidate, or target users.
- Expose private information or encourage doxxing.
- Collect credentials, private messages, payment information, or sensitive
  personal information.
- Monitor communities where Firewatch is not installed or where you do not have
  moderation authority.
- Evade Reddit safety systems, account restrictions, bans, rate limits, or
  platform rules.
- Manipulate votes, karma, reports, or user behavior.
- Create deceptive, malicious, spammy, illegal, or harmful moderation flows.

## Data And Privacy

Firewatch's data practices are described in the [Privacy Policy](PRIVACY.md).
Do not enter passwords, private messages, payment details, medical details,
government identifiers, or other sensitive personal information into Firewatch
settings, handoff notes, rule names, rule descriptions, removal reasons, or mod
notes.

## Platform Dependence

Firewatch runs on Reddit's Developer Platform and uses Reddit and Devvit
services, including Reddit moderation APIs and Devvit Redis. Reddit may change,
limit, review, suspend, or remove apps, APIs, permissions, or platform features.
Firewatch may change, become unavailable, or stop working in a community as a
result.

## No Warranty

Firewatch is provided "as is" and "as available." The app may contain bugs,
miss incidents, produce incomplete scores, prepare incorrect suggestions, or be
unavailable. No guarantee is made that Firewatch will prevent harm, enforce
rules correctly, preserve data indefinitely, or meet every moderation need.

## Limitation Of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Firewatch maintainer is not liable
for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages
arising from use of the app, including moderation decisions, lost data,
community disruption, user disputes, or platform unavailability.

## Changes

These terms may be updated as Firewatch changes. Continued use of Firewatch
after an update means you accept the updated terms.

## Contact

For support or terms questions, contact the app maintainer through the Reddit
account listed on the app's developer page.