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== Changelog ==
* 2005-10-03: Added rule about empty libraries; added rule about couples and other family groupings not being considered organizations.
* 2005-11-08: Made it clearer that your username can't be an insult, general or specific, or use a term that suggests you run the website; added IP and reverse engineering clause.
* 2006-04-03: Added section on "Automated Input and Retrieval," and second paragraph of "Individual accounts."
* 2006-09-11: Added part about use by booksellers to "Individual accounts".
* 2006-08-21: Updated "Individual accounts" section to link to information about organizations.
* 2006-12-11: Added "Participating in Talk and Groups"; removed "Intellectual Property and Reverse Engineering" clause.
* 2006-12-17: Added "sock puppets" to "shell accounts"; edited some of the "don't be a jerk," for brevity not content.
* 2007-01-02: Added "Participating in Translation" link; reordered items a bit.
* 2007-07-01: Added prohibition against reposting flagged content.
* 2007-07-12: Added prohibiton against duplicative or nonsense groups.
* 2007-08-11: Reordered a bit, clarified that authors promoting their books is commercial.
* 2008-02-28: Clarified posting rules, which have been on and off this document and elsewhere on the site; edited don't-dos to include impersonating someone else.
* 2008-02-29: Added italics, capital letters.
* 2008-03-02: Fixed a spelling error.
* 2008-10-31: Fixed a spelling error.
* 2008-03-25: Added "Review integrity" section.
* 2008-12-15: Added "Disclaimers/Attributions" section.
* 2010-05-27: Added plagiarism bullet.
* 2010-06-24: Made significant changes, especially to order and style. See [old version], [Wiki page], [tracking changes] and [Talk topic].
* 2011-01-27: Major design changes to page; no textual changes.
* 2014-05-01: Added suggestive images of minors bullet.
* 2014-08-12: Added equal opportunity employer statement.
* 2014-12-29: Added "Member recommendations" section to Terms of Use; these are long-standing rules that simply needed to be added here.
* 2015-06-25: Added "topics" to Other Rules section on "pointless" groups.
* 2016-09-08: Added DMCA section.
* 2016-11-30: Added HIPAA Compliance and Patron Privacy section.
* 2018-01-11: Added Mobile Apps section.
* 2018-05-14: Added Account ownership section.
* 2018-05-24: Considerable changes, especially relating to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); see [here] for previous version.
* 2018-06-06: Additions and minor changes integrating TinyCat-specific provisions into the LibraryThing TOS.
* 2018-06-08: Changes related to the Member Privacy Center going live.
* 2019-05-29: Added personal groups rule.
* 2019-09-18: Added to picture-uploading rules.
* 2019-12-16: Added clearer language that "flagging is not a weapon."
* 2020-03-27: Added clarifying language to the section "Freedom of discussion and personal attacks."
* 2020-04-15: Updated "Member accounts" section to reflect free memberships.