What we need is a Creative Commons for TOS boilerplate, to just copy and paste.
Especially, since most of that lawyer blah is superfluous. Things like "do not harass other people". Really! We already have /laws/ for that, you don't need to add any obviously prohibited thing to the TOS.
Yeah, I have always wondered why community bulletin boards don't come with a TOS, but internet bulletin boards do.
Someone puts a cork board up in a rec center, they don't feel the need to inform people that they are not resonsible for the content. What is the legal situation on the internet that makes people think they need to do this?
Is it just herd mentality or is there a legal reason why you have to tell people that if they post child pornography that you will delete it?
Especially, since most of that lawyer blah is superfluous. Things like "do not harass other people". Really! We already have /laws/ for that, you don't need to add any obviously prohibited thing to the TOS.