How to read the cards
A card is the terms of a platform or service, set out in its own words and collected from its official pages: terms of use, help centre, pricing pages, documentation. Every statement has a document address — you can open it and check for yourself.
Where the text comes from
Everything on a card was read on the pages of the platform or service itself. Third-party reviews, round-ups and retellings do not count as a source: if the platform does not write about something, there is no line about it on the card. How the collection works and where its boundary runs is on the page about the sources and the method.
If the sources disagree
Sometimes two documents of a platform say different things — or the platform contradicts itself. Then the card gives both statements and names the discrepancy. We do not pick «the more plausible one»: a disagreement between sources is also information about the platform.
Whose number you are reading
Numbers in the catalogue come in two kinds, and this is always stated:
- the source's number — “up to 2000 characters”, “100 posts per 24 hours”. It has to be on the platform's page, and we verify that by reading it again;
- our own measurement — the length of the page text, the server response code, the number of links parsed. No such number is or can be on the page: it is a record of what we saw.
If the number is ours, a note says so. This is not a formality: our measurement changes with the page, while the source's number changes with the source's decision.
On terms
Every kind of data has its own lifespan: a price lives weeks, an interface language — a year. What changes fast is worth checking against the platform's document before deciding.
What to do as a reader
- Open the link if the decision is an expensive one. Every fact carries an address for exactly that purpose.
- Check the fast-changing yourself. Prices and affiliate terms change more often than the rest — verify against the platform's document.
- Read the country notes. Platform terms often differ by jurisdiction — there is a separate page on this which terms apply in your country.