IANAL, but I think the most important aspect is to give you cover for the kinds of self-protective measures you might need to take -- like disabling/blocking certain users or IPs, deleting certain user content, etc.
In the absence of any TOS, a litigious disgruntled user might portray your actions as unfair according to some implied standards of continued service, etc. By making your scope of actions explicit before the fact, their argument becomes weaker.
That is: you're unlikely to be able to hold a TOS violation against a user for any damages, but it will provide cover for your own self-defense actions.
In the absence of any TOS, a litigious disgruntled user might portray your actions as unfair according to some implied standards of continued service, etc. By making your scope of actions explicit before the fact, their argument becomes weaker.
That is: you're unlikely to be able to hold a TOS violation against a user for any damages, but it will provide cover for your own self-defense actions.