Terms

Effective date: November 14, 2026

These terms describe the rules this server enforces. They are a draft of the product behavior. They are not a grant of rights beyond that behavior.

The product

OnLists publishes lists of accounts on X and lets a signed-in person vote, nominate, comment, and save lists. Reading stays open without an account. OnLists is not affiliated with X Corp. These terms do not say the name OnLists has been cleared as a trademark.

Sign-in

You sign in with X. OnLists does not take a password. Ordinary sign-in does not grant posting, direct messages, or follows. Copy to X List asks for list permissions separately and copies only after you confirm. Cancelled or expired sign-in stores no profile.

An X checkmark of type blue, business, or government is what this server uses for voting and advertising eligibility. A checkmark is not identity verification. The identity-verified flag by itself does not grant a vote or an ad. Demo sign-in exists only outside production.

Votes and nominations

A ballot ranks accounts already on that list, at most 20. Rank 1 is 20 points and rank 20 is 1 point. You cannot rank your own X account. Replacing a ballot replaces those points. It does not add a second ballot.

A nomination needs review. Pending and rejected nominations add no points. An approved nomination of a different X account adds 1 nomination point on that list. Nominating yourself adds none. Payment does not add an account to a list.

Discussions, reports, and blocks

Comments are plain text, at most 500 characters. Tags are rejected. You can report a comment as spam, harassment, threats, or personal info, and you can block another user so their comments are hidden from you. A moderator can hide or restore a comment. A report does not by itself remove a listed account. Hiding an account or muting a list changes your view. It does not change the public list.

Ranking

Points on a list are ballot points, nomination points, visit days, share clicks, and shares, as the scoring code defines them. A paid label does not add points and does not change sort order. Follower counts are not points. OnLists does not sell followers, clicks, votes, or engagement.

Sponsored highlight

The sponsored row highlight is $10 USD for 7 days or $30 USD for 30 days on one list the signed-in X account is already on. Sitewide rotation is $40 USD for 7 days or $130 USD for 30 days in one shared Ad slot, with at most five campaigns at once. 30 days is the best value. For the first 3 months after 2026-11-23 America/Chicago, a campaign that starts in that window is $5 or $15 for a highlight and $20 or $65 for sitewide. A start before 2026-11-23, or on or after 2027-02-23 at 12:00 AM America/Chicago, is the standard price. The buyer picks 7 or 30 days. The price is saved when the campaign is created. A sitewide reservation uses a slot for its whole date range. The label is Ad. It does not change organic rank, ballot points, or search order. There is no subscription. Auto-renew is off. Another 30 days is a new purchase. The ad does not start when you submit the form or when you return from a payment page. It starts only after a paid Stripe webhook is accepted for an approved campaign, and only while ONLISTS_PAYMENTS is on and the Stripe keys are set. Otherwise checkout stays closed and nothing is charged.

Before the 30 days start, the refund quote is the full amount paid. After the start, the quote is the recorded time OnLists failed to place the ad, prorated by day across those 30 days, and never more than the amount paid. A missing impression is not that failure. A moderator records the outage. An administrator can send that quoted amount to Stripe. The ad stops when Stripe reports the charge refunded for the full amount. A smaller refund is recorded and does not by itself stop the remaining time. Stripe emails the receipt when its own receipt setting is on. This server does not send a separate receipt and does not store the card.

Category and homepage package prices that are marked illustrative are not approved for this checkout.

Recommended gear

A Recommended gear box on a list is a set of Amazon search or product links for that list topic. It is off unless ONLISTS_AFFILIATE is 1 and an Amazon Associates tag is set. Politics, news, government, crypto, and kids lists do not show it. The box does not show a price, a star rating, or a product image, and it does not say that a listed account uses or endorses a product.

As an Amazon Associate, OnLists earns from qualifying purchases.

Content

List text, nominations, and comments you submit are stored and can be shown as the product describes. Directory accounts also come from editorial imports. OnLists can refuse a nomination, hide a comment, or reject an ad for misleading content, impersonation, spam, or another stated reason. Rejection does not charge a card.

Contact

Write to [email protected].