Meetball Handbook

Disclaimer

Important stuff about using this handbook (but we promise to keep it real)

Last Updated: October 26, 2025

The Real Talk

Look, we need to be clear about something: this handbook is us sharing our journey, not us telling you how to run your company.

What This Handbook Is

This is our recipe book. It's how we at Meetball work, based on our lived experience building an anti-social network. We're sharing it openly because transparency is cool and maybe it'll help someone.

But here's the thing: your kitchen is different than ours.

What This Handbook Isn't

This handbook is NOT:

  • ❌ Professional business advice
  • ❌ Legal counsel (seriously, talk to a lawyer if you need one)
  • ❌ Financial guidance
  • ❌ HR consulting
  • ❌ A guaranteed formula for success
  • ❌ Recommendations suitable for your specific situation

We're just a team figuring things out as we go. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes we learn the hard way. That's life.

Before You Copy-Paste Our Ideas

Talk to Actual Professionals

If something in here inspires you and you want to try it at your organization, please consult with:

  • A lawyer for legal stuff
  • An HR professional for workplace things
  • A financial advisor for money matters
  • Licensed consultants for business strategy

We're sharing what works for us in our specific context. Your context is probably different.

Do Your Homework

Before implementing anything you read here:

  1. Check what laws apply in your location
  2. Think about your specific situation
  3. Consider the risks and benefits for your team
  4. Maybe test it on a small scale first?
  5. Adapt it to fit your needs

Don't just copy-paste. That rarely works.

The "No Promises" Part

We're Trying Our Best

This content is provided "as is" - meaning we're not making any guarantees about:

  • How accurate or complete it is
  • Whether it'll work for you
  • If it's even the right thing to do
  • Whether it's up-to-date when you read it

We do our best to keep things current, but sometimes we're busy building the actual product, you know?

Things Change

This handbook is a living document. What you're reading right now might be:

  • Outdated - We update as we learn
  • Experimental - Some things are works in progress
  • Context-specific - What works for our tiny startup might not work for your Fortune 500 company (or vice versa)

We're Not Liable

Here's the legal bit: We (Meetball and our team) aren't responsible if something goes wrong when you try our approaches. We're not liable for any:

  • Damages (direct or indirect)
  • Lost revenue or profits
  • Business disruptions
  • Claims by other people
  • Any other bad stuff that happens

This applies even if we somehow knew it might happen. We're sharing our experience, not selling you a business playbook.

About Our Content

It's a Journey, Not a Destination

Everything here reflects how we work right now (well, as of the last update at least). We might:

  • Change our minds later
  • Learn better ways to do things
  • Discover we were totally wrong about something

And that's okay. We'll update the handbook when we figure stuff out.

No Obligation to Update

We're under no obligation to:

  • Keep this handbook current
  • Fix mistakes you find
  • Update information that becomes outdated
  • Answer your questions (though we try to be helpful!)

This is a gift to the community, not a service we're selling.

Using Our Content

The Attribution Thing

If you adapt or share stuff from this handbook, please:

  • ✅ Give credit to Meetball
  • ✅ Link back to handbook.meetball.fun
  • ✅ Mention if you changed anything
  • ✅ License your version under CC BY-SA 4.0 too

It's the nice thing to do and also legally required. Win-win.

Don't Claim You're Us

Please don't use our content in a way that makes it look like we endorse your thing or that you're affiliated with us. We're protective of the Meetball name and what it represents.

Sometimes we link to other websites or resources. When we do:

  • We don't control them
  • We don't necessarily endorse them
  • They might disappear or change
  • They have their own terms and privacy policies

Click at your own risk, basically.

Jurisdiction

If there's ever a legal dispute about this disclaimer (let's hope not), it'll be governed by applicable laws where we operate. We're not getting into specifics here because laws are complicated and we're not lawyers.

Got Questions?

If you have questions about this disclaimer or want to chat about legal stuff:

Licenses

Remember, this handbook uses a dual-license approach:

Content: Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Code/Theme: MIT License (see LICENSE file)

Third-party components: We use various open-source libraries. See third-party licenses for details.

The Bottom Line: We're sharing our journey because we believe in building in public and helping others. But we're not your lawyers, accountants, or business consultants. Use your judgment, consult professionals when needed, and adapt rather than copy. We're all just trying to figure this stuff out together.

Copyright © 2025 Meetball. All Rights Reserved.

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