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TERMS OF
SERVICE.

· short. promise. ·
Effective: February 2025 · Last updated: February 2025
Plain English version: It's a free newsletter that is also, in part, performance art. We try to make it good. Some of it will make you uncomfortable on purpose. None of it will actually hurt you. You can leave whenever you want. Don't do anything weird. Cool? Cool.
// 01 — What The Friday Dispatch Is

The Friday Dispatch is a free weekly newsletter delivered every Friday. It contains a curated mix of opportunities, news, job postings, deals, and stories selected by the editorial team. By subscribing, you agree to receive this newsletter at the email address you provided.

We are not a news organisation, a financial advisor, a legal advisor, or anyone you should take advice from without applying your own judgment. We're just people who read a lot and think some of it is worth sharing.

// 02 — Performance Art, Satire & Intentional Discomfort

The Friday Dispatch is, among other things, a piece of ongoing performance art. Parts of it are satire. Some of it is absurdist. Occasionally it will do something that makes you feel briefly, specifically, uncomfortable — and that is intentional.

Examples of things that are a bit and not real:

  • If you use the subscriber dashboard and it opens a print dialog with a resignation letter addressed from you, we did not send that letter to your employer. Nothing was printed. Nothing was sent. It is a joke about the quiet fantasy most people carry on a Friday afternoon. You are fine. Your job is (probably) fine.
  • If you receive an email that appears to be a list-wide announcement to thousands of members about your personal details, it was only sent to you. It is designed to produce approximately two seconds of "oh no" before the penny drops. That feeling is the point. We did not actually tell everyone.
  • If the interface presents bureaucratic absurdity — fake memos, fictional IT departments, print queues full of documents you don't remember filing — these are theatrical devices, not bugs.

We try to make the satire legible. We don't always succeed. If something lands wrong or goes further than you were comfortable with, we want to know — that feedback is genuinely useful to us. Email email@thefridaydispatch.com.

By subscribing and using the dashboard, you acknowledge that some features are designed as commentary on modern work, digital life, and the particular absurdity of existing inside an inbox. None of it is designed to deceive you in a way that causes real harm. All of it is designed to make you think, or laugh, or both.

// 03 — The Service
  • The Friday Dispatch is provided free of charge, with no commitment on either side.
  • We reserve the right to change, pause, or discontinue the newsletter at any time. We'd tell you first, obviously.
  • We may occasionally include sponsored content, job listings, or advertising. These will be clearly identified. We only work with advertisers we'd actually recommend.
  • Subscriber accounts and dashboards are provided as-is. We can't guarantee uptime, but we try.
// 04 — Your Account

You agree to provide a valid email address. That's about it for account requirements.

Your access token (magic link) is personal and single-use. Don't share it. If someone else uses your link, that's on you. We're not responsible for unauthorized account access caused by you sharing your token.

We can terminate or suspend your access at our discretion, but realistically this would only happen if you were doing something actively harmful (spamming people with your referral link, for instance).

// 05 — Referral Programme

The referral programme lets you earn rewards by inviting others to subscribe. A few rules:

  • Only genuine referrals count — referring fake accounts, your own addresses, or people who didn't actually ask to be referred is not allowed and will result in your referral count being reset.
  • Rewards are issued at our discretion and are subject to change. We'll honour rewards that were active at the time you earned them.
  • Don't spam people. If we get complaints about your referral link, we'll remove it.
// 06 — Content & Accuracy

We do our best to be accurate. Opportunities, job listings, deals, and news items are included in good faith based on information available at time of publication. We can't guarantee their accuracy, completeness, or continued availability.

Nothing in The Friday Dispatch constitutes financial, legal, medical, or professional advice. Please apply your own judgement before acting on anything we write.

// 07 — Intellectual Property

The content of The Friday Dispatch — including writing, curation, and design — belongs to us. You're welcome to share individual items or quote the newsletter, with attribution. Please don't reproduce full issues or republish the newsletter wholesale without permission.

// 08 — Limitation of Liability

The Friday Dispatch is provided "as is." To the extent permitted by law, we're not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of the newsletter or reliance on its content. We really are just a newsletter.

// 09 — Changes to These Terms

If we make significant changes, we'll note the updated date here and mention it in the newsletter. Continuing to be subscribed after changes go into effect means you accept them. If you don't agree, unsubscribe — no hard feelings.

// 10 — Contact

Questions about these terms: email@thefridaydispatch.com. We'll respond like normal people.

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