Biggest lie in HISTORY: "I have read and agree to the terms of use" do you read?

For most people that may be true, but for me its not. I always read the Terms and Conditions of anything even those online things. I would be more particular and meticulous when it comes to written documents where I have to sign my name and signature in person. I dont mind if it takes me a week to read the whole document. I dont even mind if its longer than all 7 Harry Potter books combined. Im just careful going into contracts or signing anything. Good thing though is that I love to read and with documents, whenever there's a phrase that I dont understand or a statement that is unclear then I would ask the people that are asking me to sign it. If there is someone else that I trust more then I would ask that person.^_^ So there's no problem on my end. It would be up to them if they can wait for me to read it all.

Hi Ajay Singh Baghel: I agree with you it's one of the biggest lie in the History, specially referring to the online agreements. I have to admit that I haven't read what I've agreed simply because I want to download a software or a game and that's what matters to me. I only have two options if I don't agree I won't have the game and it really annoys you to have to read a lot of pages. Thanks for starting thisb interesting discussion. Have a nice day. ALVARO.

i am guilty of doing this as well... i don't read all the terms of use before actually signing the document because sometimes i am just too lazy to do that... especially if the terms of use document is very long... i just can't be bothered to waste my time to read it... take care and have a nice day...

I usually just skim through them. Maybe read the first sentence in a paragraph before I sign anything. I know I should read them the whole way thru but I don't always. Most people probably don't so companies could put whatever they want near the end and you would sign it.

I believe its really hard to read 43 pages it will takes an hour or more. I often asking why they need therm of use that much are they try to deceive us by word that takes so many pages and no one will really read it. I believe if it related to my working contract with my company I will reads it before signing but If it not really important I will skip it.

I read carefully the end and what is written with small letters. These paragraphs with small letters ...are most dangerous. Psychologically was demonstrated ,people get tired until page 100 and attention is shrinking

I skim. Usually terms of service documents have headlines outlining what each section is about. Typically all terms of service documents all say basically the same things, so I just look for anomalies in the headlines and I glance over each paragraph to make sure I'm understanding everything right.

I make an attempt to read something like that. However, they tend to draw out these things to insane levels. Therefore, most people will not read past the first page. That is of course out of the small percentage of the people who read them. I wonder who writes those terms of use agreements out. That has to be one of the most unique jobs in the world. To write it something that only a fraction of people will try to read and only a smaller fraction of the people will attempt to read. I think past ten pages are insane to be honest with you for something like that. And even ten pages are pushing it. Going upwards as it gets more, the percentage of people are going to disappear as it goes more and more. If someone actually reads those entire monster documents, I praise them. Granted, you might be a bit crazy if you actually read something like that, but I still praise you. I make the attempt but when I get past to a certain number of pages, I find myself not really reading.

I have to agree with you. I don't either. And pray hard nothing bad happens instead.

If it is really really important and/or we are talking about really big money then I will read it no matter how may pages it is. I can also ask my lawyer to read it for me so when problem arises we can find a way to defend ourselves. But when its just a small fry or I won't get sued then I really don't bother reading it.

I must tell you this: huge mistake. let me give you an example, what happened to me. three years ago I contracted an insurance company and I never had time to read those conditions. a few days ago, I found a better isurance company and I wanted to see what are the terms if I want to finish the contract with the previous one. guess what? I have to wait another 2 yers to get a part of my deposit money, even if I never use the insurance. so, what do you think about it, now? I still have to pay for 2 more years $100 per month and after a total of 5 years I will get like 60% of the entire sum. this is what happens if you do not read terms and conditions. I mean, over the internet, just to submit for a site it's ok to not read them as it is not very important, but for the important things as bank account, loans, insurance contracts and so on, you should have the time to read all them, as it is crucial.

NO, lol :) If it has 100 pages I can't bother reading because most of the stuff has nothing to do with what your going to do with the product or thing. For example the "copyright" page...I have no interest in reselling products or whatever. So, probably reading all 100 pages isn't really necessary.

ha ha, you pointed out interesting but true fact. I can also remember signing up on hundreds of sites without even considering the check box. It is just in habit that whenever I see those words I just check the box without even reading the full sentence. This habit of us has made some sites owners to turn it in their way. They now use the check box with subscriptions during signing up. And most of us just ignore them and unintentionally subscribe to crap mails. It is good if we can go through the terms of a site before joining. But the truth is that most of the sites just have copied terms and there are not many terms new and worth reading.

Nope. I usually read the first word especially when I'm online.

LOL! Yes, I agree, it is the biggest lie in history! We all do it! I can't tell you how many times I've ticked the box for "I have read and agree to the terms of use" without reading the terms of use...mumbling out loud "yes, yes, yes, now enter me in the contest or whatever". LOL!

i think i prefer a science fiction book than the terms of use of some document or web site. ...

Nah, I never bothered to read all of it. I skimmed through them. Run my eye over it to see if anything jumps out. I think not many people bothered to read these types of legal documents. And the worst of it is, they are usually written in 'Legalese', not making much sense to simpletons like me.

haha. thats funny. nope i dont read the whole terms of use only the most important parts like rules etc etc. some times i just tick the terms of use box without even reading the first word!!! yes I agree with you. it is a big lie and almost all are involved. most people tend to ignore it because every terms of use has roughly the same rules like no scamming, doing the work properly and blah blah blah.

I usually skim through the pages. I suppose skimming doesn't help if I miss the important arrangement that may/may not hurt me later does it? I'd have to take the pages home, read them, and then come back to be prepared to sign them if they were handed to me in a building.

heck no!!!! Although most companies know we are not reading the terms and conditions pages thats why they put so many!!! Cause they know if it take to long no one will read them and sign their life away anyways!