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Market Pulse Agreement

Important information about crowdsourced data, privacy, and limitations

Critical Disclaimer: Do Not Rely on This Data for Financial Decisions

Boston Market Pulse data is crowdsourced, user-generated, and subjective. It represents individual opinions and personal experiences, not verified facts, professional advice, or objective market analysis.

DO NOT use this data as the sole basis for any real estate, financial, legal, or investment decision.

What Market Pulse Is

  • •A sentiment tracker capturing community opinions on Boston real estate topics
  • •A crowdsourced survey with anonymous, voluntary participation
  • •A tool for exploring collective wisdom and identifying trends
  • •An educational resource to validate or challenge market theses

What Market Pulse Is NOT

  • ✗NOT professional advice (legal, financial, or real estate)
  • ✗NOT verified or fact-checked data
  • ✗NOT a representative sample of the market (subject to sampling bias)
  • ✗NOT a substitute for independent research and due diligence
  • ✗NOT a prediction or guarantee of future market conditions

Known Limitations & Biases

Sampling Bias

Participants are self-selected users of this website, not a random sample of the Boston real estate market. Results may not represent the broader population.

Unverified Responses

We do not verify user identities, qualifications, or the accuracy of their responses. Users may misrepresent their experiences or expertise.

Temporal Limitations

Market conditions change rapidly. Data collected today may not reflect future conditions.

Gaming & Manipulation

Despite anti-abuse measures, results may be influenced by coordinated voting, bots, or bad actors.

Privacy & Data Collection

What We Collect

  • • Your vote choices (anonymous)
  • • A session token (stored in your browser)
  • • Hashed IP address (one-way, cannot be reversed)
  • • Browser user-agent string
  • • Referrer URL

What We Do NOT Collect

  • • Your name or email address
  • • Your actual IP address (only a one-way hash)
  • • Free-text input (all voting is controlled, structured input)
  • • Tracking cookies or cross-site identifiers

How We Use Your Data

  • • To calculate and display aggregate voting results
  • • To prevent abuse (rate limiting, duplicate vote detection)
  • • To analyze trends and create blog content

We will never sell your data or share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

By Voting, You Agree To:

  • 1.Provide honest, accurate responses to the best of your knowledge
  • 2.Not attempt to manipulate results through automated voting, coordinated campaigns, or multiple accounts
  • 3.Acknowledge that your responses will be aggregated and displayed publicly
  • 4.Accept that we may remove, invalidate, or adjust votes if we suspect abuse
  • 5.Understand and accept all limitations and disclaimers outlined on this page

Questions or Concerns?

If you have questions about Market Pulse, data privacy, or how the data is used, please contact us.

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