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Social.coop is a cooperative corner of the Fediverse.

We primarily operate a Mastodon server. Our members fund our operations and decide how to set our community policies, steward our data, and manage our shared technologies. Members also provide the labor to run Social.coop at all levels.

We have a Code of conduct.

If you are interested in joining Social.coop, please refer to our registration form.

Social.coop was founded in 2017 in the wake of the BuyTwitter campaign. Since then, we have worked toward the goal of placing ever more of our online social lives under good cooperative governance. To get a sense of how we operate, or to start your own fediverse cooperative, see our guide on "How to Make the Fediverse Your Own."

New to the Fediverse? Check out the Social.coop guide to Mastodon.

Learn more

Governance - How power flows, including processes and documents
Operations - How we organize our activities
Platforms - The online spaces we use and manage
Tutorials - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop
Meta - Wiki pages about the wiki!

Common questions

1. Are there any coop jobs available to me? How do I find out about those?

There are a number of working groups involved in the Operations of the coop - check them out at that link. We intend to rotate in members regularly to prevent burnout, so please reach out to any group you are interested in participating in.

2. How do I ask a meta-question about the server or propose a change to Social.coop policy?

Great question! When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals

3. Where does all the money go?

Our budget was outlined and discussed in Loomio. As of writing, less than a 1/3 of funds go to stipends for various Operations groups, a little less than that is contributed to allied cooperative and technology projects (determined by the Finance Working Group .) The rest is split between reserves and hosting the server, paying for Loomio, Meet.coop, and other Platforms.

4. Is this instance based in the US or somewhere else?

Our Platforms page says our hosting is Hetzner, which appears to be based in Germany.

5. What's the Matrix chat thing and should I be on that?

Matrix is an open chat network, where we have a few rooms that you might be interested in. In particular, the Open Chatroom hosts a small amount of meta talk about the coop, and the tech chat is probably where to go if the server is down and you want to see what is happening.

About this wiki

This wiki is maintained by Social.coop's working groups and ops teams. Members are welcome to make an account and contribute. Please register with the same username you use on Social.coop.

TODOs for this wiki

Migrate Tech Working Group content
Enable multi-theme support so it renders in an accessible way on mobile
Document setup steps in the wiki proper, currently these are at https://anagora.org/wiki-migration
Test coop-cloud-based backups/restores

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-[https://social.coop/about/more Social.coop] is a cooperative corner of the [[wikipedia:Fediverse|fediverse]]. We primarily operate a [[wikipedia:Mastodon_(software)|Mastodon]] social-media server. Our members fund our operations and decide how to set our community policies, steward our data, and manage our shared technologies. Members also provide the labor to run Social.coop at all levels.
+'''[https://social.coop/about/more Social.coop]''' is a cooperative corner of the [[wikipedia:Fediverse|Fediverse]].
-If you are interested in joining Social.coop, visit our [[registration form]].[[File:Social coop logo.png|thumb|Social.coop logo]]Social.coop was founded in 2017 in the wake of the [https://buytwitter.org/ BuyTwitter] campaign. Since then, we have worked toward the goal of placing ever more or our online social lives under good cooperative governance. To get a sense of how we operate, or to start your own fediverse cooperative, see our guide on "[[How to Make the Fediverse Your Own]]."
+We primarily operate a [[wikipedia:Mastodon_(software)|Mastodon]] server. Our members fund our operations and decide how to set our community policies, steward our data, and manage our shared technologies. Members also provide the labor to run Social.coop at all levels.
-New to using the fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]].
+We have a [[Code of conduct]].
-= Learn more =
+If you are interested in joining Social.coop, please refer to our '''[https://join.social.coop/registration-form.html registration form]'''.
-* [[Governance]] - How power flows, including processes and documents
+[[Social.coop]] was founded in 2017 in the wake of the [https://buytwitter.org/ BuyTwitter] campaign. Since then, we have worked toward the goal of placing ever more of our online social lives under good cooperative governance. To get a sense of how we operate, or to start your own fediverse cooperative, see our guide on "[[How to Make the Fediverse Your Own]]."
-* [[Operations]] - How we organize our activities
-* [[Platforms]] - The online spaces we use and manage
-* [[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop
-= About this wiki =
+New to the Fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]].
-This wiki is maintained by Social.coop's working groups and ops teams. Members are welcome to make an account and contribute. Please register with the same username you use on Social.coop.
+==Learn more==
+*[[Governance]] - How power flows, including processes and documents
+*[[Operations]] - How we organize our activities
+*[[Platforms]] - The online spaces we use and manage
+*[[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop
+*[[Meta]] - Wiki pages about the wiki!
+== Common questions ==
+. Are there any coop jobs available to me? How do I find out about those?
+There are a number of working groups involved in the [[Operations]] of the coop - check them out at that link. We intend to rotate in members regularly to prevent burnout, so please reach out to any group you are interested in participating in.
+. How do I ask a meta-question about the server or propose a change to Social.coop policy?
+Great question! [[When and how to use Threads, Polls, and Proposals]]
+.  Where does all the money go?
+Our [https://www.loomio.com/d/xqw7FtUT/toward-an-annual-budget budget] was outlined and discussed in [[Loomio]]. As of writing, less than a 1/3 of funds go to stipends for various [[Operations]] groups, a little less than that is contributed to allied cooperative and technology projects (determined by the [[Finance Working Group]] .) The rest is split between reserves and hosting the server, paying for [[Loomio]], [[Meet.coop]], and other [[Platforms]].
+. Is this instance based in the US or somewhere else?
+Our [[Platforms]] page says our hosting is [[wikipedia:Hetzner|Hetzner]], which appears to be based in Germany.
+. What's the Matrix chat thing and should I be on that?
+[[Matrix]] is an open chat network, where we have a few rooms that you might be interested in. In particular, the Open Chatroom hosts a small amount of meta talk about the coop, and the tech chat is probably where to go if the server is down and you want to see what is happening.[[File:Organizational map of social.coop.png|thumb|alt=An organizational map of social.coop|An organizational map of social.coop]]
+==About this wiki==
+This wiki is maintained by Social.coop's working groups and ops teams. Members are welcome to make an account and contribute. ''Please register with the same username you use on Social.coop''.
+===TODOs for this wiki ===
+* Migrate Tech Working Group content
+* Enable multi-theme support so it renders in an accessible way on mobile
+* Document setup steps in the wiki proper, currently these are at https://anagora.org/wiki-migration
+* Test coop-cloud-based backups/restores