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If you are interested in joining Social.coop, please refer to our '''[https://join.social.coop/registration-form.html registration form]'''. | If you are interested in joining Social.coop, please refer to our '''[https://join.social.coop/registration-form.html registration form]'''. | ||
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]]." | [[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]]." | ||
New to the Fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]]. | New to the Fediverse? Check out the [[Social.coop guide to Mastodon]]. | ||
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*[[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop | *[[Tutorials]] - Guides for how to do things on Social.coop | ||
*[[Meta]] - Wiki pages about the wiki! | *[[Meta]] - Wiki pages about the wiki! | ||
== Working groups == | |||
* [[Organizing Circle|Organizing circle]] | |||
* [[Community Working Group|Community working group]] (CWG) | |||
* [[Tech Working Group]] (TWG) | |||
* [[Legal Working Group]] (LWG) | |||
* [[Finance Working Group]] (FWG) | |||
== Common questions == | == Common questions == | ||
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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. | 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. Where does all the money go? | 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 [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]]. | 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]]. | ||
4. 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. | Our [[Platforms]] page says our hosting is [[wikipedia:Hetzner|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.[[File:Organizational map of social.coop.png|thumb|alt=An organizational map of social.coop|An organizational map of social.coop]] | [[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]] | ||