Where to Find Me is a site to help people keep in touch and still find each other in the face of instability in the world of closed social media sites.
Our intent is always and forever to put the humans using this site first, by valuing people's right to privacy, self-identification, and their right to change their mind.
We hope to keep the site simple, to question every feature we add and not just add it because it's "what websites do", and to communicate clearly, honestly, and directly with the people who use the site.
With all that in mind, we should consider what directions we want this site to take, and what directions we don't want to take.
The guiding philosophy, as I have conceived of it, is that Where to Find Me is the map, not the destination. We won't have statuses, we won't have posts, we won't have content as such here. We won't pull that in from other connected sites, either. We won't sell your data and we won't run ads. If we have to raise money to keep this running, our first choice will be memberships: selling a service for money is a lot more honest and sustainable than partaking in surveillance capitalism.
We are interested in pursuing matters like verified ownership of linked identities, whether by OAuth logins or IndieWeb microformats. We are interested in pursuing programmatic access to the data here, so that people can extend it themselves.
We welcome contributions to this project, though we may adapt or reject them to keep the project in line with the above stated goals. By contributing to the project, you agree to let us use and distribute any code, images, or other assets you've contributed, and you represent that you have the right to do so.
Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:
- Using welcoming and inclusive language
- Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
- Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
- Focusing on what is best for the community
- Showing empathy towards other community members
Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
- The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances
- Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
- Public or private harassment
- Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission
- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting the project lead at <[email protected]>. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project lead is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the project’s leadership.
This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.4, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq