(working title, if you got anything better lmk)

Humein: Fostering a community

One of the biggest questions we need to solve is how to foster a community allows for conflicting viewpoints to coexist and debate each other in good faith. If this community is properly realized, then moderation will be needed minimally as people understand how to moderate themselves.

The Three Posters

In most online debates (especially around politics) there are three main types of posters, The Troll, The Passionist, and The Normie. Below I’ve outlined each group, how to tell who’s who and how to try to keep the toxic groups under control. You (as a normie) should read through each to inform yourself of the folly of online groups.

The Troll

The troll is only here for this debate to get a rise out of people. They don’t really care about the argument they’re pushing, they’re only doing it to make people mad, shocked, upset and angry. Troll’s relish in your harm. They may or may not be

This (and all other documents) should be changed and updated with discussion from the community. All is subject to change, start a discussion on what you think should be changed

Goal: **Create a self governing, safe, and diverse online community that fosters discussion over both original content and shared links. **

Execution:

Before delving deeper into our primary objective, let me first provide some context about how I define "community" in this context. Imagine a thriving farm as an analogy for an effective community. In such a farm, decisions regarding crop selection, planting, harvesting, and pest control are made by the people who use the land and eat the crops - the farmers themselves. Large corporations do not dictate which crops are grown or when to sell them; rather, the farmers cultivate what they believe is tasteful, practical, and enjoyable. Similarly, undesirable growths are removed from the soil, but non-invasive unintended vegetation is tolerated if they

Hello stranger. If you've stumbled across this and would like to join we'd love if you were to introduce yourself.

I'm Henry (he/they/it) and I thought this project up. I love all sorts of nerdy things from worldbuilding, to languages, to tech. My main account is @[email protected] and my matrix is @metaltoilet:converser.eu. Feel free to reach out to me at either of those.

Our name is currently Humein. That may change because we didn't really have enough people at the time to properly choose a name (other options were coop as in chickens, sei as in whales, and a few more). However, here's where this name comes from:

Humile ant: Is a type of ant that has large colonies of which the worker ants reconize the queens of other colonies. IDK why but we thought this felt sorta like how a self governed instance would work and ants are cool.

We then added -ein as in humane because it sounds and looks cooler and we're on a pretty humane mission.

🎉 Tada! We have a name!