# tilde.team manifesto
tilde.team is a shared system that provides an
inclusive, non-commercial space for teaching,
learning, practicing and enjoying the social medium
of unix.
here are some of our most important values:
1. tilde.team is an alternative social environment for
the technically-inclined; specifically, a non-commercial
alternative to the mainstream, corporate-owned media and
social media. we aim to put the users in control of the
tools of communication that are currently being neutered
by corporate commodification of the www.
2. provide tools, resources and encouragement for users
to develop ideas and best practices for the next
generation of public access unix systems. the "next
generation" is always ahead of the present, so this
implies that the system is in a constant state of
development and self-improvement, with a continually
rolling set of goals, and regular testing and
evaluation of experimental projects. --all of which
is powered by user involvement in a
brainstorming/experimenting/teaching/learning/doing
model.
3. serve partly as a meta-community among other tildes
and pubnixes, both sharing best practices and
learning from their experiences.
4. last but absolutely not least --> MAKE IT FUN!
it should not be a bitter place to sulk or rant about
mainstream culture. it should be a social
environment in which users can go wild and push
their creative skills to the limit. it should be a
place to appreciate what does not exist in other
exploitative commercial environments.
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this document is still a work in progress.
if you have any ideas or suggestions, send a pr to
https://tildegit.org/team/site/src/branch/master/wiki/pages/manifesto.md
