From b664d6490cbfcb45994689ab1a099324eb6746da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Iliya Krempeaux Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:39:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] initial commits --- README.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d03040c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# Whom-to-Follow (WTF) bootstrap + +The **Whom-to-Follow** (**WTF**) **bootstrap** addresses a specific problem — + +When someone first joins a new social-media network, including social-media networks that are part of the Fediverse (such as Mastodon, Pixelfed, Firefish, Friendica, GreatApe, and others), they are not _yet_ following anyone. +With a lot of social-media platforms, that means they do _not_ yet see any content — which is bad, in terms of user-experience (UX) and user-retention. +This could cause someone who just joined the social-media network to abandon it. + +**Whom-to-Follow** (**WTF**) **bootstrap* provides a set of Fediverse accounts that are "safe" and "appropriate" for an adult to follow, as their . + +## Requirements + +There are requirements for a Fediverse account to appear on this list: + +* the account must post regularly, +* the account must have a very board appeal, +* the account must be unlikely to be found offensive by the vast majority of people, +* the account must not post about politics, + * for the purposes of this — "politics" includes "morals", "ideology", "ethics", "politics", and whatever else it is being called, +* the account must not post sexual content. + +Humans are political creatures. Politics are normal. +But this list is _not_ the place for it. + +Humans are sexual creatures. Sexuality are normal. +But this list is _not_ the place for it. +