With the Mastodon server at SocialBC.ca, we are beginning on what will hopefully be a journey to help British Columbians find an alternative to the corporate algorithms and control of traditional social media. Our Society is dedicated to the idea of an open, interconnected, web of social media servers that are controlled first and foremost by the people using them.
We are not in this to create our own mega-social-media-monolith because that is not a sustainable business model. First and foremost, we are dedicated to helping and supporting people within the region of British Columbia and with respect to the First Nations Territories it is a part of. We would like to foster and encourage communities to create spaces of their own on the open social web or "Fediverse" that mimic Twitter (Mastodon), Instagram (Pixelfed), Youtube (Peertube) or whatever social media space might appear.
We are a non-profit society registered in BC. We do not have charitable status. We have a small Board of Directors to run the affairs of the Society. Our intention is for members of the social servers run by SOSSBC to be able to become members of the Society and so have the ability to help make decisions and move the whole project forward.
If you would like to help us with the Society, please do get in touch at help at socialbc.org
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