Front-end web makers who value humans over technology & embrace diversity on an accessible web. We hope to stay small & grow slowly. Mascots by @stephaniewalter. More at https://about.front-end.social

A brief welcome

A few of us started this server looking for a small place to land together in the 'fediverse' – hopefully a safer place. We're front-end web makers who value humans over technology, and embrace diversity on an open, accessible, progressively-enhanced web.

We were not expecting so much interest! It's exciting! But we're still new to this, not set up to grow large or fast. This isn't a corporate venue, it's our virtual living room – and we have a small apartment.

It's hard turning people away, but we think it's important not to take on more than we can care for, in our spare time. So our registrations are currently paused, with a few exceptions. Please bear with us – the goal is not to be exclusive, but to be sustainable in our growth.

More info on who we are, invite policies, and supporting the server over at about.front-end.social » 💖 @mods

Our code of conduct

Front-end.social is a community built on respect and inclusivity. As a member of front-end.social, you agree to uphold an environment of consideration for all members, especially those from traditionally minoritized communities.

If you think you can resolve a problem you’re having with someone’s behavior without getting admins involved, we encourage you to. Early interventions from someone’s friends and acquaintances are way more likely to actually fix someone’s bad behavior than letting it fester until we need to step in. Please feel free to report behavior to admins if you think it’s something you can’t deal with.

Admins reserve the right to take whatever action deemed necessary if these guidelines are violated, including but not limited to: warnings, temporary suspension, and site bans. Any language or action that expresses, reinforces, upholds or sympathizes with any form of systemic social domination is considered oppressive and is grounds for removal at any level deemed appropriate by the admins. All potential violations are manually reviewed by a human being; we do not use any automated systems to take disciplinary action, although we may use automated tooling to help detect certain violations.

Membership & Invitation Expectations

While we may be the first front-end focused Mastodon instance, it is not our goal to be the one de-facto instance. We want our community to remain a reasonable size to promote a healthy culture. We encourage others to build other similar communities!

Front-end.social is semi-open. We are still actively working through what this looks like. We are working on our application process, which will hopefully include a more tailored application form than the default Mastodon one. Thanks for bearing with us.

Please help us make this instance inviting and inclusive. If you are interested in front-end web development (or don’t mind hanging with those who do) and you support our values, you're welcome here!

Recommended Post Etiquette

Since this is a semi-open instance, we have some guidelines and recommendations for joining the community outlined below. Please keep in mind that these guidelines are designed to encourage positive and supportive interactions within front-end.social, not to police behavior.

Community members are encouraged to share and recommend these best practices to their fellow community members, especially when someone joins on your invite.

🗣 Introduce yourself!

Once you've had some time to get the lay of the land, it's a great idea to write a quick #introduction (and include that hashtag so others can find it).

❤️ Before you promote, participate!

It's super cool to share the stuff you're working on, invite people to events, ask for help, share work opportunities/gigs, etc. But please try not to make these your first or only posts! Join in the conversation, say hello, make an introduction above, even share *other* people's stuff. All of these things will help you build connections and earn trust. Besides, people are way more likely to pay attention to (and boost/click/share) the stuff you share if they recognize you!

In general, promoting stuff is good. It's how we learn what's going on, and help each other. If you're active in the community and sharing something you think others might like, you don't have to worry. Drive-by promotion doesn't help the community, so please try to avoid it.

🚨 Please consider using "content warnings."

We ask that you put the following topics behind a content warning (CW) (photos can be marked with the eye symbol - after uploading, before posting):

• graphic violence or gore
• flashing video/gifs
• spoilers

We encourage you to toot about your lived experience freely, without content warning. We don't support and will not tolerate the silencing of underrepresented and minoritized people sharing their truths – or pointing out issues in the industry and platform. That said, if you are posting on triggering topics, we encourage you to consider the content warning feature.

When in doubt, CW. Our goal is to create a space where we are not overwhelmed by negative posts or bombarded by the 24 hour news cycle. Twitter's algorithm encouraged doom scrolling. We don't want to replicate that here.

CW are also often used as courtesy to help followers pre-screen sensitive or particularly noisy topics. Examples of this might include meta-discussion about Mastodon itself (commonly tagged 'fedi meta') or mental health (tag 'mh'). This sort of use is not required on our instance, but it a norm of Mastodon etiquette at large.

🌄 Image captions

Please add descriptive image captions to any images you post. We have added custom CSS to the site to highlight where descriptions are added, and their presence or absence on images.

Behavior & Content

The following types of content will be removed from the public timeline, and may result in a ban from front-end.social:

• Unapproved bots (for approval, please contact the admins)
• Plagiarism
• Pornography and sexually explicit content without a content warning
• Gore and graphic violence not hidden by a content warning
• Intentional misinformation

The following types of content are explicitly disallowed and will result in a ban from front-end.social:

• Promoting the oppression of any group based on gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or class
• Conduct promoting the ideology of fascism, radical nationalism, or xenophobia
• Racism or advocation of racism
• Sexism or advocation of sexism
• Sexual depictions of children
• Holocaust denial or Nazi symbolism
• Content that is illegal in nations where our members are active and content that facilitates illegal activity

Any conduct intended to stalk, harass, or intimidate other people, or to impede other people from utilizing the service, or to degrade the performance of the service, or to harass others, or to incite others to perform any of the aforementioned actions is forbidden and subject to punishment up to and including a ban from front-end.social.

This can include, but is not limited to, the following behaviors:

• Continuing to engage in conversation with a person that has specifically requested for said engagement to cease may be considered harassment, regardless of platform-specific privacy tools employed.
• Aggregating, posting, and/or disseminating a person's demographic, personal, or private data without express permission.
• Inciting people to engage another person in continued interaction or discussion after a person has requested for said engagement to cease and desist may be considered harassment.
• Posting and/or disseminating a person's posts ("toots"), including screen captures or any other content without express permission.
• Intentionally posting or disseminating libel, slander, or other disinformation.

This Code of Conduct applies both to content on front-end.social and to public spaces when an individual is representing front-end.social or its community.

Reports of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be made by using the report button. All reports will be reviewed and dealt with as soon as possible. Admins are obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.

The admins reserve the right to revoke any user's content on or access to front-end.social, at any time, for any reason.

Our current moderators are: @mia, @estelle, @keithjgrant, @kitt, and @grigs. You can reach us through the @mods account.

No creepy crawlies (robot.txt set to disallow). No secret crypto mining operations.

A special note about tech flame-wars

You are welcome to your own opinions regarding technology, the web, code formatting, and the pronunciation of “gif” but we ask that if you choose to express these opinions, you do so in a respectful way.

Furthermore—and perhaps even more importantly—strive to extend the benefit of the doubt to others as they express their opinions. Rather than assuming a 200-character post encompasses the full extent of a complicated issue, ask clarifying questions before launching a rebuttal—or simply keep scrolling. Don’t make the admins “choose a side” because a disagreement gets out of hand.

1. No racism/white supremacy
2. No sexism
3. No ableism
4. No queer/trans-phobia No homophobia, xenophobia, TERF, or other 'gender critical' shit. No dead-naming, misgendering, etc. No debating other people's right to exist.
5. No fascism or nationalism
6. No violence or harassment No violence or harassment. No disrespecting people's boundaries. No sliding into DMs or @-mentioning those who have blocked you.
7. No spam
8. Be good to each other
9. No crypto

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