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Values for AboutUs

Below is a list of values that the AboutUs team feel are important. Please feel free to add more thoughts on what you think are important values for the AboutUs community to have. We will be adding more on a regular basis as we work through issues related to building an online wiki community. One of the main wiki values is to constantly build and not be worried about starting somewhere.

Fundamental Values

Work-In-Progress

RadicalTrust

Do-ocracy

Inclusiveness

It's AboutUs... Not AboutMe

YourChoice

Self-Organize

Values

Wisdom of crowds

Collaboration is good
Everyone can participate, maximum value possible by seeing everyone's knowledge as valuable
I know some things, we know all things
The communal mind, connect humans to information based on all other human intuitions and perceptions instead of algorythms. The human mind is better at organizing things than a computer when it can do it en-masse.
We all have room to grow - into what we don't know - yet

Community

We celebrate the "other", the "Category:LongtailCategories". (Otherwise, why 2.0?)
Active listening
Empathy
We are excited about why you are here
Always exceeding expectations
Real people ... accountability. Realnames any living people help build trust
Building community
The world is a small place are all linked. We'll show you how you are connected
We connect people, we help people connect with businesses, organizations, user groups
Organizing information and people
People are good
We serve moving readers to contributors
Solving problems

Build the commons

Build the commons, read, edit + reuse
Ideas want to be free
Add Value
Be a builder
Be constructive

Transparency

Security through obscurity is not security
Visibility is good, Full visibility for all actions, Transparency, nothing should be hidden from the community, hurts bad actors, helps good actors

Wiki

Wiki is the easy button
Wiki culture is better! Better than polarization, better signal to noise ratio
Assume good faith
Content over form
Innovation

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Who says these are our values? - Scott Keeler

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-THIS  SITE  SUCKS !!!
+== Values for AboutUs ==
+Below is a list of values that the [[AboutUs]] team feel are important.  Please feel free to add more thoughts on what you think are important values for the [[AboutUs]] community to have.  We will be adding more on a regular basis as we work through issues related to building an online [[wiki]] community. One of the main [[wiki]] values is to constantly build and not be worried about starting somewhere.
-YA, WE STINK PRETTY BAD
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+[[Image:AboutUsValues.png]]
+----
 ==Fundamental Values==
-this site sucks big time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Work-In-Progress
+<WikiPages>
+RadicalTrust
+Do-ocracy
+Inclusiveness
+It's AboutUs... Not AboutMe
+YourChoice
+Self-Organize
+</WikiPages>
-IT IS  PRETTY  SORRY  OF   A   SITE,   WHEN   ANYONE   CAN  CHANGE  ANYTHING  OR  MAKE  FALSE  STATMENTS ABOUT COMPANIES AND PEOPLE HERE ALL THEY WANT  WITH  NO  MODORATIONS OR CONSIQUENSES  TO PREVENT SUCH, NOW IS IT?
+==Values==
+<WikiPages>
+ProtectMinors
+ProtectChildren
+UsersEasilyGetWhatTheyWant
+UsersEasilyAvoidWhatTheyFindDistasteful
+DontBeATurnOff
+BeTasteful
+BeLegal
+AvoidUnnecessaryRisk
+Simplicity
+BeComplete
+CommonGroundForAll
+EmbraceDiversity
+MoralDiversity
+IncludeEveryone
+EncourageFreeSpeech
+BePragmatic
+WorkEfficiently
+Efficiency
+DeserveAGoodReputation
+PromoteTheWikiWay
+IntentionalDirection
+ValuableSiteDirection
+EncourageQuality
+WorkOnWhatWeLove
+AvoidWorkWeHate
+AvoidBusyWork
+Profitability
+BeConstructive
+CreateASiteWeAreProudOf
+FinanciallySustainable
+UserDriven
+LivingSite
+MinimizeMoralJudgements
+EfficientlyExpressedSuggestions
+Hospitality
+HaveFun
+BeTransparent
+Collaborate
+AssumeGoodFaith
+</WikiPages>
-THE TRUTH IS:
-about us. org sucks!
+===Wisdom of crowds===
+* Collaboration is good
+* Everyone can participate, maximum value possible by seeing everyone's knowledge as valuable
+* I know some things, we know all things
+* The communal mind, connect humans to information based on all other human intuitions and perceptions instead of algorythms.  The human mind is better at organizing things than a computer when it can do it en-masse.
+* We all have room to grow - into what we don't know - yet
+===Community===
+* We celebrate the "other", the "[[:Category:LongtailCategories]]".  (Otherwise, why 2.0?)
+* Active listening
+* Empathy
+* We are excited about why you are here
+* Always exceeding expectations
+* [[RealPeople|Real people]] ... accountability.  Realnames any living people help build trust
+* Building community
+* The world is a small place  are all linked.  We'll show you how you are connected
+* We connect people, we help people connect with businesses, organizations, user groups
+* Organizing information and people
+* People are good
+* We serve moving readers to contributors
+* Solving problems
+===Build the commons===
+* Build the commons, read, edit + reuse
+* Ideas want to be free
+* Add Value
+* [[BeABuilder|Be a builder]]
+* Be constructive
+===Transparency===
+* Security through obscurity is not security
+* Visibility is good, Full visibility for all actions, Transparency, nothing should be hidden from the community, hurts bad actors, helps good actors
+===[[wiki|Wiki]]===
+* [[wiki|Wiki]] is the easy button
+* [[wiki|Wiki]] culture is better! Better than polarization, better signal to noise ratio
+* [[AssumeGoodFaith|Assume good faith]]
+* Content over form
+* Innovation
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-MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND.  WHEN YOU PUT THINGS BAD ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT TRUE, ANYONE CAN I GUESS.  THIS SITE SUCKS.  BUT THAT IS JUST MY OPNION.  I AM SURE I AM NOT ALONE IN THOSE THOUGHTS
+[[CommunityWiki:WikiWayOfLife]]
+__NOTOC__