Selbstverständnis

GEOKEY was founded on a series of core values. They were chosen carefully, and we care deeply about them.

Support.
The value of GEOKEY is not the text or the code or the URL but the mutual support we give each other. Community Over Content We care only about you as a person; we believe everything good will come out of our friendship. Our value to you is our support; your value to us is your support. Similarly, we support other Communities; we are beneath them, but behind them. We study other communities to learn from their mistakes and successes. We explain solutions clearly. We provide assistance to those who need it. In turn, we gain support by being valued.

BarnRaising.
We work together within the community, and work collectively with other communities. We, TheCollective, have a Superordinate Goal to make something valuable. Our only value comes from working together.

Powerlessness.
We only use our hands, hearts, and minds. We do not exist to control or influence other communities or people. We do not use technology to create power; we only use the social power of having many friends. We will only support others, not control others. We share our values by explaining them clearly and demonstrating that they are useful, not by coercion.

Humane.
We are human beings. We have Real Names and real lives with real feelings and we exist in the Real World and talk to each other. We care more about how people feel than what is technologically possible. We care about how technology impacts our lives, and we seek to ensure it does so positively. People and people and computers and people.

Growth.
We aim to grow not in size, but in spirit. We seek to be better people. We learn from one another, and make an effort to teach what we know. We strive always to find the better answer, not just one that is self-satisfying.

Timelessness.
GEOKEY does not exist in time. We work for those five years from now with those who have past five years ago. Today is not important. We intend to be salient decades from now.

Boredom.
GEOKEY should be boring to everyone who is not interested in us. We do not aim to be popular, we aim to be useful. Quality, not quantity. Content Over Form. LimitTemptation. Defend Against Passion.

NonViolence.
Do no harm, even to those who would harm us. Even social power can be used to cause harm, and we reject such uses.