The House of Tea and Madness
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ABOUT THE HOUSE · NO ALGORITHM · NO ADS

Something new,
on purpose.

We are here to reverse the consumption-based social media we have today.

The House is built on the Breath Premise, written by Daedalus Publius: your worth began with your first breath. Nobody here can add to it, and nobody can take it away.

This is a place to change the way we do things as a society and as a community. A place to do something new, not repeat the same bull shit.

We’re new, and we’re still working out all the kinks. But you’ll at least have a say.

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No algorithms

You and your community · +1

We do not have algorithms. If it’s boring, get better friends.

01your friends

Fed by your friends

Your Stream is fed directly by your friends and the rooms you chose, in the order they spoke. No ads. No celebrities. No trends.

02+1

Just you and your community, +1

+1, because friend suggestions only go one layer up: people your friends know directly. We don’t traverse down. No “friend of a friend”, no “people you may know”, unless you switch it on yourself.

03no filter

Not a place to filter

We don’t filter what you say, except religion and politics: those stay out of the common rooms. Talk about them on your own page or in private. The reasons are in the Articles and the books.

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Who’s welcome

Creative · strange · all of it
01welcome

Furries, cosplay, anime weebs, nerds

And all of it. We do not shun those who are creative; we embrace creativity. We appreciate the art and the communities. If this bothers you, there’s Facebook.

02words

If words offend you

This may not be the place for you. We are here to break the censorship molds. Freedom of speech, yes. Freedom to give false news or information, no.

03never

Never welcome

We do not allow pedophiles, rapists or abusers. We are strict on this. A person reads every request to join, and ID and registry checks are coming to the door.

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How we treat each other

Respect · moving forward
No screenshots
what’s said here stays here

We do not screenshot and share.

No tattling
say it to their face

We don’t run to anyone over a hurt feeling. We talk it out.

No abuse
ever

Harm isn’t a hurt feeling. Harm gets reported, and it gets dealt with.

Respect
and moving forward

That’s what we’re about. Everything else follows from it.

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In the open

Signed · public · appealable

We aren’t the government. We won’t hide the Epstein list. If you hurt our community, it will be made public.

01signed

Nobody named on an accusation alone

A report is signed by the key on the reporter’s profile. The room’s elected stewards look into it, and what they find is signed by theirs.

02public

Posted on the public log

Why the report was made, who made it, what was found and what was done, all of it in the open, where anyone can check the signatures.

03accurate

False news gets corrected

Post misinformation and you’ll be asked to correct it, with the flag showing publicly. Don’t, and you go back to posting on your own page only. Every decision can be appealed to a jury of members drawn by lot.

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Showing up counts

Coming soon · Demiurge

Time spent reading, watching and learning inside the House earns Demiurge, the House’s own record of showing up. It’s never cash, and it spends only inside the House.

1an hour

Here to learn

One Demiurge for every hour you spend reading, watching and learning.

2an hour

News writers

Two an hour for the members who signed up to write the House’s news.

3an hour

Mentors

Three an hour for the members who mentor.

The clock starts when you open a page and stops when you close it, look away or go idle, up to four hours a day. You can see every minute that counted, and nobody else can.

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Come in

By request · free to join

Come on in Little Hatters and Alice’s, the Tea is cold, and we share the Madness.

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