"title" = "Some questions to discover Mobilizon…";
"adoption->title" = "Resources";
"adoption->signup->q" = "How do I sign up?";
"adoption->signup->a" = "First of all, you need to find an instance of Mobilizon, i.e.\na Mobilizon website that a host has installed on its server.\n\nYou will find **our selection of instances at\n[mobilizon.org](@:link.mzo)**. Please note this selection is\nbased on our own criteria, which may not suit you.\n\nYou will find **[a more complete index of Mobilizon’s public instances\non this page](@:link.jmz-instances)**.\n\nTo better choose your Mobilizon instance, please read its “about”\npage. This should include who is hosting the instance, why, and under what conditions.";
"adoption->install->q" = "How do I install Mobilizon on my server?";
"adoption->install->a" = "You will find the method we recommend in [our documentation on how to install Mobilizon](@:link.jmz-docs/administration/install) on your server.\n\nWe will add to this documentation as and when\ncontributors help us maintain other\ninstallation methods (Docker, etc.)";
"adoption->use->q" = "How do I learn how to use Mobilizon?";
"adoption->use->a" = "You can find [our users guide for Mobilizon here](@:link.jmz-docs/use).\n\nIf you can’t find the answer to your questions there, or\nif you think there is information missing, come discuss it with\nus on [our contributors’ forum](@:link.jmz-forum).";
"adoption->develop->q" = "How can I contribute to the Mobilizon code?";
"adoption->develop->a" = "First of all, you will need to be familiar with Git and Elixir.\nIf you have no idea what we’re talking about, then the\nproject isn't ready to receive your contributions in code yet. Sorry!\n\nIf you are versed in these tools, just go to [the software repository](@:git.mobilizon),\nand write an issue or fork the repository to propose your own contributions.\n\nOf course, it is always better to talk to each other beforehand. \nYou can use [our\nMatrix lounge](https://matrix.to/#/#Mobilizon:matrix.org) for this.";
"adoption->contribute->q" = "How can I participate in Mobilizon if I don’t know how to code?";
"adoption->contribute->a" = "The easiest way is to come and talk to us in [the Mobilizon dedicated space](@:link.jmz-forum) on our forum.\n\nPlease keep in mind that we are not a multinational tech company, nor\neven a start-up, but an association with less than 40 members (which\ncarry out other projects in parallel).\nDon’t worry if it should take us a while to answer you. We’re listening!";
"utility->title" = "Use";
"utility->social->q" = "How can I promote what I do, what I am, on Mobilizon?";
"utility->social->a" = "Note: if your goal is promotion, popularity,\nvirality, celebrity, buzz, etc. Mobilizon is probably\nnot the right tool for you.\n\nMobilizon allows you to publish events, and to\norganize within groups (including discussions, a space for shared links,\nand the publication of tickets).\n\n**Mobilizon is not a social media platform, nor a viral communication tool**:\nit should rather be perceived as an autonomous space for\nyour group, whose members will be able to follow any new content.\n\nIf you wish to popularize an event or the post your group has just published on\nMobilizon, the best thing to do is to share the link on existing social media,\nmailing lists, and other means of social communication.";
"utility->group->q" = "How can Mobilizon help me organize my group?";
"utility->group->a" = "Mobilizon’s functionality has been designed to meet the needs of groups that\nwish to organize themselves internally while still having a public existence.\n\nThis translates into several tools, public and/or internal to the group:\n- _(public)_ a presentation page of the group, including\n  a description as well as events and public tickets;\n- _(public or internal)_ an event publication tool;\n- _(public or internal)_ a tool for publishing posts, like a minimalist blog;\n- _(internal)_ a tool for group discussions, akin to a forum category;\n- _(internal)_ a directory of the group’s useful links, with direct access to\n  collaborative tools.\n\nThese tools are there to ensure that collective ventures are not limited to\na hashtag and a gathering, giving the means of creating a collective and of encouraging people to do things together.";
"utility->outlaw->q" = "If it’s free, can I say whatever I want? Even unlawful stuff?";
"utility->outlaw->a" = "Being free does not mean being above the law! Every \nMobilizon instance may decide on its own terms and conditions of use,\nwithin the laws that they are subject to.\n\nFor example, in France, content denying the Holocaust is prohibited, and\ncan be reported to the authorities. Mobilizon enables Internet users to\nreport problematic content to the people hosting each\ninstance, and every hosting provider must then apply their moderation\nin accordance with their terms of use and the law.\n\nThe federated system, for its part, allows hosts to decide\nwith whom they want to federate, or not, depending on the types of\ncontent or moderation policies of the others.";
"utility->liability->q" = "Who is responsible for the content published on Mobilizon?";
"utility->liability->a" = "Mobilizon is not a centralised platform: it is a software application.\nIt allows a hosting provider to create an event management website, and\ngroups. This type of website is called a _Mobilizon instance_.\n\nThe first person legally responsible is the user who publishes\nillegal or problematic content.\n\nHowever, according to the laws of the country from which the Mobilizon\ninstance originates, the host may also be co-responsible for any\nillegal content on their website.\n\nFor example, in France, any host informed in due and proper form\nof manifestly illegal content becomes co-responsible for it if they\ndon't take steps to unpublish it as soon as possible.";
"utility->join-group->q" = "How do I ask to join a group?";
"utility->join-group->a" = "In Mobilizon version 1.0.0, it is not possible to\nrequest access to a group: the `join a group` button is\nshaded out on the public pages of each group.\n\nHowever, we are displaying this button (along with a message explaining\nthat _“You can only be invited to groups at the moment”_),\nbecause we want to integrate such a feature in the future.\n\nIn a federated tool, coding this button raises a\nmultitude of complex use cases. We still need\ntime to do things right.\n\nIn the meantime, feel free to comment on a group’s public event to let them know you wish to be invited!";
"utility->attention->q" = "Why can’t I follow a profile, or get my friends to follow my profile on Mobilizon?";
"utility->attention->a" = "Because Mobilizon is not a social media platform.\n\nThe tech giants use systems that manipulate our egos to\nlock our attention. Displaying in big numbers\nhow many people “follow” us flatters our egos and pushes us to\nget involved and stage our lives on these platforms.\n\nAllowing the activity of people to be tracked through digital tools can\nhave disastrous consequences, while at the same time being of low interest for an event and group management tool.\n\nOn Mobilizon, it is the groups, not the individuals, that are at the heart of the\ncore functionality.";
"politics->title" = "Politics";
"politics->facebook->q" = "Why doesn’t Mobilizon replace Facebook?";
"politics->facebook->a" = "Mobilizon is not designed to be a “Facebook killer”.\n\nWe can see the danger of hosting an event page for a militant rally\non Facebook, a monopolistic platform that [escalates the\nscandals](https://dayssincelastfacebookscandal.com) concerning about people’s private lives\nand the manipulation of public opinion.\nHowever, compared to those of the web giants, our means are modest.\n\nLet’s start with a tool that may not do everything but does it well. A tool built on a solid foundation that can evolve through contributions.\n\nWe have made the choice to focus on the specific needs of a particular\naudience (activists), but this does not prevent different\ncommunities from using Mobilizon in other cases.\nIn the longer term, we will be able to adapt the tool to these other\naudiences.\n\nWe do not want to reproduce the toxicity of Facebook. [Surveillance capitalism](https://mooc.chatons.org/mod/lesson/view.php?id=70)\nuses the mechanisms of the attention economy to lock up our time,\ncapture our behavior and impose advertising on us.\n\nMobilizon does not depend on such a business model: this is an opportunity\nto try to do better, by doing things differently.";
"politics->activists->q" = "Is it true that Mobilizon is developed for an activist audience? What if I’m not?";
"politics->activists->a" = "Yes, Mobilizon has been designed as a tool that responds primarily to the\nneeds of activists seeking to gather, organize and mobilize.\n\nThis means that we interviewed people who identify themselves as activists in order to understand their digital practices, and\nbetter imagine the tool that would meet their expectations.\n\nIf the activist audience has been at the heart of our \ndesign, this does not mean that we exclude other use cases. We believe that if a tool is well enough designed to\nhelp a group organize a march, then it should cover\nthe needs of a family organizing a surprise birthday party :wink:!\n\nPut another way, whoever you are, you are free to use Mobilizon\nas you see fit.";
"politics->who->q" = "Who develops what in Mobilizon?";
"politics->who->a" = "Mobilizon is developed by Framasoft, a French association\nof popular education on digital issues.\n\nIt employs a developer, tcit, who has been working on\nall the projects necessary for Mobilizon, since 2018:\n\n- Development of new functionalities and [maintenance of the\n  software](@:git.mobilizon);\n- Deliberating on the architecture, design, and future of Mobilizon (partnered with designer @:people.mcgodwin);\n- Preparation of new stable versions and communication (tickets,\n  blog, changelog, etc.);\n- Creation and maintenance of [the index of instances\n  Mobilizon](@:link.jmz-instances);\n- Creation and maintenance of the [Mobilizon’s documentation](@:link.jmz-docs);\n- Support for and discussions about Mobilizon projects on bugtrackers, the forum, the Matrix channel\n  or by email;\n- Code reviews and integration of pull requests/merge requests, as well as\n  support for features added by external contributors\n  (bug fixes, documentation, factorisation, etc.);\n- Maintenance of several Mobilizon instances.\n\ntcit also works on internal Framasoft projects.\n(Framagenda, Framapiaf, admin-sys, etc.). In other words, the management of\nMobilizon is run by a single employee, who is responsible for all the projects\nin addition to other responsibilities in his workload.\n\nOther volunteer and salaried members of Framasoft also contribute to the Mobilizon project, on various aspects (strategy, communication, documentation, development, community animation). \n\nMobilizon is **not** developed by a _startup_, with a team\nof 50 people, and a _workflow_ full of hyper-formatted _processes_.\n\nFramasoft will therefore take time to improve the software, at their own pace and with their atypical methods which, until now,\nhave proven to be quite effective.";
"politics->centrist->q" = "Mobilizon is a tool, does that mean it is neutral? Apolitical?";
"politics->centrist->a" = "No, it is not.\n\nWe believe that no tool is neutral: the way a tool is\ndesigned, as well as the imprint of this tool on our culture, \ninfluences our behavior. It is for these reasons\nthat, for example, we have the reflex to grab a screwdriver by the\nhandle.\n\nMobilizon is developed by Framasoft, a French association\nfor popular education on digital issues.\n\nMobilizon is part of a number of actions that the Framasoft association has\ngathered in its campaign [Contributopia](@:link.cuo).\nThese actions aim to propose alternative digital tools to those\nprovided by surveillance capitalism, so that people who are not\nrecognized by such a system can create spaces for freedom.\n\nAs a result, the development of Mobilizon and/or the management of sites\nassociated with the Mobilizon project (joinmobilizon.org, mobilizon.org,\ninstances.mobilizon.org, etc.) may not appeal to everyone\n(in particular because of different ideas, ideologies or cultures).\n\nWe respect this, and remind you that all software of the \nMobilizon project is free and can be duplicated and developed with\nother cultural influences.";
"politics->others->q" = "Why did you do Mobilizon when there is GetTogether / Demosphere / etc.? What is the difference between these tools?";
"politics->others->a" = "Before committing ourselves to two years of work to develop Mobilizon,\nwe took the time to look at what was being done elsewhere, and to\nask ourselves whether it would not be better to contribute to an existing project.\n\nThere are several other event and group management tools available that are fairly\ninteresting, but we haven’t found any that meet all our criteria.\n\nWe wanted a free-libre open source software, federated according to the ActivityPub protocol,\nfunctional on a large scale, designed outside the economy of attention systems, \nthat could meet the needs of an activist audience. Such software\ndidn’t exist, so we made it.\n\nWe do not claim that Mobilizon is better than any of the other tools. It corresponds to an audience, a need.\nWe also firmly believe that the diversity of projects is a good thing.\nCapitalism has taught us to think: “one desire, one need, one brand”,\nwhether it’s a soda or a small yellow removable self-adhesive paper note.\nWe believe that every tool has its place, and have not tried to make\nof Mobilizon a dominant tool.\n\nFinally, we believe that [coopetition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coopetition) will help\nfree and federated tools set standards, and offer\nmore robust and resilient protocols and uses.";
"politics->trademarks->q" = "Is \"Mobilizon\" a registered trademark?";
"politics->trademarks->a" = "Yes, Framasoft holds the trademark \"Mobilizon\" in several countries for preventive purposes.\n\nFramasoft affirms here its intention not to use intellectual property for predatory purposes or to constrain legitimate use of the software. On the other hand, Framasoft reserves the right to enforce the trademark registration, specifically in case of damage to the image of the project \"Mobilizon\".\nWe recommend that you create your own digital identity, without using \"Mobilizon\" for your project (software name, domain name...) in order to avoid confusion about who is behind the website/project.\n\nFor more information, please refer to our [Trademark Code of Conduct](https://framasoft.org/en/trademarks).";
"concepts->title" = "Concepts";
"concepts->instance->q" = "What is an instance?";
"concepts->instance->a" = "When a person installs Mobilizon on their server, they create an\n_instance_ of Mobilizon. Concretely, this is a _website_ generated\nand managed by the Mobilizon software.\n\nThis Mobilizon website allows people to create accounts, \ngroups, events, etc. The data created is then nested\non the hard drive of the server of the Mobilizon instance. This is why we\nalso say that it is a _hosting_.\n\nOne can compare this instance to a community center or an apartment building. Each person creating an\naccount installs their belongings (their data, their digital contents) in the accommodation.\nEach group created takes possession, as it were, of one of the common rooms.\n\nThe users of these rooms may be under the impression they are\ntaking possession of the premises… but in concrete terms, the owner of\nthe walls, the one who is able to establish common rules and the procedures to enforce them, it is the host.";
"concepts->host->q" = "What is a host / hosting provider?";
"concepts->host->a" = "“Hosting provider” refers to the person, or more often the group of persons\n(association, company, collective, etc.) that offers an online service.\nIn practice, these persons have a server on which they\ninstall software (e.g. Mobilizon software).\nThis installation of the software, called an instance, is accessible online\nby the public, in the form of a Mobilizon website.\n\nThe public can therefore access this instance and interact with it, by creating an account, publishing events, discussing, etc.\nin a group.\nAll of these actions are digital information, therefore\ndata that is hosted on the hard drive of the host’s server.\n\nA web host can be compared to a landlord who would open their accommodation to the public. Their role is both to ensure the maintenance of infrastructure (system administration),\nbut also to set up and enforce internal rules and regulations\n(moderation, administration), or even to ensure good relations with\nthe neighboring owners if the host decides to federate with them (federation policies).";
"concepts->fediverse->q" = "What is the fediverse?";
"concepts->fediverse->a" = "The _fediverse_ refers to all software, instances and data\nwhich could interact together, as they speak the same language,\ni.e. the Activity Pub protocol.\n\nIn other words, the fediverse gathers all accounts, contents,\ninstances and tools that have the ability to find themselves within the\nsame federation.\n\nA distinction must be made between _fediverse_ and _federation_.\nSeveral different softwares use the Activity Pub protocol: PeerTube, Mastodon,\nMobilizon, FunkWhale, etc.\n\nThese speak the same language and _theoretically_ have the \ncapacity to interact with each other: they are therefore part of the fediverse.\n\nIn _practice_, these interactions are still in their infancy, because they first need to be imagined and then implemented in the code\nof these software programs, and then released by\nupdating the installation of these software on the host’s server.\n\nWhen hosting providers allow their instance of one software to\ninteract with the instance of another host, both these interconnected\ninstances form a small piece of a federation.\n\nWithin the fediverse, there is not _one_ federation, but rather\nnumerous _bubbles of federation_, more or less isolated or interconnected.";