Contribute
How can you contribute, participate and support?
You can support, co-develop or co-program the free open source software ocelot.social and the active networks in a variety of ways.
Click on the area that interests you:
- Support your network
- Operate your own network
- Promote ocelot.social
- Improve the network
- Would you like to help test new functions?
- Do you like writing?
- Do you speak a foreign language?
- Do you like organizing?
- Help develop the software
- Other ideas for getting involved?
- Donate
Support your network
Use the active networks
Join in and become a user of a network that runs with our software.
- register as a user
- add a profile picture, your approximate location and other information about yourself to your user profile
- write readable and reader-friendly posts, add a picture and hashtags
- comment on other users’ posts
- recommend posts that are worth reading
- follow users
- create a group and invite members
- help make your network a pleasant and interesting place for you and your friends
Liven up your network
If you are a member of a network, you want to meet interesting people there. With more users, your network will become dynamic and diverse.
- tell your friends and family about the network
- invite them to the network (→ instructions in the wiki)
- publish the link to the network on your website, your blog or in other social networks
- report on the network in front of an audience
Other ways to get involved
Many networks are participatory networks and are grateful for your help – perhaps as a moderator? For more information, visit the operator’s website or contact them.
Operate your own network
With the free software ocelot.social and the necessary know-how, you can run your own network.
If you need help with this, our developers will be happy to support you.
Promote ocelot.social
“Spread the word!”
Whether association, movement or institution – ocelot.social can be used as a social network for many types of groups and organizations.
- publish the link to ocelot.social on your website, blog or social networks
- give the software ocelot.social a
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Staron the developer platform GitHub
Improve the network
- if you have found a bug in the network, report it to our developers:
- if you would like to contribute good ideas and suggestions for improving the software, please contact us
Would you like to help test new functions?
We are looking for users to test the new functions of the next software version before they are released.
Do you like writing?
- help write the user guide (→ Guide in the wiki).
- help maintain the communication channels of the ocelot.social software and our developer community busFaktor() e.V. and animate them in a variety of ways
Do you speak a foreign language?
The network is available in several languages. If you would like to help translate, complete or improve the user interface or user instructions in the wiki, please contact us.
Would you like to contribute to the design?
Contact us to improve the design and usability of the network.
Do you like organizing?
Contact us if you would like to …
… create concepts for new functions,
… help organize the financing of the development of new functions
… or plan events, meetings etc.
Help develop the software
The ocelot.social software is free and open source. Would you like to develop and test new functions? Then follow our documentation.
Our Good First Issues on GitHub are suitable for beginners.
We are also happy if you view, comment on or release changes to the program code of other developers on GitHub. Or give the software on GitHub a Star.
You can chat with us on Discord and we can get to know each other in a pair programming session.
Other ideas for getting involved?
If you would like to get involved in the project in another way, please contact us.
Donate
The ocelot.social software is freely available – but maintenance and further development cost money. You are welcome to support us with a donation: