Open Social Directory
STANDARDS & ETHICS

Editorial Policy

The Open Social Directory enforces strict editorial guidelines to ensure all published guides, comparisons, and platform reviews are objective, fact-checked, and free from automated spam or artificial intelligence hallucinations.

Fact-Checking & Integrity

All technical claims, specification references, and pricing tiers mentioned in our articles (such as fee percentages for Etsy, Patreon, or Substack) are cross-referenced directly with official developer documentations, standards groups (W3C, IETF), or official company support pages. If platform policies shift, we proactively revise and re-build our content pool to prevent stale metrics from misinforming readers.

E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness)

We believe that content regarding open web engineering, decentralized social graphs, and digital identity should be written and overseen by actual human developers and creators who actively participate in these protocols. We do not publish autogenerated placeholder articles or mass-produced SEO content. Our writers must demonstrate deep, professional background in web architecture, software engineering, or creator platform economics.

Affiliate Marketing & Transparency

To keep our directory listings free and support server maintenance costs, we populate dedicated slots in our frontmatter with transparent ads or affiliate marketing links. We disclose all commercial relationships clearly. Importantly, our sponsorship partnerships never dictate our technical critiques: if a sponsored platform has high transaction costs or strict defederation rules, our reviews will report those parameters neutrally.

Correction & Feedback Loop

If you identify any technical error, stale documentation link, or incomplete platform detail, we encourage community outreach. Corrections can be requested via our [Contact Page](/contact) or sent directly via the Fediverse comments section linked at the bottom of each article.