header.titlecard .logo h1 Undersco.re section.intro .top-left h2#intro Leave the surveillance economy—together .text p If your livelihood is made online, you are locked into an extractive relationship with the technologies on which you depend. p The global creative industry and its output is valuable — social media platforms extract significant incomes from the collaboration, publication and display of creative work. This relationship means that finding and cultivating an online-first livelihood is increasingly precarious. p Underscore is an emergent creative community of open platforms, co-operative tools and public spaces where art and culture can survive – and thrive – online. p(style="margin-bottom: 0;") We are: ul li Community owned and led, non-commercial and profit free. li Fully independent of Big Tech infrastructure. li Built to protect and respect personal data from the ground up. li Community deterministic. p Launching December 2022. section.follow .top-right h2#join Join Us .text p Underscore is available from December 2022 by application only. Expressing interest takes less than 5 minutes to complete. h3#register-interest Register Your Interest .actions a(href="https://desk.undersco.re/apps/forms/s/jLEZRH7nXscY8DWpxeaisSxw").plug Apply Now .text p(style="margin-bottom: 1rem") You can also follow Underscore's development via joining the New Design Congress members community: .actions a(href="https://members.newdesigncongress.org/subscribe/" target="_blank").plug via Newsletter a(href="https://discord.gg/Xu9D3qVana" target="_blank").plug via Discord footer p Underscore is a research project by #[a(href="https://newdesigncongress.org" target="_blank") The New Design Congress]. See our #[a(href="https://newdesigncongress.org/en/privacy" target="_blank") privacy policy].