header.titlecard .logo h1 Undersco.re section.intro .top-left h2 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 this year. section.follow .top-right h2 Join Us .text p Underscore is currently testing with a select group of organisations and individuals in preparation for a wider launch later this year. h3 Register Your Interest .actions a(href="https://ndc.substack.com" 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].