Ontheline™ and Friendswith™ are generational transformations in communications and digital lifestyle, fixing what Big Tech has damaged and returning the power of the Internet to people like you. We're creating a safe, secure, lifestyle platform where:
Ontheline™ and Friendswith™ are generational transformations in communications and digital lifestyle, fixing what Big Tech has damaged and returning the power of the Internet to people like you. We're creating a safe, secure, lifestyle platform where:
Authenticity, personal choice, privacy, safety, and sharing of profits is what the Internet should represent. To date, it hasn't, but it soon will, led by Ontheline's Web 4.0 Ownership Society.
We're building the tools and creating the means for billions of people to speak, share, inform and inspire, and to proactively set their version of Ontheline to fit their personal and individual needs.
This is Real life, Ontheline™ and you're going to want to be a part of it. Sign up for free VIP access below.
Big Tech’s gatekeepers have taken what should have been a marvelous means to communicate, shop, interact, plan, educate and learn, and turned it into a cesspool of bullying, harassment, bots, conspiracy theories, and significant loss of personal privacy.
All are under pressure for censorship; limiting free expression based on political o
Big Tech’s gatekeepers have taken what should have been a marvelous means to communicate, shop, interact, plan, educate and learn, and turned it into a cesspool of bullying, harassment, bots, conspiracy theories, and significant loss of personal privacy.
All are under pressure for censorship; limiting free expression based on political or religious beliefs; banning elected political figures from their platforms without explanation; and, disclosing and selling personally identifiable information.
Big Tech’s rush to grab advertising dollars at the expense of you is dangerous. Social media is besieged by rampant human slavery, sex trafficking, and foreign influence. Facebook’s internal research proves their Instagram service is harmful to young girls. And, they've been caught giving some users different privileges than the majority—clearly not a democratic move.
Greed and failure to operate under policies in the spirit of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act are damaging the welfare and well-being of billions of consumers.
Ontheline--and our children's companion app Friendswith, provides the solution.
In 1996, members of our team helped launch Lycos.com, one of the first non-censored search engines, along with social media sites Angelfire and Tripod, and GeoCities (now Yahoo!), and the sixdegrees connection engine, which is the intellectual property driving LinkedIn. The team immediately saw issues with the power anonymous programmers in back rooms had over what content would be delivered to people. With a simple change of an algorithm (a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations), a tech firm could determine if a site appears in the top search results or gets buried. The algorithm could be used to limit a person's access to quality content in favor of advertiser-supported content. Even worse, algorithms could be tweaked to bury content that a site operator didn't like, even if that content was valuable to the end user.
We know what the Internet could be and see what is has become. We believe their is a better way. Our platform, which will launch in Fall 2022, will empower interaction and communications through digital means; create greater privacy for individuals while connecting them with what is important to them; flipping the censorship model Facebook, Twitter and others have foisted on consumers to give YOU control over what YOU see; and, most importantly, helping you live a better, safer life within part of something you can believe in.
Our purpose is "Real life, Ontheline™" because our goal is to allow you to do online what you do in real life--that means you know who you are talking to, you interact the way you do day-to-day, you decide what is best for what you need from the platform. Just as importantly, you benefit financially from using the platform. That's a big change and it's largely possible because our founders and management team understand and appreciate the content you create. Why shouldn't you share in the site's profits? Big Tech greed thinks you shouldn't. We think you should.
We have all witnessed censorship. Some faceless and nameless "moderator" censors content they don't deem appropriate. For instance:
We have all witnessed censorship. Some faceless and nameless "moderator" censors content they don't deem appropriate. For instance:
The list goes on and on.
In the United States, the Constitution's 1st Amendment specifically protects YOU from the government punishing, censoring or oppressing YOUR speech. However, it does not apply to private organizations like the popular social media companies. Therefore, freedom of speech does not guarantee your right to use a commercial entity like Twitter or Facebook as you see fit. Your behavior must adhere to the platform’s published guidelines, or they have every right to censor or ban you. The problem is none of these companies make their guidelines easily understood; they seem to change the rules at their whim and fancy; and trying to reach a live person to understand why you were suspended or a post was censored is nearly impossible. While it’s not unconstitutional, if private platforms outright ban certain types of protected speech, it sets an uncomfortable precedent for the values of free speech and the cornerstone of democracy.
We're democratizing content for over 3 billion people who live in 51 countries that provide freedom of expression to their citizens. We operate within the guidelines of Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act and GDRP privacy rules.
YOU CHOOSE
We're putting the power of moderation in YOUR hands, while upholding the laws of each nation in which we operate, including those that govern hate speech.
Don't want to see certain words? You won't. Don't want to see political posts? You don't have to. Don't want to see your ex? You can block him/her proactively. Don't want to see ads from a certain company? We let you block not just ads, but entire companies.
We've built platform tools that enable our members to strip out annoyances most tech companies continue to allow to proliferate, whether hate speech, profanity, or bad faith from foreign actors.
We built advertising tools and methods that put the power of marketing and interacting with advertisers into the hands of our members, which leads to 22% greater ROI for brands and happier, more loyal customers.
We've focused our resources, including millions of dollars in research and development to prepare for the right time to bring Ontheline to you.
That time less than a year away.
Online anonymity has proven unsuccessful. For all its potential, the anonymity of the Internet has proven to be a difficult issue when it relates to bullying, fake accounts, the messaging of inappropriate content such as pornographic photos, the expansion of child sex and modern day slavery, and the rudeness and lack of decorum on many si
Online anonymity has proven unsuccessful. For all its potential, the anonymity of the Internet has proven to be a difficult issue when it relates to bullying, fake accounts, the messaging of inappropriate content such as pornographic photos, the expansion of child sex and modern day slavery, and the rudeness and lack of decorum on many sites and apps. Face it, people who post anonymously often feel they are immune the the actions they take. As one focus group participants told us, "When I'm on facebook, Twitter or Instagram, I'm sitting with my phone and I'm 9 feet tall and bulletproof. I can say sh*t I wouldn't dare say in front of the person."
Our platform’s enhanced privacy begins with changing the focus from anonymity to one of authentication. By authenticating all members, we eliminate duplicate and fake accounts, foreign interference, stalking, and reduce incidences of bullying, threats, and social ostracizing. We also identify sexual predators and can alert you if one attempts to connect or communicate with you. Of 60,000+ people across 18 nations that we polled, more than 9 out of 10 people prefer joining a social media platform where identities are authenticated than one where people could or could not be who they say they are.
We understand that Gen Z and Millennials tend to get their news from social media. We reduce disinformation by providing a daily newscast that is middle-of-the-road (think "Walter Cronkite") and trusted. We provides links to the right and left viewpoints of important issues. We provide health, fitness, election, government, and other news content that is truthful and factual, not sensationalized.
We ensure content that is raised as objectionable can be traced back to the originator to slow the spread of "fake news".
We may limit a person's ability to post if they are found to repeatedly violate the standards of the Ontheline community. We reduce or cease their ability to post. They can still read all they want, still be a member, but they won't be able to post or interact if they abuse the communities trust. In short, we don’t want to block anyone from being a member, but we will provide a safe haven by limiting repeat offenders' abilities to spread harmful information and to protect those that feel they are attacked. We found 94% of people agree with this approach" you are probably among them. The other 6% tend to be the very people creating problematic posts and they may not even join Ontheline.
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY
Ontheline's goal is to provide you a safe and enjoyable digital lifestyle platform and "super app." Included in this are the best tools for socializing, communicating, sharing, learning, telehealth, voting, appointment setting, and staying informed.
We operate like Switzerland from a position of neutrality. This policy is self-imposed, permanent, and designed to ensure security and promote peace of mind. At Ontheline, everyone--left, middle, right--is welcome as members. We don't operate from a political view. We don't take a stand on controversial issues. Instead, we allow YOU to control the narrative while giving you access to the information of your choosing.
Add to this the fact that Ontheline shares profits with our members and you have a recipe for something great that that solves the many issues Big Tech has created, while bringing the tools and features you want into a single "super app" and website.
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BIG TECH IS MAKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF THE CONTENT YOU CREATE AND SHARE.
You invite your friends; you create content; you share content; you participate...so why are a bunch of guys in Silicon Valley getting rich off your efforts? We don't think it's right, either. That's why every member of Ontheline shares in the annual profits of the company. You read that right. We give back to the people who use Ontheline. Why? Because it is fair and it's the morally correct thing to do.
We call it Ownership Society™ and it's our way of creating a profit sharing plan for every single one of you. As our CEO, Bill Townsend, says, "The Internet has the power to level the playing field: It did back in 1995 and it does today, but only if we share with the people who make us successful. This means we must give back and the best way to give back is cold, hard cash." We believe you're going to like this new approach.
WE'RE BUILDING A NEW KIND OF COMPANY
Are you tired of senior executives being paid millions of dollars while the people who make up the backbone of a company struggle financially? We are, too. Ontheline Corporation is a different kind of company.
Spreading fairness across the organization.
Equity and feeling valued are important to us. We publish salary ranges for every position in the Company. We believe transparency is at the heart of our plans to deliver great service to you. When you call Ontheline, the person who answers the phone is an owner. The person who helps you with a technical issues is an owner. The person who protects your personal data is an owner. In fact, every employee owns stock in the Company. We also believe that no employee should earn more than 20 times the average salary of the Company's employees. Therefore, no employee is paid a salary more than 20X the average salary of all employees. It applies to everyone, including the President and CEO. While our average compensation is over $65,000 a year, we have made a commitment to hourly workers and our lowest starting salary for hourly workers is $18 per hour, far above the US federal minimum wage of $7.25. Why do we do what the US Congress hasn't been able to do? We pay our team members more because financially secure employees equal happy employees and happy employees equal great customer service and serving our customers--you and your loved ones--is key to ensuring Ontheline delivers what you want.
We give back in the communities where we live.
As a Company, we don’t donate to charitable or political causes, instead, we give our employees the ability to directly assist charities of their choice through 5 days of paid leave annually. Every employee is given five days each year to work for a charity of their choice and these days are paid by the Company. They can work at the charity, they can work from our offices, but the key thing is they get to choose which organization to support--not management, but each and every employee.
We believe family is important and that’s why we have flexible work schedules including 3-days, 4-days and 5-days work weeks. We provide up to 90 days paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child in a unique program that supports the new parents while also supporting the employees who pick up the work from those who are on leave. We offer great benefits like health insurance, dental and vision insurance, 401k plan, personal days and flexible vacation policies, and free income tax preparation. To top it off, we give every employee options to own stock in the company, so whether they’re a Vice President or a janitor, they are owners in Ontheline, constantly looking for ways to improve the service and earn your trust.
We hire differently.
We want people who are dedicated to changing the world for the better and we seek to hire people from all walks of life. We are also aware that a person’s name, address, or gender or age is sometimes used discriminatory, even if it is illegal to do so; therefore, when people apply to work for Ontheline, we strip their name, address, gender, and age from résumés so each resume is evaluated on their merits. It’s the fairest means to give every candidate an equal opportunity. We've found this approach to produce a more diverse group of team members.
YOUR PRIVACY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS DAY AND AGE
As long-time executives in the Internet industry, and early advocates for privacy and children's advertising guidelines, we believe firmly that privacy is a growing concern for billions of people. Our nearly $2 million in consumer research proves it with 92% of you saying that privacy is a top concern.
When you become a member of our platform, you can rest assured your personal data will not be sold to advertisers nor be made available for public view unless you choose so.
Unlike apps that share your data with unknown-to-you third-party app developers or big data firms: for instance, Twitter makes millions of dollars by selling and licensing your personal data, and facebook connect and the apps they allow on their site collect more data than you can imagine, we don't and we won't.
Our platform is advertiser and e-commerce supported, but as a member, you'll have the ability to opt-out of advertising. Our patented advertising system means we never have to sell personally identifiable data to big brands, in fact, we flip the model so YOU decide when to open a line of communications with an advertiser. That's called returning power to the people!
Ever buy something online and it turns out to be not what was pictured or described? We hate that. Thus, we created the strongest advertiser and merchant rules in the business in order to protect our members.
ADVERTISERS NEED TO STEP UP THEIR GAME TO BE ON OUR PLATFORM
Unlike many websites and social media operators, we require advertisers to adhere to many of the same standards that television networks require: Our ongoing goal is to create and present advertising that is truthful, substantiated, in good public taste, and not misleading. Our Advertiser Policies and Guidelines are designed to help educate advertisers about the rules and norms for creating and distributing advertising content. For example, brands that wish to advertise dietary nutritional supplements must provide us with the research behind their product claims. If they can't, we don't allow them to run ads. We know of no other social media or e-commerce site that requires this to protect their members.
WE WOULDN'T RUN AN AD FOR SOMETHING WE WOULDN'T FEEL WAS TRUTHFUL
We also require companies selling products to clearly state in their ads or landing pages where the product is manufactured. Why? 73% of the people we surveyed said they want this. These extra steps in authenticating the advertiser's message will help insure members are not cheated and are buying what they expect. In addition, we understand that most consumers have had a bad experience with a product or brand and we give each member the ability to block ads from up to 5 products or brands, with the ability to access additional blocking. Yes, you read that correctly, we make it possible for YOU to not see ads from companies you don't like. By the way, this can include not seeing political ads, too.
WE EXTEND THIS BEYOND ADVERTISERS
Every member has the ability to limit the kind of content they receive. Perhaps you're not a fan of a certain Member of Congress, celebrity, or an ex-spouse: you'll never have to see posts that mention their name. At the same time, if you love someone, will make sure you get to see every one of her posts. That's correct, unlike a certain popular social media site, if you connect with someone, we won't limit what you see. We believe that if you want to connect with someone, you probably want to see all their posts so YOU can decided what is important to you.
You see, we believe that YOU should decide what you want to see and when you do decide, you should be able to see everything. That's what real life is about, yet Big Tech continues to write algorithms and employ thousands of so-called "fact checkers" to prevent you from seeing what you want. This kind of censorship ends with our platform and over 64% of you believe this censorship should be up to the individual. This is why we have created outstanding self-moderation tools so you can choose what you want to see...and what you don't want to see. It's a whole new way of access information online and we believe you're going to love it.
Switzerland is often cited as a model of independence. While none of our senior executive team is from Switzerland (we're all American citizens), we honor that country's tradition of neutrality and couple it with America's tradition of freedoms based in our Constitution. We believe in this approach so much, we created our corporate logo in Switzerland red and USA blue.
We're incorporated in the State of Nevada to provide Internet services including publishing and broadcasting and search portals via digital, wireless and/or wired networks. While headquarters are in Las Vegas, we have offices and employees in seven other states and believe this will only grow as we open the platform to 24 nations. 190 countries are recognized by the United Nations, but only 24 offer their citizens a great deal of freedom of expression, so that's where we'll operate. We don't need to be like Big Tech and conquer the world; we just need to be a little bit better at what we do for the 3 billion people in these 24 countries.
WHAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR YOU
This platform combines the most used features of social media, search, and information exchange with a technology architecture that enables you to self-select and automatically-segment groups, companies, organizations, people, in ways that mimic the real-world. Relationships are recognized, built, and maintained online and offline, and the platform we're bringing to you does just this. We let you create a personal account and a business account and segment your contacts in a myriad of ways because in real life, we don't just have 100 people we know, we have family members, close friends, people we consider social friends, coworkers, people we interact within our communities like teachers and the check out person at our grocery store, and friends whom we meet online. They're all different and we recognize that.
We're confident we possess the skills, knowledge, and technologies to build and operate the next great social communications platform. Our experience includes:
- Creating the search engine Lycos and its international properties;
- Home page pioneer GeoCities (now owned by Yahoo!);
- Home page services including Tripod and Angelfire;
- Connection engine sixdegrees, which became the intellectual property behind LinkedIn;
- Discussion powerhouse Deja (now owned by eBay and Google);
- Team members with social media experience with Facebook, Snap, Amazon, Twitter, ByteDance (TikTok), Friendster, WWE, and Zappos;
- Advertising technology innovator StorNetworks;
- Biometric security leader StoneLock;
- Secure online access service TrueMe;
- People involved in setting advertising and privacy standards; and,
- the author of the Internet's first Children's Advertising Guidelines.
WE'RE NOT YOUR TYPICAL BIG TECH FIRM
We were not founded by a couple 20 year olds in their bedroom or garage (no offense to young entrepreneurs: we were there once, too). Our two founders are in their 50's. Our CEO spent the past 25 years building tech and consumer goods companies and has exits worth over $10 billion. For 20 years, our Chairman has run a company developing advanced technologies for our nation's defense and energy sectors. Both became frustrated with the direction of Big Tech and the abuse of their power. While we have been quietly building great tools, like delivering true 4K video content to phones; boring but needed data compression systems; consumer privacy tools; and much more, it wasn't until one of the founders posted a photo of the President awarding a Purple Heart to a member of our military that was deemed "offensive" by Facebook, now called Meta, that we looked at each other and said, "It's time."
Our team has extensive experience in federal privacy initiatives, the Internet Advertising Bureau, online advertising, technology development, and information distribution platforms worldwide, which gives us visibility into what Big Tech has done right and what they’ve gotten wrong. We planned for this type of opportunity back in 1998, when at our former companies CommonPlaces, LLC and sixdegrees.com, we developed an online learning and community platform combining the best of search, social, and education for colleges and universities in the United States and colleges, universities, and elementary and secondary schools abroad. We were 10 years ahead of the world so we shelved several ideas for later resurrection and continued development of others, until such time a new approach to digital lifestyle communities could be brought to the masses. The team believes this is that time.
Our team prefers to not refer to our initiative as “social media” due to the negative connotations of the term and potential changes in 47 U.S.C. § 230, a Provision of the Communication Decency Act, expected due to recent negative actions of Big Tech. We consider our platform a digital communications platform and "super app" first and foremost. Ontheline has a social component because real life includes a social component, but "social media" has always been a term we have abhorred. First, it's not media in the traditional sense of the world. Media has tended to represent the news, magazines, TV, radio and the like. Second, the idea that because you are part of one of these sites you are social is not accurate. Many people want a service that gives them news, updates from family, good deals from advertisers, privacy, and the ability to share what they do or are into. We don't consider that "social," we consider that LIFE.
WE'RE OUT TO PROVE SECTION 230 WORKS
CDA 230 is a law that states “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider”. In other words, online intermediaries that host or republish speech are protected against a range of laws that might otherwise be used to hold them legally responsible for what others say and do. The protected intermediaries include not only regular Internet Service Providers (ISPs), but also a range of "interactive computer service providers," including basically any online service that publishes third-party content. Though there are important exceptions for certain criminal and intellectual property-based claims, CDA 230 creates a broad protection that has allowed innovation and free speech online to flourish.
We believe that if you are a provider and you moderate/censor, you should no longer be afforded protections under CDA 230. You can't say, "we censor people who think this, but we are protected by CDA 230." That's like saying, we had sex, you're pregnant, but you can't hold me responsible. It's ludicrous and Big Tech has gotten away with it for years. Our platform, incorporating Ontheline™ and Friendswith™, adhere to the original intent of CDA 230 and will show the world how it can be used in a positive manner for information exchange, communications, and uplifting of communities.
This platform has been designed from the ground up to be the first neutral internet service provider that puts the power of moderation and censorship in the hands of the consumer, where it belongs.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE COMING YOUR WAY
If you've read this far, you may be excited to see what our platform is going to do for you. It's going to offer a lot more than what we've shared here, but we can't expose everything because we want it to be a surprise. Or as our CFO says, "when people see this they're going to go 'WOW'". Trust us when we say it's best summed up as Real life, Ontheline™ which is why the platform name is, you guessed it, Ontheline™.
We envision a future where you'll do much of what you do in real life, Ontheline™:
You're going to be able to do a whole lot of things Ontheline™ that you never thought possible. (Yes, we're excited about this, too!)
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We believe that a business with a great team can make an impact on the world. The founders and Series A investor have $15.2M invested and our current Series B raise is expected to be the last raise We're already working with a Top 3 investment bank to plan a future Initial Public Offering (IPO). If you'd like to learn how to become a shareholder in Ontheline Corporation, take the first step and contact us. This does not offer a solicitation.
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