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What is Dantoon and why should I use it?

Dantoon is a place where you can say anything you want to say. From a couple of words about how you’re doing today or what happened to you last night, to a feature-length discussion of subliminal sex messages in movies, here’s your chance to be heard. Say what you want, and share it immediately with the people in your network. You can also forward posts, comment on them, vote on them (the front page constantly updates with the most popular content from all over the network), and even publish posts to other platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

In addition to posting, you can search for the content and the people that match your own mindset. The idea is to make sharing your mind on a large scale as quick and easy as email, and to use the entire network as the world's first search engine for thoughts.

How can I sign up for Dantoon?

You can sign up by clicking on the “Sign Up” button on www.dantoon.com, but you currently need a Harvard email address to do this. People without Harvard email addresses must wait to receive an invitation from a current member.

Is Dantoon free?

Yes, of course! Dantoon is completely free.

I just signed up. What do I do now?

Once you’ve created your account, you can:
- Edit your profile to help others find you, and take the short “If you ruled the world quiz” to find your Dantoon type.
- Find people you know (or people you don’t know) and see what they’re saying on Dantoon, or invite your friends to sign up.
- Check out what the world is thinking on the “All Dantoon” tab of your homepage.
- Start saying what you want to say on your homepage, or on your Writing Pad.

What is “All Dantoon?”

At any given moment, the most popular posts written on Dantoon are displayed in the “All Dantoon” tab, which is like the front page of the Dantoon community. If one of your posts makes it to this front page, you become recognized throughout the site as a “front page writer,” and your post will be marked as a “front page post” forever.

What are Dantoon types?

Our “If you ruled the world” quiz evaluates the things you value in life (it’s more of a value quiz than a personality quiz). Once you take it, you are assigned one of 16 Dantoon types, named using combinations of letters from the Greek and Roman alphabets. People who share your Dantoon type may not have given the exact same answers as yours, but their overall performance showed that they value the same things as you.

So, how are these cryptic types to be used? Let's assume the test determines you're a Kappa M. According to the logic of the algorithm, anyone else who's a Kappa M is likely to share your overall values. There are currently 256 answer choice combinations that could make you a Kappa M, so it's not about answering the same questions in exactly the same way. But two Kappa Ms will, in aggregate, have prioritized the same types of things when faced with the hypothetical situation of ruling the world.

So what does this mean? If you, as a Kappa M, find something interesting, commendable, or "valuable" in any way, chances are that other Kappa Ms would agree. The most obvious application is in search: you can filter by type to find posts written by people who think like you. Let's say, for example, your mom is Tau E (and moms on Dantoon are awesome!). You want to know if she would like a specific movie, so you can search for reviews of it on Dantoon, and filter the results by Tau E authors.

One last look behind the curtain: the colors associated with the types follow the spectrum of the types themselves. So TE and ZF, for example, are both pale shades of green, which means a TE and a ZF are very similar in their mindsets. Pretty awesome? I think so.

How do I find people on the website and subscribe to their posts?

If you know the name or the email address of the person you want to find, simply enter this information in the “Find People” section. If you’re looking for people based on other traits like age, current location, or Dantoon type, try “Advanced People Search” below the search box in “Find People.”

How do I invite more friends to use Dantoon?

At this point, you can only invite 7 people from outside Harvard to Dantoon, but you can invite as many people with Harvard email addresses as you want. Either way, just go to “Find People” and click on the “Invite By Email” tab.

How do I post on Dantoon?

Simply write the content of your post (no character limit: write as much or as little as you want) inside the main composition box on your homepage or in the Writing Pad, give it a subject, and hit “Post.”

In the Writing Pad, you can also specify tags (keywords) for your post and address subscribers for whom your post is specifically meant (in the “to:” field).

How do I forward something on Dantoon?

If you like another user’s post so much that you want to pass it on to all your subscribers, simply click on “Forward” below that post, and it will be forwarded (much like an email) to all your subscribers.

How do I send someone a message on Dantoon?

Click on the “Messages” header to open the Messages page. Once you’re there, click on the “Compose Message” tab to open a new message composition page.

How do I delete some of my posts?

Clicking on the “My Dantoon” header will open two options: “My Profile” and “Settings.” Click on “My Profile” to see all your posts. Below each post, there is a “delete” button that will permanently remove that post from Dantoon.

How do I share Dantoon posts on other sites like Twitter and Facebook?

Simply click on the “Share” button below every post to choose the right sharing option.

How do I search for something on Dantoon?

Simply write your search query inside the search field at the top right of every page. You can filter search results by Dantoon type and sort them by the number of thumbs up they’ve received or the date they were posted.

Can I block a user?

Yes, simply click on the “Block” button at the bottom left of the profile page of the user you want to block.

How do I change my username, password, or email address?

Click on the “My Dantoon” header and choose the “Settings” option. You can change your username, your password, and your email address by clicking on the appropriate option on the Settings page.

How do I stop getting emails from Dantoon?

Click on the “My Dantoon” header and choose the “Settings” option. You can control which emails you receive from Dantoon by clicking on the “Notifications” option on the Settings page.

How do I delete my account?

Click on the “My Dantoon” header and choose the “Settings” option. You can delete your account by clicking on the “Delete my Account” option on the Settings page.

How do I report spam or inappropriate content?

If a post seems inappropriate or spammy to you, you can give it thumbs down by clicking on the “thumbs down” icon below the post. When you do this, a message appears asking you if you would like to flag the post as inappropriate.

I can’t remember my password.

No worries. Simply click on the “Forgot your password?” link below the password entry field on the login page.