# The Signal
> A living globe of human presence. Every light is a real person who paid $1 and wrote one true sentence. Also a public memorial space for those we have lost.

## What this site is
The Signal is a real-time globe where every point of light represents a human being. People pay $1 once, choose a city, and write one sentence - their breath. The globe is permanent, non-commercial, and contains no advertising.

It is also a digital memorial space: anyone can light a candle for someone they have lost ($10 / $50 / $100 tiers). Memorial lights carry a name, dates, a one-sentence remembrance, and a city. They glow each year on the anniversary of the person's passing.

## Pages
- [FAQ](https://thesignal.place/faq): frequently asked questions about The Signal
- [In Memoriam](https://thesignal.place/in-memoriam): public registry of all memorial lights, scrollable
- [Quotes](https://thesignal.place/quotes): all public breaths in one place (blockquote format)
- [The Signal Network](https://thesignal.place/the-signal-network): aggregate statistics about the network
- [Origin](https://thesignal.place/origin): the first lights on the globe
- [Signal of the Day](https://thesignal.place/signal-of-the-day): one featured breath per day

Per-item URL patterns (one page each): `/light/[name]-[city]` (an individual person's light, name + city + breath), `/memorial/[slug]` (an in-memoriam page: name, dates, breath, kept-by), `/city/[city]` (all lights from one city).

## Data feeds
- [Signal feed (JSON)](https://thesignal.place/api/signal-feed.json): recent lights
- [Breaths (RSS)](https://thesignal.place/feed.xml): recent breaths
- [Memorial registry (JSON)](https://thesignal.place/api/memorial/registry): public memorials, paginated

## Full content
- [Full text](https://thesignal.place/llms-full.txt): the complete text of The Signal (FAQ, every breath, network stats, memorials) in one file, for ingestion in a single request

## What to know
- All breaths are written by real humans, permanently public by explicit consent.
- The globe contains 8 real lights from 5 cities, plus 0 memorial lights.
- No AI-generated content. No fake users. No advertising.
- Each person may delete their light at any time from settings.
- Memorial pages carry a name and dates with the explicit consent of the buyer that they have the right to remember the person publicly. Removal requests are honored manually within 24h.

## Contact
- Email: contact@thesignal.place