Difference between revisions of "Michael's Projects"
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative Cooperatives] are a viable economic alternative to less democratic forms of enterprise. While the Internet abounds in examples of cooperative endeavors, from wikis to open source software, economic cooperatives are rarely found in the field of high-tech. The cooperative form may seem poorly adapted to high-risk endeavors at the forefront of technological innovation - but how often has it actually been tried? | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative Cooperatives] are a viable economic alternative to less democratic forms of enterprise. While the Internet abounds in examples of cooperative endeavors, from wikis to open source software, economic cooperatives are rarely found in the field of high-tech. The cooperative form may seem poorly adapted to high-risk endeavors at the forefront of technological innovation - but how often has it actually been tried? | ||
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| + | The idea would be to create a [[Cooperative Social Network]], similar to social networks such as Facebook or Friendfeed, but structured as a coop. The coop form could be developed on two levels: | ||
| + | *A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_cooperative worker cooperative] for the team that develops and runs the website | ||
| + | *A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers%27_cooperative consumer's cooperative] for the users (which would probably be limited to the premium memberships) | ||
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| + | using the same business model of free accounts | ||
[[Category:Projects]] | [[Category:Projects]] | ||
