Difference between revisions of "Michael's Projects"

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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:
 
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/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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*A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers%27_cooperative consumer's cooperative] for the users (which would probably be limited to the paying premium memberships)
  
 
This social network could be based on the same business model as existing social networks: free accounts for the majority of users, paying accounts for premium users, and operating revenues from advertising and data mining.
 
This social network could be based on the same business model as existing social networks: free accounts for the majority of users, paying accounts for premium users, and operating revenues from advertising and data mining.
  
 
[[Category:Projects]]
 
[[Category:Projects]]

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