Difference between revisions of "Cooperative Social Network"
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Most of [[User:Michael|my websites]] are hosted on [http://www.ouvaton.coop Ouvaton], which is a French web-hosting cooperative. | Most of [[User:Michael|my websites]] are hosted on [http://www.ouvaton.coop Ouvaton], which is a French web-hosting cooperative. | ||
| − | [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 | + | [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 endeavors at the forefront of technological innovation - but how often has it actually been tried? |
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: | ||
