Difference between revisions of "Cooperative Social Network"
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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 ( | + | *A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers%27_cooperative consumer's cooperative] for the users (voting membership would probably be limited to the paying premium members) |
This cooperative social network could use 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 cooperative social network could use 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. | ||
