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 |
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| + | The management of the worker coop would report to the elected board of the consumer's cooperative. Voting within the consumer's coop would probably be limited to the paying premium members. Voting within the worker coop would be according to the standard principle of "one worker one vote." The voting within the worker coop could be in the form of a yearly election to select, maintain or replace the top management. | ||
==Business model== | ==Business model== | ||
