The first #SocialCoop #TootUp will take place on Friday, 10-11am EST. Join the conversation about our co-op #instance, #platformcoop, #buytwitter, and #coops generally!
#mastodon @ntnsndr @xj9 @emily @mayel @platformcoop @steph @cuwarrior @Antanicus @tbeckett @TheScienceRobot @coopchange @strypey @josemurilo @darius @thebestsophist @jd #governance
Are you part of a group of strangers thrown together by the internet and desperately trying to figure out how to build trust and work effectively together on a project of huge strategic importance? You might want to listen to this talk from Richard Sennett... :)
Masto #introduction time 💃🏻
I’m B Cordelia Yu, I’m Taiwanese-American transfemme enby, and a content & editorial strategist mostly working around issues of science/environmental/social justice, civictech, and academic coms.
My research is on deliberative democracy and political cognition. I seem to be giving a lot of talks about inclusion in tech and participatory organizing for social justice.
In a world where #authoritarian relations are the norm (online and off), learning how to relate to each other in liberated, #selfgoverned spaces is hard. We internalize so much behavior that's adaptive for our survival under authoritarianism, but turns incredibly #toxic when enacted in free spaces.
There's much learning & unlearning to do, and the struggles of earlier radical projects & spaces have much to teach #Mastodon.
https://emmibe.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/the-conversations-we-cant-have/
Happy #MayDay! I'm celebrating by going to a meeting of the #Vermont #Solidarity #Investing Club tonight to learn about a local #WorkerCoop.
Members invest $20-100/month into the club, and then democratically decide where to #invest the funds to best support the growth of the #coop economy.
If anyone's interested in getting a similar #coops #InvestmentClub going, check this article: http://www.coopwatercooler.com/discussions//building-to-co-op-movement-base-with-investment-clubs
Seeing all the end-of-month #Patreon chatter, I'm wondering how close we are to a #UserOwned alternative?
The model is absolutely a key piece of the future of support for creative endeavors, but with $47.1MM in #Unicorn-hopeful VC to pay off, it's rate of #extraction can be expected to ramp up in coming years. I know #Gratipay seems like it has some of the pieces (but is still a ways off); anyone aware of other promising #platformcoop versions?
#Loomio (the #coop group decision-making platform) just added a bunch of new voting tools, including a scheduling function (buh-bye, #Doodle!).
Testing it out now to schedule our first #SocialCoop #TootUp for this week... 🐘 💨 ⬆
https://www.loomio.org/d/tA4lYq23/-socialcoop-toot-up-
#platformcoop #coops #democracy @ntnsndr @mayel @cuwarrior @Antanicus @emily @tbeckett @coopchange @ebel
@bob some classic #bernie on #workplacedemocracy from 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXtGK9sQUvM
#FF #followfriday - Some #coop folks on #socialCoop instance thus far:
@mayel - #instance admin
@cuwarrior - US #CreditUnions, organizer of #cuDisrupt conference
@emily - Met via #CoopYouth organizing
@tbeckett - #coops lawyer out of #NC
@coopchange - #organizer #platformcoop #enspiral
@ntnsndr - Platform Co-op organizer in #CO, #UCBoulder
@aarondesrochers - #Vermont #workercoop #snowboarding @Matt_Noyes - American teacher in #Japan w/ #labor background
#BernieSanders just called for the creation of a #Vermont #StateBank tonight at a rally at the #Barre Old #Labor Hall.
I'd personally prefer that the state would be allowed to place deposits in #CreditUnions and become one #coop owner among many for #AntiMonopoly reasons, but none-the-less a bold (left) #populist move...
Video:
https://www.facebook.com/michael.taub1/videos/vb.1334694829/10212744706075902/?type=2&theater
#politics #Bernie #FeelTheBern #PublicBank #coops #commons #vt
Hey #Mastodon, check the new #BuyTwitter campaign website! If you've not already, please sign the petition encouraging the passage of the "study turning #Twitter into a #PlatformCoop" shareholder resolution.
I doubt the resolution will pass, BUT I think the campaign is raising significant awareness of how problematic the current #socialmedia ownership status quo is, & I'll encourage supporters to join the #SocialCoop #instance after the 5/22 vote.
#Colorado legislature passed a bill to support #EmployeeOwnership! Last step is the #CO Governor's signature! 🤞
Bill details: http://coloradopolitics.com/now-tap-plan-brew-employee-owned-companies/
Okay, so someone had to offer the most obvious possible logo design concept. @mattcropp @emily @tbeckett @coopchange
Okay #socialcoop friends, we now have an OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/socialcoop
@mattcropp Yeah, I would like to see the fediverse a bit more integreated. But it does certainly incentivize more community-based, high-bar-to-entry (if $1/month is high) nodes, as opposed to the big free-for-all ones.
Time for more bunny pictures. Featuring: the FLUFFIEST feet. https://octodon.social/media/45yICK7HGnv_oN7cyBk
Hello! I've never worked with coops before, nor been involved in one. I'm a long time open source user/developer, and I helped co-found a hackerspace once. With #Mastodon I got thinking about coops, so I'm interested in something like this.
Hello, #platformcoop world!
Main account: @mattcropp
Vermonter who is a fan of #coops and such. #btv #platformcoop #employeeownership #creditunions #vt