#platform-cooperativism — Public Fediverse posts

All the music curated for the Subvert alpha is so much cooler than I am! I feel like I have to drop everything and give myself a sonic education by listening to everything by every one of these artists !!

https://subvert.fm

#Subvert #Coop #cooperative #cooperativsm #platformCoop #platformCooperativism #Bandcamp #BandcampReplacement #Music

In our latest episode of #TechnoEnema 📻 we're joined by Aubin Laurent - spokesperson at @CoopCycle. We speak about CoopCycle of course 🚴

The interview starts at 9:26 (before that we make introduction in Slovenian 🇸🇮 and we recommend skipping it). The interview is in English. #podcast #CoopCycle #Coops #PlatformCooperativism #PlatformCapitalism

https://radiostudent.si/druzba/tehno-klistir/dostavljalske-zadruge

#FreeOurFeeds – help secure the future of social media

We are determined to free social media from billionaire control

Social media once promised to be a global public square, connecting communities and sparking creativity. Yet it is now under the control of a few billionaires, used to advance their own political and business objectives.

Building on the foundation built by the BlueSky team, we are launching project #FreeOurFeeds to create a new future for social media, that gives power and choice back to people.

Free Our Feeds will establish a new, independent foundation to secure the future of social media with independent infrastructure and an ecosystem of innovation and applications on top of open technology.

The funds will be used to:

• Launch a public interest foundation that will work to support making Bluesky’s underlying tech (the AT Protocol) fully resistant to billionaire capture;
• Build independently hosted infrastructure (a second ‘relay’) so that Bluesky users, developers and researchers always have full access to the stream of content and data no matter what the company decides to do in future;
• Our bigger fundraising goal, of $30m in 3 years, will enable us to further develop the AT Protocol and create a fund for developers so they can build a wealth of social applications on top of open protocols to make social media a healthier and happier place.

#BlueSKy #cooperatives #enshittification #Mastodon #platformCooperativism #platformCoops #SocialMedia #technology #twitter

Nouveau cas pédagogique: "Quand rajouter la coopération au menu donne le goût de se faire livrer un repas : les défis d’une coopérative de plateforme" par Paul Hernandez, Justine Ballon et Rafael Ziegler. Plus d'info:https://education.hec.ca/centredecas/app/fr/cas/9883?fstok=aXNSZXZ1ZT1pc1JldnVlJmRpc2NpcGxpbmVJZD0xMCZzdWJEaXNjaXBsaW5lSWQ9bm92YWx1ZQ%3D%3D #coop #platformcooperativism #radish #iicadd

#Brazil #PlatformCooperativism: "This article theorizes about how platform cooperativism is landing in Brazil, challenging dominant notions and presenting a more diverse meaning of worker-owned technologies from below. Drawing on research with platform co-ops under construction in Brazil, the article argues that, in Brazil, platform cooperativism does not necessarily present itself as either a cooperative or a platform. They are prototypes and experiments of worker-owned technologies anchored in local communities and their values. Instead of all these experiences being condensed and captured from Global North epistemic frameworks, there is the production of knowledge by the workers in search of autonomy. The article analyzes potentialities and critiques of platform cooperativism, especially from three dimensions of critique (economics, politics, and technology). It presents perspectives towards diversifying and expanding the meanings of technology in/from Latin America for understanding worker-owned technologies. It discusses two examples of worker-owned technologies: Senoritas Courier and the Homeless Worker Movement."

https://academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ccc/tcad036/7339750?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=ccc&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=d16743d0-1217-4191-aca0-23fba29db95f&login=false

@kissane
> Mind-meltingly rare to find both of those in one (sustainable) place at the same time

This is an excellent summary of one chronic problem with ethical tech movements (#FreeSoftware, #OpenSource, #Indymedia, #PlatformCooperativism). We've created structures that help us get the intent right (free licensing, realtime feedback and collaboration, open publishing, internalised ownership). But the cultural competence to mainstream all this, is often lacking.

@jkohlmann @dymaxion

V #tehnoklistir sva s Treborjem Scholtzem govorila o platformnem zadružništvu kot odgovoru na platformni kapitalizem #PlatformCooperativism #PlatformCapitalism

https://radiostudent.si/druzba/tehno-klistir/platformno-zadruznistvo

Hi, I want to do a quick/informal survey tech development worker coops.

If you know of one not on the following list could you send it to me?

Hubs:

- https://coophub.io/
- https://patio.coop/
- https://tech-coops.xyz/

Federations/Cofederations/Unions:

- https://www.coops.tech/
- https://facttic.org.ar/
- https://info.usworker.coop/form/tech-worker-coop-pn-appl

Tech Worker Coops:

- https://24eme.fr/ ( @24eme )
- https://agaric.coop/ ( @agaric )
- https://agile.coop/
- https://autonomic.zone/ ( @autonomic )
- https://bits.coop/
- https://www.camba.coop/
- https://camplight.net
- https://www.caravan.coop
- https://catalyst.coop/
- https://code-operative.co.uk/
- https://codeursenliberté.fr/
- https://colab.coop/
- https://commonknowledge.coop/
- https://coopiteasy.be/
- https://coopdevs.org/
- https://dalibo.com/
- https://www.devecoop.com/
- https://emma.coop/ ( @emma )
- https://hypha.coop/
- https://mikorizal.org/

#WorkerCoop #PlatformCoop #PlatformCooperativism

I end with a return to Ivan Illich's philosophy of technology and his notion of 'convivial autonomy' to argue that #PlatformCooperativism offers the best option today to rekindle the promise of worker autonomy. 3/5

In case you missed it. Minsun Ji on the possibilities for #platformcooperativism: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/technology-for-whom-owning-our-platforms/

Take back the App! A dialogue on Platform Cooperativism, Free Software and DisCOs https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/take-back-the-app-a-dialogue-on-platform-cooperativism-free-software-and-discos/2020/04/24 #DisCO #PlatformCooperativism #DAO #Blockchain #P2PF #Commons

Nice chat with Open Food Network folks this morning -- great to see the network growing. I feel like OFN has staying power while the many VC backed platforms will end up fading. BUT only if we organize it.

#openfoodnetwork
#foodsovereignty
#platformcooperativism

@Argus

...I still haven't read that book (nor have I bought it yet), but maybe I should...
I am exited for #platformcooperativism / #platformCoops ever since I heard about it via #Fairmondo.

cc
@ntnsndr @scholzt_newschooledu

About to join a Webinar on Distributed Governance, organized by @daspitzberg @ntnsndr and others. Seems like it will be recorded.

#platformcooperativism
#governance

Hate to link to FB here, but this event on May 7th with @Manuela looks really interesting:

"This is an open invitation for everyone who currently seeks orientation and guidance in building a cooperative project. The kit that we are going to propose is in an early stage of development, though already functional and inspiring to use..."

https://www.facebook.com/events/1102268556823959/

#platformcooperativism #governance

Great interview on #platformcooperativism with our own @FreeScholar and @Stacco

My first time leafletting at a demo was with Laura Flanders, back in 1983?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjrVU_eSPgE&fbclid=IwAR1AvOMF2HWqu6BL5vGihPEyDVAcXFljOdT-sV1zZpS4m7kdST8R6pDKFkA

Decentralisation is the only way forward, be it more distributed or less. Even though distributed architectures would have my preference, software usually requires maintenance, and not anybody wants to run a server.

Sharing the cost of such work can be done in a cooperativised model, like Social.coop @SocialCoop or #CommonsCloud - it can be #OpenCooperativism or #PlatformCooperativism

@kaiyou the same thing happened to previous generations, with TV broadcasting, and before that radio broadcasting. They started as DIY media that anyone could use cheaply for public speech, and ended up as commodities dominated by an ever smaller number of giant corporations. So at root, the for-profit corporation is the medium we need to come up with radical alternatives to, like #SocialEnterprise and #PlatformCooperativism

Matt Slater responds to the rise of the #PlatformCooperativism movement by issuing a call for #ProtocolCooperativism:
https://platform.coop/stories/protocol-cooperativism

New #disintermedia blog post on 'Sowing the Seeds of Platform Cooperatives in Hong Kong':
https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/blog/2018/09/23/disintermedia-sowing-the-seeds-of-platform-cooperatives-in-hong-kong/

TL;DR I'm attending the #PlatformCooperativism conference there this week, and (hopefully) the two day hackathon beforehand.