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Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr have something in common and it's not good (www.techradar.com)

submitted 1 year ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[-] mem_somerville_kbin@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I'm wondering if a Co-op model would work for some of these alternatives. Then they would be less reliant on a single owner/developer system, there would be additional support for some of the businessy components, and there would be a built-in groups structure for resolution of issues.

I've been watching the formation of a co-op Etsy alternative, and I'm very interested to see how that goes. I think it's fine to complain about corporatization, but I think it's also crucial to build and support other models at the same time.

https://artisans.coop/

I am not a member of this Artisan's Coop, but am considering it.

[-] Literally@social.coop 5 points 1 year ago

@mem_somerville_kbin @hedge if you haven't checked out the mastodon side of the fediverse, #socialcoop uses this model and has existed for a couple years.