Social.coop - Revision history

Andrewe: updated dates, details and links related to our fiscal sponsor Platform 6 and our domain name registrant Innovation Coop.

2025-08-21T19:18:51Z

updated dates, details and links related to our fiscal sponsor Platform 6 and our domain name registrant Innovation Coop.

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	In September 2016 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Schneider Nathan Schneider] published an op-ed in the Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/29/save-twitter-buy-platform-shared-ownership Here's my plan to save Twitter: let's buy it] suggesting that Twitter take itself off of the stock market and become a democratic user owned cooperative. On May 22, 2017 it was voted on at the Twitter Annual Meeting, but received 4.9% of the vote. During the organizing process, several participants floated the idea of building a social media cooperative for themselves.		In September 2016 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Schneider Nathan Schneider] published an op-ed in the Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/29/save-twitter-buy-platform-shared-ownership Here's my plan to save Twitter: let's buy it] suggesting that Twitter take itself off of the stock market and become a democratic user owned cooperative. On May 22, 2017 it was voted on at the Twitter Annual Meeting, but received 4.9% of the vote. During the organizing process, several participants floated the idea of building a social media cooperative for themselves.

	On April 24, ~~2018~~ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Duran Enric Duran] working with Schneider, Matthew Cropp and Mayel de Borniol registered the social.coop domain ~~on behalf of~~ FairCoop ~~using~~ the ~~registrar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandi Gandi]~~. FairCoop was an attempt to create a global financial system for cooperatives with the help of FairCoin, a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency. FairCoop ceased to exist in 2022~~, and Platform6 took over as~~ fiscal sponsor ~~for SocialCoop~~. ~~For several years SocialCoop struggled~~ to ~~renew the DNS registration each year since Duran was no longer active in SocialCoop~~.		On April 24, 2017<ref>https://client.rdap.org/?type=domain&object=social.coop</ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Duran Enric Duran] (working with Schneider, Matthew Cropp and Mayel de Borniol) registered the social.coop domain name, with FairCoop as the named registrant. FairCoop was an attempt to create a global financial system for cooperatives with the help of FairCoin, a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency. FairCoop ceased to exist in 2022. [https://platform6.coop Platform 6] is now the fiscal sponsor of Social.coop on Open Collective, and the domain name has been transferred to [http://innovation.coop Innovation Cooperative].

	To operate the cooperative, several volunteer working groups formed: the Community Working Group for moderation and on-boarding, the Tech Working Group to maintain the infrastructure, and the Finance Working Group to manage income and expenses.		To operate the cooperative, several volunteer working groups formed: the Community Working Group for moderation and on-boarding, the Tech Working Group to maintain the infrastructure, and the Finance Working Group to manage income and expenses.

	Like many fediverse communities, Social.coop saw significant growth surrounding Elon ~~Musk's~~ acquisition of Twitter in 2022.		Like many fediverse communities, Social.coop saw significant growth surrounding Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in 2022.

	In March 2024, after sustained effort by multiple members of Social.coop, the registration was successfully transferred to Innovation Cooperative Limited (previously Platform6), which is the fiscal sponsor for the cooperative.

	See also:		See also:

Ntnsndr1 at 15:41, 5 November 2024

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	Social.coop emerged out of a desire to develop a way of doing social media that is more just, accountable, and ethical than the dominant corporate platforms.		Social.coop emerged out of a desire to develop a way of doing social media that is more just, accountable, and ethical than the dominant corporate platforms.

	In September 2016 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Schneider Nathan Schneider] published an op-ed in the Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/29/save-twitter-buy-platform-shared-ownership Here's my plan to save Twitter: let's buy it] suggesting that Twitter take itself off of the stock market and become a democratic user owned cooperative. On May 22, 2017 it was voted on at the Twitter Annual Meeting, but received 4.9% of the vote. During the organizing process, several participants floated the idea of ~~testing the idea of~~ a social media cooperative themselves.		In September 2016 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Schneider Nathan Schneider] published an op-ed in the Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/29/save-twitter-buy-platform-shared-ownership Here's my plan to save Twitter: let's buy it] suggesting that Twitter take itself off of the stock market and become a democratic user owned cooperative. On May 22, 2017 it was voted on at the Twitter Annual Meeting, but received 4.9% of the vote. During the organizing process, several participants floated the idea of building a social media cooperative for themselves.

	On April 24, 2018 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Duran Enric Duran] working with Schneider, Matthew Cropp and Mayel de Borniol registered the social.coop domain on behalf of FairCoop using the registrar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandi Gandi]. FairCoop was an attempt to create a global financial system for cooperatives with the help of FairCoin, a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency. FairCoop ceased to exist in 2022, and Platform6 took over as fiscal sponsor for SocialCoop. For several years SocialCoop struggled to renew the DNS registration each year since Duran was no longer active in SocialCoop.		On April 24, 2018 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Duran Enric Duran] working with Schneider, Matthew Cropp and Mayel de Borniol registered the social.coop domain on behalf of FairCoop using the registrar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandi Gandi]. FairCoop was an attempt to create a global financial system for cooperatives with the help of FairCoin, a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency. FairCoop ceased to exist in 2022, and Platform6 took over as fiscal sponsor for SocialCoop. For several years SocialCoop struggled to renew the DNS registration each year since Duran was no longer active in SocialCoop.

Ntnsndr1 at 22:48, 4 November 2024

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	To operate the cooperative, several volunteer working groups formed: the Community Working Group for moderation and on-boarding, the Tech Working Group to maintain the infrastructure, and the Finance Working Group to manage income and expenses.		To operate the cooperative, several volunteer working groups formed: the Community Working Group for moderation and on-boarding, the Tech Working Group to maintain the infrastructure, and the Finance Working Group to manage income and expenses.

			Like many fediverse communities, Social.coop saw significant growth surrounding Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter in 2022.

	In March 2024, after sustained effort by multiple members of Social.coop, the registration was successfully transferred to Innovation Cooperative Limited (previously Platform6), which is the fiscal sponsor for the cooperative.		In March 2024, after sustained effort by multiple members of Social.coop, the registration was successfully transferred to Innovation Cooperative Limited (previously Platform6), which is the fiscal sponsor for the cooperative.

Ntnsndr1: Added a few historical details.

2024-11-04T22:47:13Z

Added a few historical details.

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	In September 2016 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Schneider Nathan Schneider] published an op-ed in the Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/29/save-twitter-buy-platform-shared-ownership Here's my plan to save Twitter: let's buy it] suggesting that Twitter take itself off of the stock market and become a democratic user owned cooperative. On May 22, 2017 it was voted on at the Twitter Annual Meeting, but received 4.9% of the vote.		Social.coop emerged out of a desire to develop a way of doing social media that is more just, accountable, and ethical than the dominant corporate platforms.

			In September 2016 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Schneider Nathan Schneider] published an op-ed in the Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/29/save-twitter-buy-platform-shared-ownership Here's my plan to save Twitter: let's buy it] suggesting that Twitter take itself off of the stock market and become a democratic user owned cooperative. On May 22, 2017 it was voted on at the Twitter Annual Meeting, but received 4.9% of the vote. During the organizing process, several participants floated the idea of testing the idea of a social media cooperative themselves.

	On April 24, 2018 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Duran Enric Duran] working with Schneider, Matthew Cropp and Mayel de Borniol registered the social.coop domain on behalf of FairCoop using the registrar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandi Gandi]. FairCoop was an attempt to create a global financial system for cooperatives with the help of FairCoin, a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency. FairCoop ceased to exist in 2022, and Platform6 took over as fiscal sponsor for SocialCoop. For several years SocialCoop struggled to renew the DNS registration each year since Duran was no longer active in SocialCoop.		On April 24, 2018 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Duran Enric Duran] working with Schneider, Matthew Cropp and Mayel de Borniol registered the social.coop domain on behalf of FairCoop using the registrar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandi Gandi]. FairCoop was an attempt to create a global financial system for cooperatives with the help of FairCoin, a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency. FairCoop ceased to exist in 2022, and Platform6 took over as fiscal sponsor for SocialCoop. For several years SocialCoop struggled to renew the DNS registration each year since Duran was no longer active in SocialCoop.

	In March 2024 after sustained effort bu multiple members of ~~SocialCoop~~ the registration was successfully transferred to Innovation Cooperative Limited (previously Platform6), ~~who are~~ the fiscal ~~sponsors~~ for ~~SocialCoop~~.		To operate the cooperative, several volunteer working groups formed: the Community Working Group for moderation and on-boarding, the Tech Working Group to maintain the infrastructure, and the Finance Working Group to manage income and expenses.

			In March 2024, after sustained effort by multiple members of Social.coop, the registration was successfully transferred to Innovation Cooperative Limited (previously Platform6), which is the fiscal sponsor for the cooperative.

	See also:		See also:

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In September 2016 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Schneider Nathan Schneider] published an op-ed in the Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/29/save-twitter-buy-platform-shared-ownership Here's my plan to save Twitter: let's buy it] suggesting that Twitter take itself off of the stock market and become a democratic user owned cooperative. On May 22, 2017 it was voted on at the Twitter Annual Meeting, but received 4.9% of the vote.

On April 24, 2018 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Duran Enric Duran] working with Schneider, Matthew Cropp and Mayel de Borniol registered the social.coop domain on behalf of FairCoop using the registrar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandi Gandi]. FairCoop was an attempt to create a global financial system for cooperatives with the help of FairCoin, a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency. FairCoop ceased to exist in 2022, and Platform6 took over as fiscal sponsor for SocialCoop. For several years SocialCoop struggled to renew the DNS registration each year since Duran was no longer active in SocialCoop.

In March 2024 after sustained effort bu multiple members of SocialCoop the registration was successfully transferred to Innovation Cooperative Limited (previously Platform6), who are the fiscal sponsors for SocialCoop.

See also:

* [https://platform.coop/blog/democratizing-social-media/ Democratizing Social Media] by Jakob Sitter Midttun, December 2023, Platform Coopertivism Consortium.
* [https://www.loomio.com/d/6V2tAIZa/ Issues], Loomio.
* [https://www.loomio.com/d/Jf5Wi4Ph/ Domain expired Social Coop down], Loomio.
* [https://git.coop/social.coop/tech/operations/-/issues/11 transfer domain to social.coop control], git.coop.