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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, | 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 | Like many fediverse communities, Social.coop saw significant growth surrounding Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in 2022. | ||
See also: | See also: | ||