COOP Websites for Internet Communications, like Message Boards.

9 months ago by GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson to c/cooperatives

I have tried to find this myself or find a COOP website(s) that can help me find such a website, but cannot.

Do anyone know of any COOP Websites for Internet Communications, like Message Boards?

green_red_black 12 points 9 months ago

You’re on one right now LoL.

Apologies my point is FOSS Software fills the need of internet communication. Just find an instance that fits you or learn to self host

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GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson 3 points 9 months ago

I there is a lot of different types of COOP, but I was thinking this way, why I said, COOP websites, the whole website(s) is COOP & all participants have a responsibility work together to keep all of the website(s) working, not just the feed talking about COOP. To me any type of COOP starts with every psingle participant have a responsibility to keep it operating properly & vote on as many as possible decisions.

No need to apologize. FLOSS software?

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poVoq 6 points 9 months ago

You are in fact posting this on a server ( slrpnk.net ) that is run by a coop like group ( f-hub.org ) and we hope to eventually become an official worker's coop in the future.

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green_red_black 3 points 9 months ago

And I see you folks doing worker cooperative Open Source Gaming which just so happens the direction I want to go with my education in game development focused computer programming degree LoL

(Sorry for the highjack I just love expressing personal success)

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solariplex 1 point 9 months ago

Awesome! Any particular reasons you're pursuing a workers' coop model, rather than a multi-stakeholder coop model or users' coop model?

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poVoq 3 points 9 months ago

Well, it is still open for discussion. A worker coop seems closer to what we are currently doing, but if we change more towards providing services to users, that would be another option. Anyway, this isn't something that will happen soon and things are moving very slowly.

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green_red_black 3 points 9 months ago

FOSS stands for Free Open Source Software. It’s what Lemmy and everything else of the Fediverse is.

You don’t need to pay for its usage. Just download and set up with responsibility of maintaining being yours and any friends that are interested in being involved.

It’s why I said you don’t need a COOP. Just basic server hardware (like a laptop running a docker.) that has say the XMPP (and a communication system that is FOSS) software and your good to go.

Oversimplified, point is COOP not required

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GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson 1 point 9 months ago

With all due respect, that is the software which can make easier to do COOP, but is not COOP itself, as point-out previous reply.

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green_red_black 1 point 9 months ago

Then I do apologize in that I am likely completely misreading what is being said

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solariplex 5 points 9 months ago

You could check out https://social.coop/about if you're looking for microblogging.
If you're in Denmark https://ukrudt.net/ and https://data.coop/ run a variety of communication services for members.
Likewise with https://konstellationen.org/ in Sweden.
If you need email there's https://kollektiv.email/.
If you have more organisation-type needs there's https://mayfirst.coop/ and https://commonscloud.coop/

Would be good to make a directory of cooperative digital services providers. Maybe there is one somewhere?

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GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson 1 point 9 months ago

Thanks, BOY DO I WISH I LIVING IN DENMARK, INSTEAD I LIVE IN THE OPPOSITE SOUTH FL., USA!

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solariplex 4 points 9 months ago

In that case I suggest going with https://mayfirst.coop/ or https://riseup.net/ if what you want to do fits their profile (struggle for freedom, grassroots democracy, co-operatives, equality, environment, against imperialism, against capitalism, against fascism (f.ex. Trump), etc.).

If what you want to do doesn't fit that profile at least somewhat, https://hcoop.net/ might be more your thing.

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GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson 1 point 9 months ago

Thanks

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