I mean... That's kinda what casual conversation looks like, no? It can get a little cheesy, sure. But ehh I kinda like someone asking me how my day was hehe
- We have no conclusive evidence to suggest that gravity is propagated by particles. Currently, we think that it very likely might be, but we have not come up with models to quantize gravity. U would win a Nobel prize if u did that.
- Watch this
Exactly. Inflation ughhh... I can't even afford to buy two dishes a day... :(
Me till someone calls me a good boy uwu
Who said there would be no centralised command? It would just be opt out. If an individual/community wanted to opt out of this, there would be noone forcing them to not do so.
As for evolution of political systems due to natural selection, would you say the same about democracy? Stable democracy that we know about today has existed only for the past 300 years. Women got the right to vote this century. If u r living under a dictatorship, would you use the same argument of natural selection to not fight for a democracy?
U r assuming that anarchists would be peaceful n just roll over on their backs to show their tummies to Genghis Khan.
The goal of anarchism is freedom. The existence of a State means no freedom. Thus, anarchist militias unite to fight this threat. A stateless society doesn't equate an unorganised society.
Just that they think that using house rules everyone agrees on is a great idea.
Kinda. The most important part is that if someone disagrees with the house rules, they can choose to disassociate from the house and go somewhere else. There's no state to say "this open field that's not utilized is mine, bitch!" and then taze you.
Which Iโm also not opposed to, if it was set up well
Wonderful! I'm working on it hard and fast. U'll most likely start seeing updates on it (actual images of the UI and so on) hopefully from tomorrow. I have an MVP almost ready (around 2 hrs of work remaining). I'll post about this from a different account soon!
I'm selling both. I'm saying that my functional product is superior because it has been developed democratically. At no point will some MBA guy waste money on a pointless rebrand when it could have been spent on some necessary feature. At no point will some rando billionaire come up and say, "ok, links in posts will be indistinguishable from images".
Again, same reason why democracies r almost always superior to dictatorships. Democratic governments work for the people more when compared to dictatorships. It makes the products n services that they offer superior.
Hey, thanks for the response.
What would be the monthly membership fee?
I'm thinking of something like a minimum of 4.99/monthly contribution to become a member. Although I could change this amount with a little more market research. Just a quick clarification though. U wouldn't need to pay money for an account. U can be a free user. U just won't get voting rights, n u won't be able to participate in moderator elections.
What would be a reasonable SLA? If there is an outage on a Friday night, are the members okay if they wait until Monday to get it back someone online?
I don't believe there needs to be an official SLA. The coop isn't offering a service per say in exchange of money. It's kinda offering 90% of the service for free. Paying money gets u VOTING rights. U get a member share. U get to propose n vote on legislation to get what u want. Therefore, members would naturally propose and vote for the best service possible from the funds available.
What do you think is a good hour rate to pay for an admin? What should you pay for someone to stay on call?
Depends on:
- Availability of funds
- Need for more employees
- Market rate
At the beginning, I would be the sole worker (the MVP is getting ready by Sunday). Decisions regarding hiring more workers for x pay would be made with time direct democratically by the worker and consumer body of the coop.
Can I run bots? How many? Does each bot count as a separate account?
The consumer n worker bodies would decide that. I personally would have no issues letting people run bots that are functional in nature n those that explicitly let themselves be known as bots. But again, detailed bot policies would be made by the members.
I think you'll see that as soon as you start asking people to put money and to feel like they "own" it, the demands will increase and so will the costs.
Honestly, I think the demands would give the coop enough pressure to take the most efficient decisions possible. They would give it a good developmental direction imo. Of course, I'm not saying that they can't get toxic. But I think I would prefer the toxicity of a democratic legislature any day over that of a rich shareholder.
Examples of other similar coops
The coops u mentioned seem to be primarily instance hosting coops. I'm talking more in terms of software development. Development of the lemmy backend n the client by the coop would be the primary focus of legislature instead of instance policies. Which features to sanction the development for and so on.
Hey Joe, This coop platform does everything that Reddit does, plus:
- U can u use it for free.
- Reddit has ads. This has 0 ads.
- Reddit's algorithms r meant to be addictive. If u aren't addicted to Reddit, u won't see ads, n u won't earn them profit. The coop platform isn't interested in making u addicted. U and ur loved ones can use this platform without fearing that its designers intend to get u addicted to it.
- Your data would remain private. It wouldn't be sold off to anyone. Reddit however, steals your data to profit off of it.
- If u can pay x amount of money per month, u can become a member.
- If u r a member, u get to propose and vote on legislation. U get to decide how funds r allocated, what work gets done and so on.
- U don't own Reddit. The rich folk who own Reddit can censor u anytime they want to. Do u want to talk about forming unions? Do u want to organize strikes? Reddit can censor u anytime.
- U don't own Reddit. U can't control Reddit's policies. U can control the coop platform's policies.
- The difference is like living under a dictatorship and living under a democracy.
- If u don't have money, u can still use the platform. As it's not owned by billionaires (but rather working class people paying a monthly fee), u can still trust it not to become hostile and censor heavy.
Fuck the execs, but don't defame the fox like that :(