[p2p-research] member managed web service

Mon Feb 2 22:55:02 CET 2009

Hi Patrick,

I think that is exactly what I'm looking for: a community in which everyone
who is a member has some voice input into the evolution of the site itself.

Matt

>
> Hi Matt,
>
> Are you interested in considering an online community in which the
> members are the actual and only owners, or is that outside the scope
> of your research?
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick Anderson
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:14:22 -0600
> From: Chris Watkins <chriswaterguy at appropedia.org>
> Subject: [p2p-research] Drupal project for Complementary Currencies
> To: Peer-To-Peer Research List <p2presearch at listcultures.org>
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> FYI: a Drupal project for Complementary
> Currencies<http://drupal.org/project/marketplace>
>
>
> Perhaps because community currencies can undermine traditional power
> > structures, governments and foundations have rarely invested in them.
> > Consequenntly most schemes still rely on paper or spreadsheets; they do
> not
> > scale well and young people can't be bothered with bits of paper any
> more.
> >
> > This is an all_embracing and flexible package which goes the extra mile
> for
> > you. The main module is transactions, which provides a payment form and a
> > transaction contentType and exposure to views. There are many several
> views,
> > blocks, actions, etc. Then there are supporting modules such as the
> > offers/wants directory (a simple classified ads<
> http://drupal.org/project/ed_classified>module), a contentType for
> acknowledging community participation (comparable
> > to Kudos <http://drupal.org/project/kudos>) import tools, and more. See
> > here for a template custom module<
> http://marketplace.matslats.net/installing>
> > .
> > Note the module is 'dev' It has been implemented (see below), but a few
> > more features are needed to make version 1 widely useful.
> >
> > There is some overlap between this project and userpoints but marketplace
> > is much more specific in its intent. This is not a shop, cart, or
> ecommerce
> > system. It is aimed primarily at classical LETS schemes, but by tweaking
> a
> > very few parameters, I believe it can be used for similar currency
> > mechanisms such as timebanks. This module is under active development.
> >
>
>
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> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:44:03 -0600
> From: Chris Watkins <chriswaterguy at appropedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [p2p-research] Peer production of peer production
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> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:30, Matt Cooperrider
> <mattcooperrider at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi Michel,
> >
> > Thank you for taking a close look.  Your first response advised me to
> break
> > down the research into modules and send specific questions to the list.
>  I
> > agree completely (and Howard Rheingold said something similar on the CoCo
> > list).  First, I'm going to step back to the 50,000 foot view for a bit,
> and
> > then focus back down to something more specific so that I can come up
> with
> > some specific questions.
> >
> > So, whether I focus on open manufacturing, political campaigns, etc.,
> will
> > be determined by this exercise.  My thinking right now is that I will
> focus
> > on the open design of a web service - an actual fully functional website
> and
> > online community (not merely the open source codebase on which such a web
> > service might run).
> >
> > So here's a specific question:  What are some examples of online
> community
> > web services in which the members are directly involved in the management
> of
> > the web service?
>
>
> A wiki is the strongest example that I'm aware of. Members do almost
> everything - relatively little is restricted to admins, bureaucrats and
> webmasters.
>
>
> >
> > I expect the next mutation to arrive in mid-February.
> >
> > Best,
> > Matt
> > http://bandillero.com/peerweb
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> some first reaction ...
> >>
> >> you write: How can we build a platform that supports the social
> production
> >> of a car? Of a political campaign? Of a currciculum?
> >>
> >> my sense is that we need very different infrastructures ... you're
> strong
> >> point is possibly the political campaign, a hot topic of course, but I
> would
> >> suggest a more stricter focus on the infrastructure needed to support
> open
> >> design and manufacturing communities.
> >>
> >> of course, by all means you can have a general chapter, but once that is
> >> done, you should delve into the specifics;
> >>
> >> if you choose that subtopic, then you will find that there are a lot of
> >> people here that can help you and have thought about it already,
> >>
> >> Michel
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Matt Cooperrider <
> >> mattcooperrider at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm peer producing my master's thesis about peer production (though for
> >>> some reason I'm calling it social production in the text)
> >>>
> >>> http://bandillero.com/peerweb
> >>>
> >>> Any feedback would be most welcome.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Matt Cooperrider
> >>>
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