[p2p-research] Donation Networks

Sat Jan 24 06:40:46 CET 2009

Hi Sam,

I'm not going to make any theoretical points here, I think testing is what
you need, feel free to use this community as well when you ready for testing
time,

Michel

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Services seem legitimate to me.
>
> If someone requested donation of services, and you were able to fulfill
> that request, and they "thank" you, then this would seem to me to work as
> well as material goods.
>
> You would be gifting time/services.
>
> The theory is that people would then be more likely to help you with
> whatever it is that you need, because you are consistently good at
> participating and keeping the system healthy.
>
> If you were to start participation in this system, you might search for
> people who are looking for what you can offer, so that you can build your
> reputation in the system. The system should also reward those that give to
> those with higher ratings/reputations. This "reward" goes towards your total
> reputation, along with "thank yous".
>
> (I copied Tara Hunt on this, on the chance that she is still interested in
> this stuff. She was working on a related idea called Spread Love a while
> back http://www.spreadloveproject.com/ )
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Sam,
>>
>> glad to see you back here, after a very long hiatus ...
>>
>> I have just a question:
>>
>> - would it also work outside of exchange or gifting, i.e. for people such
>> as myself, who provide 'general services' for a community of interested
>> people?
>>
>> Michel
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear P2P Research,
>>>
>>> After some months working privately with agent based Altruism and
>>> Cooperation models, I am working towards initiating an experiment with with
>>> a small number regional and continental participants in creating a balanced
>>> donation and distribution system.
>>>
>>> The system is fairly simple:
>>>
>>> Participants list what they need, and fill mutual needs. Each person
>>> maintains a "reputation" that is based on a "thank you" that is received
>>> from the person they have donated to.  A tracking system monitors the
>>> "carrying capacity" of donations. "thank you" assignments to participants
>>> are monitored, and so too are receipts of donations. Optionally, each
>>> participant may also register their own satisfaction with the system as a
>>> whole.
>>>
>>> Total satisfaction, plus a "thank you" (which is seen in the system as
>>> individual satisfaction with what is donated) compared against satisfactory
>>> receipt of donations (where you "thank" the other person, and thus add to
>>> their rating), and a certain base level of overall needs met,  would then
>>> give feedback to each user, showing that they may need to donate more, or
>>> improve the quality of what they are giving to others, in order to maintain
>>> total "health" of the system.
>>>
>>> In the United States, this is my proposal as a route for people to
>>> distribute regulated goods like food items, fuel production/ingredients, etc
>>> in way that is legal, and that avoids "market" exchanges (it is legal to
>>> donate or give items to one another in the fashion proposed above).
>>>
>>> As local food systems, and open product design/fabrication activity is
>>> already increasing, myself and others are seeing the above as a plausible
>>> way to pool and share resources. Your thoughts are appreciated.
>>> --
>>> Sam Rose
>>> Social Synergy
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "When a distinguished elderly scientist states that something is
>>> possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is
>>> impossible, he is very probably wrong."
>>>
>>>    Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke's first law
>>>
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>>
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>
>
> --
> Sam Rose
> Social Synergy
> Tel:+1(517) 639-1552
> Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451
> AIM: Str9960
> Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samrose
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>
>
>
> "When a distinguished elderly scientist states that something is possible,
> he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible,
> he is very probably wrong."
>
>    Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke's first law
>

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