[P2P-F] new article

Tue Nov 1 05:09:59 CET 2011

thanks Matthew, I tweeted/facebooked your article!

"When a project takes on venture capital or sells shares, it becomes
obliged to maximise the returns on investment, which means a national, or
city by city marketing campaign, in hope of establishing monopoly. The
progressive intentions of the founders of
Nextdoor<https://nextdoor.com/about_us/>to build community are utterly
incidental to the imperatives imposed by
capital. Until a monopoly emerges, the usual venture capital model of
building a technology - trying to build the biggest silo, is actually
counter to the stated aims of these community building sites. And once the
monopoly is established and the alternatives diminished, the users can do
little to prevent abuses."

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Matthew Slater <matslats at gmail.com> wrote:

> Michel
> I've expanded my last blogpost here, 'tis much improved
> http://matslats.net/global-local-capitalism
>
> and the slightly less litigous version is on Shareable
> http://www.shareable.net/blog/capitalism-cant-build-community-web-services
>
> It does end up in a more self promoting manner, but I make no apologies
> for that.
> Not sure what you meant - 'publishable as a blog proposal'.
> Anyhow, use it if and how you want.
>
> Matthew
>
> On 28 October 2011 22:01, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:
>
>> good idea, and publishable as blog proposal, though I don't think the
>> title reflects the content too well,
>>
>> Michel
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 4:24 AM, Matthew Slater <matslats at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Neil, Mark, Michel,
>>> Anybody want to comment on this?
>>> http://matslats.net/global-local-capitalism
>>> I feel it is a little short, still
>>> And then is it publishable?
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>> --
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>>> in mutual credit <http://matslats.net/complementary_currencies>
>>> Community Forge <http://communityforge.net>
>>> Community Currency Magazine <http://ccmag.net>
>>> plus
>>> Interview <http://agoristradio.com/?p=338> on Agorist Radio, May 2011
>>> (70 mins)
>>> Article in shareable.net<http://www.shareable.net/blog/living-without-money-is-an-act-of-community>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>
> --
> Find out more about my work in local money systems
> My personal web site <http://matslats.net> including my blog, Adventures
> in mutual credit <http://matslats.net/complementary_currencies>
> Community Forge <http://communityforge.net>
> Community Currency Magazine <http://ccmag.net>
> plus
> Interview <http://agoristradio.com/?p=338> on Agorist Radio, May 2011 (70
> mins)
> Article in shareable.net<http://www.shareable.net/blog/living-without-money-is-an-act-of-community>
>
>

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