Seizing the means of communication — a plan for community-owned social media
summary
Argues that community-owned Mastodon and Fediverse instances already exist (examples: co-social.ca, social.coop, data.coop), classifies instances as flagship, indie, or self-hosted, and claims cooperative instances give users real governance via one member one vote and cooperative funding built in. Notes concrete tradeoffs: flagship stability vs. centralization, indie fragility (Mozilla shut an instance; a large German instance was rescued by takeover), and self-hosting difficulty. Proposes recruiting new users through local co-ops and physical spaces using Mastodon, PixelFed, Matrix and code forges.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction and title
- 1:12Fediverse as community-driven media
- 5:25What is a cooperative?
- 7:50Social media cooperatives
- 10:57Expanding beyond existing users
- 13:22Q&A and closing remarks
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