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Colony: A platform for open organizations
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Re: Colony: A platform for open organizations
#72Interesting project, but I find it unfortunate that they chose such a historically loaded term.
Re: Colony: A platform for open organizations
#73Interesting project, but I find it unfortunate that they chose such a historically loaded term.
In a pro-decentralisation context, the interpretation you're referring to--which is the pinnacle of centralisation forced through violence for selfish goals--is so obviously irrelevant, that it didn't even come to mind.
Re: Colony: A platform for open organizations
#74Everything seems to be centered about individuals taking up work on a voluntary basis. However, in many organizations, some work just has to get done. How do you handle this?
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#75Re: Colony: A platform for open organizations
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's the difference between a protocol token and the scam tokens you usually get from ICOs?
One's a scam and the other isn't? I mean, it's just a question of whether the thing is legitimate, real, and non-fraudulent.
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#78> Influence is earned by consistently demonstrating just how damn good you are.
> Tokens let you stake your ownership on your good judgement when proposing tasks
> The more reputation you earn, the more influence you have on decisions relevant to your expertise.
How does that all work precisely?
Re: Colony: A platform for open organizations
#79However, Google wasn't the first search engine either. That being said, it might be among the platforms that does at least good in design. When looking at some UI etc I still got the feeling that it's overengineered, i.e. has too many functions. Maybe think about more MVP, gain community and slowly add features on top.
Also, there's so e research on the future of work and recently flash organizations (Stanford, MIT..). The idea you propose looks very similar to Dynamo/Foundry (2015,2016) and what B12 (2016) does, except for the protocol.
Re: Colony: A platform for open organizations
#80I work for a digital workers cooperative. It is organised non-hierarchically and via consent (i.e. a modified and lighter form of consensus decision making that emphasises "I won't stop this" over "I 100% in agreement) - there is no voting but decisions still get made. Its called sociocracy[1]. Here is roughly how it works: 1. Someone brings in work, meeting clients etc. 2. They put together a proposal on this work,…