Communications, the petition, and clarifying our intention to #BuyTwitter

My initial point on this thread was, essentially, "Let's sharpen our goal to #BuyTwitter and improve communications to match."

Now after a couple of months of public exposure, I believe this campaign is largely past the "story" stage and could use a boost by presenting more of a plan.

Rallying around another article might be a lost opportunity, @coopchange. By default, this article in MobLab would likely work to gather maybe another 1,000 petition signatures.

However, if this article explores the intersection of co-op organizing and finances from people with real experience in this area, like @matthewcropp, this could be a real step forward towards dialogue with Twitter Inc. and its shareholders about a possible purchase.

I would amend the proposal to include focus in interviews on the concrete steps towards purchase.

I'm not able to re-direct the article MobLab has proposed except by 1) inviting @matthewcropp , @samtoland , and/or others (Chris Cook?) to participate and share the economic plans; this could be a great idea, but I do need to get back to Nithin today, and 2) by focusing on that in the interview. He laid out pretty clearly what they were interested in discussing there.

I don't think anyone needs to "rally around" this article. 1,000 petition signatures seems beneficial no matter which direction we're going; get some e-mails, move it forward :) I can't tell if you meant that as a Concern towards the proposal (which I think we can say passed, for lack of any word from @poliundelivered as to why they disagreed ← for all I know could've been a mis-vote on their part?)

Hi, sorry. It wasn't a misvote on my part- just didn't have time to write an explanation. My 'disagree' is an exasperation at the feeling that we're making progress without anything having been done. We've raised $0 to buy Twitter, but are taking the time to discuss interviews about our organizational skills? We have some petition signatures?

I don't want to be overly negative or critical. I just believe this needs to be thought of as a capitalist enterprise with a social media component, rather than a social media exercise that might have to deal with capitalism. People should be hearing about this effort and seeing dollar signs- getting excited about the opportunity to buy in at a low price and be a part of something new. Instead we're dealing in petitions and hot air.

I think we've got to make some moves. Money is power; every day we use a hashtag or pass around a link and people aren't able to give money is a wasted opportunity- one we can't afford, because Twitter could make a deal any minute now.

Thanks for the reply; quick quesiton, though: are you uncomfortable with myself, and/or others who I tagged above, doing this interview?

I think it's a AND, BOTH kinda thing, and I'm excited to connect with people who are knowledgeable about coordination and organizing strategies for mobilizations, because I think we're in need of that kind of facilitation energy here in order to do anything, let alone raise capital. With @ntnsndr and others expressing a feeling that this movement is already growing too diffuse/ lacks a solid direction, I'm really advocating for doubling down on prioritizing organizational capacity growth and culture building, and frankly I don't think that means raising money in this exact moment. Could it mean raising money next week? Maybe, but probably not IMO.

I like Nathan's idea towards building Internet of Ownership towards an Asset Acquisition Co-op, and that's where most of my energy will be going if we manage to keep some critical momentum by at least a small team of folks here... and that's also to say, I think that even a group of 4 or 5 consistently involved folks here, especially with the high caliber of folks, could really do some amazing work together.