Buy Twitter
Corporate sharks are circling around the platform we love. But there is another way: shared ownership, where the community takes control.
—Nathan Schneider, "Here's my plan to save Twitter: let's buy it," The Guardian (September 29, 2016)
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Buy Twitter
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Buy Twitter Proposal for 2018
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Is TikTok logically bad ?
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SMART WAYS TO BRIGHTEN A DARK ROOM
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Do we still want to attempt to buy Twitter
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Other organizations for potential collaboration
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Use #BuyTwitter Slack for #platformcoop organizing?
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Start an investor pool for tiny share ownership
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Timeline
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#BuyTwitter and kicking off 45
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#BuyTwitter + #NetDemocracy
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Twitter losing conventional users
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Buy Uber
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Join this week's #WeAreTwitter campaign: What future for Twitter do we want?
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Evolving our values, commitment, and structure
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#BuyTwitter is going up for a vote – help us win!
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Help #BuyTwitter build a better website
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onboard @timothyamcdonald
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Where to buy small shares of Twitter online with no minimums or monthly fees
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Love feedback on idea to allow AnyShare to make software to build our own Twitter like platform
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shareholder organizing for real outcomes
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What about invest/participate in ZeroNet or similar distributed network technology?
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Forget Twitter, Let’s Buy Medium
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News, relevant links, random thoughts
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#WeOwnTwitter: shareholder event Wednesday, and more
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'Online Platform Purchasing Co-op'
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Is there a rich person or entity that you would trust buying Twitter?
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Managing Twitter
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Rebranding this campaign
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Livestream Fri Dec 9, 12:30 ET: #BuyTwitter & Beyond: Practicalities of User Ownership Conversions
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How about a Twitter "Union" ?
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Tools and online infrastructure
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Platform Co-op Conference
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Online livestream discussion with coop/finance experts
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Next Big Petition Push
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Real Life Workshop(s)
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