Discussion
What I really want is a book(s) on how to start a coop to run a mail/mastodon/nextcloud/other service. How do I build a small community to do this and support eachother? How do I help my neighbours? How is it different in different countries? How do you make it carry on after the initial excitement is gone?
Pls boost
@paco @otfrom I'd also consider joining forces with @coopcloud
In general, there's usually someone else who's already set up the things we think should exist. The trouble is finding them and helping them scale.
Yeah and like, how do I regularly interact with my neighbors? How to work together, instead of just saying hi? What about the ones who don't want to be part of a community? What happens when there's a huge argument over some scandal in the news? There are so many questions that really do have answers I'm sure of it, yet I can't find anyone giving them.
@cy I'd like to find a support group of people going through it too. I know lots of places and people to go to for ltd company advice, but not for coops
@otfrom This is what we need
@hugoestr I agree. It needs to be cheap and easy for people.
Here’s most recent “howto” by @adamgreenfield : LIFEHOUSE (one article, links to book etc)
https://www.adamgreenfield.site/against-fire-and-ice-lse/
& here’s my 2014 collection of links / essays towards “hackers tribes” / hackerspaces / community building governance practices … (plus a digression towards #UnCivilization , which I find is inevitably & logically following ;))
@hugoestr @otfrom the tech itself isn't even that difficult. The real problem is who looks after it, keeps it safe from hackers/bad actors? who deals with backups? who will provide support especially if the users are storing important life/business critical data on there, but don't work conventional hours for the country?
@otfrom I have a 501(c)(3) ISP (nova.org). I’m open to collaborators. It all runs on-prem in Northern Virginia, which is in the US, so I don’t get a lot of privacy-oriented non-US folks.
I host email, web sites, domains, etc. Something like a mastodon system would require a dedicated VM and an artisanal config in the firewall, but I’ve done it a couple times.