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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 10-Jan-2019 09:04:13 EST Strypey

   In 2013, Maciej Cegłowski #PinBoard .in proposed the #PinboardInvestmentCoProsperityCloud. The 6 web startups who won got $37 in seed funding and free promotion and networking help from Cegłowski. Various other companies got in on the game, offering small cash injections, or free credit for their online services. I find this oddly cool. It's like a web startup version of the way the Sanders campaign was funded (many small contributions):
   http://static.pinboard.in/prosperity_cloud.htm

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 10-Jan-2019 09:20:25 EST Strypey

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      Note that this was 3 years before #DougRushkoff published #ThrowingRocks, and 4 years before @aral did his talk about unicorns
      (https://2017.ind.ie/excuse-me/),
      but it was motivated by a similar disillusionment with the #VultureCapitalist model of financing internet services.

   2. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 10-Jan-2019 09:30:20 EST Strypey

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      "Pinboard lets you bookmark from any browser, connect up to three Twitter accounts (and favorites), and sync with popular services like Instapaper or Pocket."
      http://pinboard.in/

      I wonder if we could convince Maciej Cegłowski to give users the option to choose three #fediverse accounts to link instead (or some of each)?