Notices by Mayel - ghost account (mayel@social.coop), page 95

The problems with data extraction & user manipulation platform monopolies is fundamental to their business models, not incidental or unexpected. These problems won't go away without a change to the basic rules of the digital game. https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/oldest-sins-newest-ways/

Happy #anniversary social.coop! 🎂

Happy one year anniversary to #socialcoop! Big thanks to all those who made the original Medium article happen (https://medium.com/open-collective/social-coop-a-cooperative-decentralized-social-network-c10980c9ed91) that brought a lot of people to this instance. Proud of what we're building together. :)

🎂🎂🎂 happy 1st #birthday to social.coop 🍻👶

Like, OK, with Facebook check-ins and news livetweeting, we've seen how social media has become a kind of public utility. Except it's not public. And what with many countries' governments and police, it probably *shouldn't* be publicly owned. But it should be *controlled by the people who use it*. Hence the co-op model.

Obviously the co-op model is just one of many possible ways of running your own social media, but it's one I personally like~

#socialcoop #anniversary

Here's an easy drinking game to celebrate: drink a shot for every time somebody told you Mastodon couldn't work.

#SocialCoop #Anniversary

Fun fact: social.coop is in the top 100 instances by number of members worldwide.
Not bad at all if you ask me!

#SocialCoop #Anniversary

It's the 1 year anniversary of social.coop! 🎂🎉

A cooperatively-run corner of the fediverse.

Who can imagine what the next year will bring? Can't wait to find out!

#SocialCoop #Anniversary #coops

Fun fact: the idea to run social.coop was born in the unlikeliest of places: Facebook!
Quite ironic, huh?

#SocialCoop #Anniversary

What's your social.coop story? How did you get to know about the instance? Don''t be shy, there's cake for everyone! 🎂

#SocialCoop #Anniversary

I can't believe #socialcoop is already a year old!

🌲🎂🌲

We've still got a long way to go on many fronts, but I'm so grateful to be part of such a thoughtful and committed crew of folks who're sharing the load in making this a Good Place to Be!

We're now the 92nd largest instance in the #fediverse, with 962 registered users, who've tooted 63,409 times. Our #OpenCollective has 138 supporters whose combined contributions give us a current annual budget of $4,028! 💖

Happy Birthday, #SocialCoop - you never looked better! #BirthdayParty 🎂 🎈

Glad to be part of this important emerging cooperative ecosystem with all of you on #socialcoop and friends on other instances. As we grow and experiment let's keep our eyes on the prize: equality, solidarity, democracy, inclusion, emancipation, [your value here].
#anniversary

Happy first birthday, #SocialCoop! #anniversary 🎂

My #socialcoop story

Joined social.coop about 7 months ago (214 days ago to be precise).

I'd heard about Mastodon before & had a profile on mastodon.social that I wasn't really using.

Think I most probably heard about social.coop from the CoTech (a forum of UK tech coops.)

Since joining I've learned a lot more about co-ops, got more political, got involved in our reading group, and got a little involved in how our instance works through our Loomio.

It's been great!

#Anniversary

Happy first birthday #social.coop! 🎂

@Antanicus I'll be honest :) It took me a long time... and I'm ActivityPub co-editor! We originally brought on @tsyesika because it was clear she understood federation concepts better than I did.

Of course I got it eventually, but I felt I could have gotten it sooner. I'm a very story/example-oriented learner. One goal in writing the ActivityPub overview was to give a story that hopefully made it easier for people to follow it: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#Overview

Almost forgot to wish #socialcoop a happy #anniversary!

Now would be a great time to have a custom emojo of the social.coop logo.