Re: [projectvrm] Next Knight News Challenge

[Tom Crowl < >]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!! It so hard to keep on top of possibilities... and this is a great one which I will certainly be following.

My proposal below (posted as comment on the nieman lab article):

I hope my work will be considered:

The capability and the network it creates briefly described below are essential to journalism... and an independent net...

The unification required by the monied Like button (a micropayment vehicle designed for an open ecosystem rather than the micropayment used on closed systems like GooglePlay or ITunes)...

Characteristics of the Monied "Like" Button
http://culturalengineer.blogsp...

Whether its offered via the single provider model or the multiple provider model...

Forms a common core with universal participation.

This entity... I suggest run as some form of user-owned co-op (one user; one share, non-transferable; expires with death)... is I believe a key element in providing a counter-balancing force to web dominance by both government and corporate interests.

P.S. If you walk far enough outside of the box... its even possible such a network could actually BUY vital pieces of Internet physical structure and hold them under common ownership.

P.P.S. Such a co-op structure (neither privately owned nor government run)... operating as an interbank network like ClearXChange... (encompassing both the problematic TBTF banks and others)... also has a certain aesthetic appeal not easily expressed.

Tom Crowl

http://CulturalEngineer.blogspot.com

On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Doc Searls < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Yo VRM developers:

<http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2014/2/27/toward-stronger-internet/>

<http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/02/the-new-knight-news-challenge-focuses-on-strengthening-the-free-and-open-internet/>

I've always seen a connection between the open Net and VRM. If you do to, consider applying for one of these.

Doc