I'd sure love to pay a tech co-op $25/month to host and sync a knowledge-workers stack including an open-source read-later + Obsidian or equivalent + Zotero + simple blogging with blot or something
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Like I will WORK MY SHIFT AT THE CO-OP, I will wear a dusty apron and triage git issues and restock the produce, that would be the dream, but also if I can't have that I would just pay money.
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@SarraceniaWilds I only send a mean email like once every two or three years but I sent a mean-ass email
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@kissane Yeah, that would be awesome. The issue, I suspect, is the disconnect between CPanel-type apps and those that need *spit* Docker or similar.
I'm currently kinda frustrated with the WordPress situation because my hosting is CPanel-type and the app selection is Not Great, Bob. To do better I'd have to move to the pricier, DIY-ier Docker service.
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@kissane man w h a t
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@beep Imagine, if you will, a guillotine, but very large
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@kissane 100% this!
If I can’t have a co-op, then at least give me a small company made of real people, who will charge a reasonable price to provide the services they promised.
No hockey-stick growth bullshit. Just service in exchange for money.
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@dsalo oh for real, half the operating budget would go to media storage and the other half to The Docker Wrangling Comrades
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@kissane I LOVE the idea of PSFC-style collective volunteering except applied to time-based knowledge work to support a platform. Not the open source contributor. Not the volunteer knowledge expert in a forum. Actual on-the-clock work. 2h 45m shifts for:
- customer support
- editing
- documentation
- testing
- monitoring
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@kissane its truly such a bummer
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@laurenshof Flames! On the side of my face!
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@kissane Replying both because ME TOO, and my hope that if anyone else in the comments wants to try to make this in happen, that they get in touch.
I have experience with both worker/consumer co-ops and evaluating and hosting open source software, and I would love to help make this a reality.
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@kissane I got this email today and every sentence made me want to scream louder. 🫠 Thankfully I didn't embed myself *too* deeply into Omnivore but it's so frustrating how much of its marketing and pitch was built on... not doing this
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@ryan Yep, they sold very hard on being exactly not this. I have rarely wanted so viscerally to egg someone's house.
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@kissane wow, that's kinda horrific.
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chrissygonzalezreplied to Erin Kissane last edited by
@kissane Oh man, I just signed up for Omnivore literally yesterday
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Erin Kissanereplied to chrissygonzalez last edited by
@chrissygonzalez I am so sorry
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@thisismissem Very far from ideal along any axis except someone's bank account.
