community – Looks Like New https://lookslikenew.net The show that asks old questions about new technology, produced by the Media Economies Design Lab at CU Boulder. Thu, 23 May 2024 22:14:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lookslikenew.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LooksLikeNew-5-150x150.png community – Looks Like New https://lookslikenew.net 32 32 How do you give a technology to its community? https://lookslikenew.net/podcast/how-do-you-give-a-technology-to-its-community/ Thu, 23 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://lookslikenew.net/?post_type=podcast&p=67145 ]]> Online technologies have often taken on a life of their own when a community forms around them. Users put their tools to use in ways the designers never expected. What would it mean to truly hand ownership and control of tools to the people who rely on them most? This month, we turn to Anjali and James Young, the founders of Collab.Land, a piece of software used by thousands of online communities. In 2023, they distributed control of their product to their users, thanks to a blockchain-based token and a cooperative company. But this was not a straightforward process. They explain their hopes and their challenges in attempting this “exit to community.”

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