RT @Jamilya_eth: 🚨 NEW EPISODE DROP 🚨. Featuring a friend, academic colleague, scholar, and the undisputed G.O.A.T of digital constitutiona….

Article of E2C week is this roadmap on how to E2C from the archives; written in 2021 by @MannanMorshed & @ntnsndr it's remains highly relevant. "The platform economy presents diminishing possibilities of “exit” as a realistic option for participants, while also offering little

8/9 Mannan & Schneider (2021) offer a key roadmap for #E2C: “Exit to Community – Strategies for Multi-Stakeholder Ownership in the Platform Economy.”.

7/9 📘 Ours to Hack and to Own – The foundational book that helped spark the platform cooperativism and E2C movement.

6/9 Since its early days, the E2C field has grown substantially. Dr. Tara Merk’s PhD builds on and contributes to this evolving landscape, drawing from key texts such as:.

5/9 E2C flips the script. Instead of selling to outsiders, founders and investors transition ownership and governance to the platform’s own community: users, workers, and stakeholders. Think co-ops, trusts, foundations, or DAOs. 🤝.

4/9 What if Twitter had been owned by its users?.This opinion piece by @ntnsndr launched the #BuyTwitter campaign - and helped birth the idea of #E2C (Exit to Community). A different platform future, imagined.

3/9 Case in point: Twitter aquisition ➡️ X ➡️ Bluesky 😇.Thousands of users only option was to “vote with their feet” and leave.

2/9 Most tech startups dream of two exits: get acquired by a giant or go public. But these exits often leave users, workers, and early supporters powerless, watching from the sidelines as new owners make decisions that may not align with the community’s values.

1/9 What if tech platforms didn’t have to “sell out” to survive? Meet #E2C (Exit to Community).

In this week's article - @mbauwens zooms out far to point out the most important patterns to recognize as we are creating cosmo-local commoning systems with Web3. Read it here: 👇

In honour of Dr. Tara Merk's work, we will have E2C week at BlockchainGov. Stay tuned 🕸️💫.

💐We have our first PhD! 💐.Dr. Tara Merk @mpg_dd, a core member of BlockchainGov - has defended her dissertation at Panthéon-Assas. Her work explores Exit to Community (E2C), tracing how platforms shift toward user ownership. A milestone moment for us all. Big congratulations

Our Monthly Report for June is OUT! We celebrate @mpg_dd's PhD defence & dive into E2C. Catch up with us 🕸️🆕🆒 .

Delegation risks in decentralized organisations is essential to keep top of mind to avoid reinforcing the very centralization it was designed to resist!! 💥🎯💥. The recording from @protocol_berg from the delegation in DAO's talk by @syntonyy and @teresacd is out. Don't sleep on.

If you also want to feel like you're in Ancient Greece, attending the very first democratic assemblies, you know what to do now 👼.

Big congratulations to BlockchainGov's @Jamilya_eth and @bbeast on their new podcast! We highly recommend checking out these two governance brains geeking out together.

Creating new networked societies means more than staying on the margins. In this weeks article @GiladAbiri spotlights @Afropolitan, a digital nation for Africans everywhere, showing how online communities can use storytelling and shared myths to build real solidarity - no borders

What began as a fireside chat at @EthCC quickly became a deep dive into some of the most pressing questions in the space. More soon. 🔥🔥🚒.@yaoeo.@post_polar_.@ElinorRennie.