Filene Fill-In Ep. 31: We Can #BuyTwitter?

Filene Research Institute

Are you on Social Media? Are you a Twitter user? Why does that sound oddly similar to the language we would use to talk about drug use…being ‘on’ something…being a user of something…have you ever thought of who’s behind those platforms, making you see, think and feel certain ways? What if instead of some other corporation buying up a 'failing' Twitter and all our data, we, the users, could buy it? What if it could be a democratically controlled social media platform owned by those who use it, structured as a cooperative? Wouldn't that be great?! That is exactly the idea behind the #BuyTwitter campaign. I spoke with some of the supporters and organizers of this effort for today's episode of the Fill-In -- William Azaroff, executive lead at Vancity credit union and board chair Modo Cooperative, and Matt Cropp, Associate Director of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center, Chief Manager of the Vermont Solidarity Investing Club, and Board President of Full Barrel Co-op. As mentioned in the show, visit https://www.buytwitter.org/ to learn more. Jump into the conversation already being had on Twitter by following @BuyThisPlatform and Tweeting with #BuyTwitter and #WeAreTwitter.