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A Platform Cooperativism Consortium article on cooperative identity in the digital economy, including scaling through replication, federation, social franchise, and protocols.
It reframes scale for democratic organizations as more than Silicon Valley growth, emphasizing federation, replication, and shared infrastructure.
Platform co-op founders and ecosystem builders thinking about scale without centralization.
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A practitioner article exploring how sociocracy can support platform cooperative governance, especially where scale, transparency, and member voice are difficult.
Platform Cooperativism Consortium
A Platform Cooperativism Consortium reflection on cooperative AI, shared infrastructure, democratic governance, and worker-led technological agency.
Platform Cooperativism Consortium Resource Library
A governance and economic model for self-sustaining, mission-oriented, distributed organizations.
This article is useful because it names several ways cooperatives can scale without simply becoming centralized platforms. It is especially relevant for digital organizations trying to grow while preserving member control.