Project: Guerrilla Manifesto/Petition
Nathan Schneider
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On the call today, we agreed on the idea of formulating a viral manifesto to further the #BuyTwitter cause as the buyout remains in the news cycle and channel that energy toward the longer-term cooperative.
I proposed a manifesto for Twitter users calling for a say, and co-ownership, as Twitter evolves to a new ownership structure. I'm not sure #BuyTwitter is the right framing. Maybe #WeAreTwitter or something like that. The hope is that we could get lots and lots of Twitter users to sign the manifesto and show our strength.
@arminsteuernagel1 usefully suggested that we could also have people who own shares of the company acknowledge their support and perhaps offer proxies to the cause. @tommcdonough rightly warned that we need to be careful of legal issues in doing so.
@tristancopleysmith has expressed interest in creating an accompanying video, which I think would be fantastic.
What else? Does someone feel inspired to start drafting, or offering ideas for those who do?
Slack channel: #manifesto
Karun Cowper
Sun 9 Oct 2016 4:40AM
Please add me to slack convo - [email protected].
Great stuff! :)
Alvaro Solache
Sun 9 Oct 2016 10:09AM
Cool
Devin
Sun 9 Oct 2016 5:50PM
Fantastic voice and direction!
Nathan Schneider Sat 8 Oct 2016 4:02PM
I think this is an extremely good point, Tom. Thank you. We definitely don't want to run afoul there. We'll definitely make sure to get the proper advice when we're harmonizing the legal structure with the public-facing rhetoric. There's definitely a danger of improperly advertising a security.
Tom McDonough Sat 8 Oct 2016 3:57PM
Nathan: Never used Slack. Do I need to start an account? Or can you authorize me to join the team?
Nathan Schneider Sat 8 Oct 2016 4:06PM
I just sent a Slack invite to your email address.
Rebecca Garnett Sat 8 Oct 2016 5:29PM
Love the momentum here, great going. I like #WeAreTwitter - it seems to fit the tone better. I agree, we need to consider the international aspect of Twitter users. I could translate the final draft into French and German if that helps. Can you add me to slack too? [email protected].
Nathan Schneider Sat 8 Oct 2016 6:24PM
Just invited @rebeccagarnett and @arminsteuernagel1 to slack. Still trying to get the auto-invite tool working.
Josef Davies-Coates Sat 8 Oct 2016 9:26PM
@ntnsndr overall love the manifesto draft but not sure this sentence adds any value:
" And if this doesn't pan out, don't worry; our cooperative is cooking up other plans for bringing democracy to the internet, whether the internet's profiteers like it or not."
Tom McDonough · Sat 8 Oct 2016 3:52PM
Here is Washington, DC, I have access to SEC regulators. I suggest we don't go public with the manifesto until we get some legal advice. Once I have a definite candidate to discuss this with, I will bring that meeting to a vote.