Part of a discussion on alliances between peer producing communities and corporate backers, this is an interesting prediction by Sam Rose. Sam Rose: “My 2 cents on Walmart (this is not an argument for, or against anything anyone has said here already) is that, from a *systems* perspective, they cannot sustain their size and methods forever. There are several reasons why:
And the saga continues. Today saw the eruption reach the larger sites, including BoingBoing, as well as sites that would have an understandable interest, like Sexerati.
I heard the first rumblings of this a day or so ago, but the movement--as happens online--has grown very fast indeed. My understanding of it is like this:
