ConceptnoteIoCJan2017.pdf
Text preview
The Internet of Communities (IoC)
Concept note
Intention
Rewiring the social fabric
Opportunity
Without trust, online communities are left with an unmet potential
Proposal
Adding a layer of trust, interdependence and reciprocity on the Web
1. Human-sized communities nested in a continuum of trust
1.1. A robust recommender system
1.2. An informal knowledge network
2. Interdependence expressed by collective reputation
2.1. An increase of individual and collective participation
2.2. A fertile ground for collective intelligence
3. Leadership anchored in reciprocity (emergent property)
3.1. Reciprocity as an additional means of exchange
3.2. Reciprocity as a resonant leadership mechanism
Strategy and desired output
Growing from within coworking spaces
A working model for social innovators
A backbone for external crowdsourced initiatives
Conclusion
Networked human organizations for the 21st Century
Appendices
The IoC and the blockchain, toward a self-organized social system?
Disambiguation on the IoC and reputation currencies
References
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
7
10
13
14
18
21
21
22
24
24
24
25
26
26
28
28
30
32
Meoh ASBL, BE 0599.986.669. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License, Jan 2017.
1