Bloggers and Blog Cooperatives

At this point, you may be asking: what does this have to do with blogs or bloggers? The answer is that it has nothing directly to do with blogs. This form of business could be started by any group of online individuals. That said, I think that members of the blog community are well suited to the Blog Cooperative approach. Bloggers have a good understanding of how the web can be a platform for opinion and conversation. Communicating, interacting, and collaborating with others using social software over the web is not new to most bloggers. Much of this interaction is between people who have never met in person, often seperated by oceans and borders. Finally, I think that blogging has given many a taste of a better way of doing business. A way in which the voice of individual is valued, a way that doesn't include hierarchy and bureaucracy, a way that rewards individuals for their accomplishments and contributions. I think bloggers are ready to participate in this experiment.