co-op.link/README.md

_{THE COOPERATIVE LINK SOCIETY  ·  EST · MMXIV  ·  FOLIO N° I}

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co‑op.link

Short links, for cooperatives.

A modest utility for the commonwealth of cooperatives, collectives, mutuals & unions.

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§ I — Particulars

i.   Owned in common.

The service is to be held by the cooperatives that use it, on a one member, one vote basis, in keeping with the Rochdale principles.

ii.   Brief by design.

Tools simple enough to be governed by their members. No tracking, no surveillance, no upsells, no surprises.

iii.   Open to all forms.

Worker, consumer, housing, producer, and platform cooperatives are equally at home here, alongside mutuals, federations, and the unions that support them.

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§ II — On the Matter

i.   What it is

A link shortener turns long, unwieldy web addresses into brief ones. The form co-op.link/abcd takes the place of fifty characters of query string, useful for print, for speech, for any occasion in which a long URL is impractical.

ii.   Why one in common

The shorteners in common use are commercial concerns. They record each click, monetise the data, and may vanish with their parent company, taking the links with them. A co­operative answers to its members rather than its shareholders, and the links it issues are meant to endure.

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§ III — Register Your Interest

To register your interest, write to —

info@co-op.link

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_{Colophon — Set in Source Serif 4 & JetBrains Mono. Composed on the occasion of the 182^nd anniversary of the founding of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, 1844.}

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