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> There is nothing like this anywhere else in society. Though they are rare, they exist. The Osho cult comes to mind , Rajneeshpuram Commune became a self-sust
by tartoran 2y ago
> There is nothing like this anywhere else in society.
Though they are rare, they exist. The Osho cult comes to mind , Rajneeshpuram Commune became a self-sustained community that attracted thousands of followers and they worked for free. This is related to ideology when it aligns with what people want and it is sustainable, people have no problem offering their work for free. And of course someone comes along and takes advantage of it all.
- Vegenoid 2y agoBut they weren't really working for free, they were working for food and housing, right?
- GauntletWizard 2y agoI'm not sure you can call a group most noted for its "Role in 1984 bioterror attack" a success.
- account42 2y agoThe big difference is that open source is no longer an isolated community - the whole world is built on open source software. I agree though that sharing and caring is not as uncommon as some people would like to pretend. Another example of it are all kinds of online communities sharing anything from memes to cat pictures to mods to instructions how to do all kinnds of things to direct help. Some of this is drifting more and more to being monetized (see most YouTube channels) but there is still a huge amount of people sharing with others without a profit motive.