Want a cooperative social network site? Vote for it!

I've been working on this idea for quite a while, and am trying to move it forward from the seed stage. If you're inclined, please vote for Digital Storymakers at the Dell Social Innovation Competition: http://is.gd/9tZcr. The "pitch" is pasted below.

Thanks,

Mike

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The problem with Facebook  or Twitter is that they encourage people to give away their most valuable data set – the stories of their lives. Digital Storymakers is a cooperative social network site that returns the economic power of information to the people that own it. Digital Storymakers is the first social network site (SNS) to allow its users full control and ownership over their information. Currently, millions of low-wealth SNS users are lining the pockets of large corporations, when they could be reaping the economic benefits of their own SNS use.

Digital Storymakers’ mission is to empower anyone to find his or her place in the information economy by radically lowering the bar to participation. We accomplish this by facilitating revenue-generating digital projects created from the stories of our members’ lives (mobile applications, photo licensing, data set sales, competitive business information, etc.). Surplus revenue from these projects is returned to our co-op members. Digital Storymakers (DSM) combines the simplicity of online social networking with the power of digital storytelling to allow low-wealth members to participate in the lucrative knowledge economy.

Our unique social entrepreneurship model brings together principles of interactive digital storytelling, information science, and community development to empower our members through a collaborative, online, storymaking platform. By helping our members find ways to monetize their data and stories, we help them build economic capital in addition to the social capital afforded by other SNSs. splendidmike20.0