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Re:Comcast, Centurylink Fail to Derail Utah Community-Owned ... by predictabl3 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @08:42PM (#37017754)
> But there's a reason why co-ops are rare outside of that: why would people work hard without personal upside?

"Co-op". It's in the name. Reciprocity? Community? There is personal upside, just not the HN-approved shareholdery kind.

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Re:Comcast, Centurylink Fail to Derail Utah Community-Owned ... by SR2Z on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @01:20AM (#37058975)
> There is personal upside, just not the HN-approved shareholdery kind.

Enough personal upside to get someone to build you a house? Clean out the sewers? Wake up at 4AM to sit on a tractor and plow a field?

If you think the answer is yes, then why don't you try and get some people to do those things for "reciprocity" that doesn't involve money?

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