Editing Cooperative (section)

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==== Platform cooperative ====
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A platform cooperative, or platform co-op, is a cooperatively owned, democratically governed business that establishes a computing platform, and uses a protocol, website or mobile app to facilitate the sale of goods and services. Platform cooperatives are an alternative to venture capital-funded platforms insofar as they are owned and governed by those who depend on them most—workers, users, and other relevant stakeholders. Proponents of platform cooperativism claim that, by ensuring the financial and social value of a platform circulate among these participants, platform cooperatives will bring about a more equitable and fair digitally mediated economy in contrast with the extractive models of corporate intermediaries. Platform cooperatives differ from traditional cooperatives not only due to their use of digital technologies, but also by their contribution to the [[commons]] for the purpose of fostering an equitable social and economic landscape.

==== Volunteer cooperative ====
A volunteer cooperative is a cooperative that is run by and for a network of volunteers, for the benefit of a defined membership or the general public, to achieve some goal. Depending on the structure, it may be a [[collective]] or [[mutual organization]], which is operated according to the principles of cooperative governance. The most basic form of volunteer-run cooperative is a [[voluntary association]]. A [[Fraternity|lodge]] or [[social club]] may be organized on this basis. A volunteer-run co-op is distinguished from a [[worker cooperative]] in that the latter is by definition [[Employee-owned corporation|employee-owned]], whereas the volunteer cooperative is typically a [[non-stock corporation]], volunteer-run [[consumer cooperative|consumer co-op]] or [[service organization]], in which workers and beneficiaries jointly participate in management decisions and receive discounts on the basis of [[sweat equity]].