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Better Platform

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civic tech
community
global
governance
online
usa
Fiscal Host: Open Collective Foundation

Better Platform runs creative experiments in user governance. We're starting with The People's General Meeting to decide what to do about Twitter.

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SmartCoop

$2,472 USD since Dec 2022

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Institute for the Future

$2,000 USD since Feb 2023

3
Jason Wiener

$1,000 USD since Nov 2022

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MEDLab Bot

$1,000 USD since Nov 2022

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Nathan Schneider

$300 USD since Nov 2022

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anonymous

$100 USD since Nov 2022

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sarah drinkwater

$10 USD since Nov 2022

Organizations

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Economic Security Project, Inc.

$10,000 USD since Dec 2022

2
Metagovernance Project, Inc.

$2,449.3 USD since Feb 2023

3
Schwab Charitable

$1,010 USD since Dec 2022

4
New_ Public

$1,000 USD since Dec 2022

Better Platform is all of us

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Thank you for supporting Better Platform.

Claudia Chwalisz

Admin

Emily Martinez

Admin

Danny Spitzberg

Admin

Jacky Alcine

Admin

Ted Han

Admin

Colin Swenson

Admin

Mara Abrams

Admin

Sascha Roker

Admin

Jenn Brandell

Admin

Amy Scheer-Till

Admin

Economic Secu...

🦉 Owl

$10,000 USD

SmartCoop

🦜 Parrot

$2,472 USD

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Transparent and open finances.

writing, program design, partnerships

Debit from Better Platform to Danny Spitzberg •

-$1,000.39USD
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Invoice #127109
web hosting and platform fees

Debit from Better Platform to Sascha Roker •

-$33.39USD
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Reimbursement #127111
design and marketing

Debit from Better Platform to Sascha Roker •

-$1,000.39USD
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Invoice #127108
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Today’s balance

$12,859.69 USD

Total raised

$19,636.20 USD

Total disbursed

$6,776.51 USD

Estimated annual budget

$21,211.20 USD

About

#BetterPlatform is a collaboration between users, workers, shareholders, and partner organizations. Our group emerged from the #BuyTwitter campaign to make Twitter a public utility with broad-based ownership & accountability, like a co-op.

Follow us on Twitter while it lasts at @BetterPlatform_ or visit our website at betterplatform.club.

Our team

Claudia Chwalisz

Admin

Emily Martinez

Admin

Danny Spitzberg

Admin

Jacky Alcine

Admin

Ted Han

Admin

Colin Swenson

Admin

Mara Abrams

Admin

Sascha Roker

Admin

Jenn Brandell

Admin

Amy Scheer-Till

Admin