Introduce yourself!

[kapis]

This thread is for you to present yourself in the FairCoop ecosystem.

Here a couple of questions to encourage you to answer if you want:

• How did you meet us?
• Do you participate in any other cause, social or economic group?
• What encourages you to participate?
• What more or less appeals to you about FairCoop or Faircoin?
• How do you like it? was going to help?
• Where are you from?
• Have you ever used Faircoins or any other cryptocurrency?

[Flixmo]

Hi all!
My girlfriend told me about cryptocurrencies recently and that I should look into it because some collegues of hers were buying some.
I quickly told her that I wasn't interested in speculation, but did some research and quickly found interesting stuff to read about FairCoin.
I agree with the principles I've read and am happy to find people who seem to want to invent another economic system, as the capitalist one is clearly running out of breath.
I'm from Paris and am a journalist. I hope none of these two aspects will have you write me off!
I've never used FairCoins or any other cryptocurrencies.
Looking forward to reading you all!

[rice]

Hi @Flixmo
Great to read you,
First time I researched about cryptocurrencies, I thought the same thing as you! I was seeing all the crypto world as a turbocapitalism, some kind of accelerated neoliberalism. But then, I found Faircoin and FairCoop, where concepts like ecological, common good, autonomy, cooperative, ... contribute to the basis of the movement, and after some reading, seeing that this is a great project, decided that I wanted to join and contribute

I encourage you to join some telegram group https://wiki.fair.coop/en:communication:chat_groups:start where currently is happening the most part of the communication-.

Also, in this link: https://git.fairkom.net/faircoop/MediaCommunication/wikis/welcome-to-faircoop There is a 'Welcome to FairCoop' page, where it briefly explains the different tools that make up the ecosystem.

If you have any question, feel free to ask

[PaulaFairphone]

Hi

How did you meet us?

I'm a moderator at the Fairphone forum where someone recently introduced FairCoop and FairCoin and proposed a cooperation with Fairphone. So I thought I'd come over and have a look at your forum and discussions.

Do you participate in any other cause, social or economic group?

Apart from being active in the Fairphone community I am also a low-level member of a local green party's queer-subgroup. I am vegan, I avoid participating in consumerism as much as I can, I avoid giving my personal data to big companies that would make money with it and I have all my money in green banks or eco-funds.
So naturally when I heard of it I was immediately interested in FairCoin, though I have to admit I don't quite understand how it works yet.

What encourages you to participate?
What more or less appeals to you about FairCoop or Faircoin?
How do you like it? was going to help?

I think I'll answer these questions once I learn a bit more about what you do.

Where are you from?

Vienna, Austria.

Have you ever used Faircoins or any other cryptocurrency?

I haven't ever.
But I'm interested in FairCoin and I might visit the local node in Amsterdam during the European Fairphone Community Trip 2018 this summer and get some.

[BobT]

I've been aware of faircoop for a couple of years, since getting involved with fairmondo.uk.
In Keighley, West Yorkshire we formed a workers cooperative to develop online ethical trade and specifically to promote and develop fairmondo.uk (now a multi-stakeholder coop). I am a lifelong socialist and cooperator who believes alternative systems of production, distribution and exchange can be built as part of a peaceful transition to the next fair political and economic system.

Faircoop and faircoin are very interesting and exciting initiatives aiming to make the present system obsolete. We have started the ball rolling with a Yorkshire Local Node - we are confident that if some of the friction created by the information architecture of faircoop ecosystem we can be eased then it will be possible to grow F2F and online activity in this region.

Our cooperative is trading on fairmarket and successfully using faircoin.

Bob

[Flo]

Nice I am from Brussels. If you want more info about FairCoins or FairCoop, I would be glad to answer your questions.
Also, if you want, you can contact the Brussels LN (i am part of it). And if you like to write an article, please contact us in here or via extension@fair.coop

[Flo]

I just love Fairphone and what you all are doing. By the way, I am a proud owner of a Fairphone 2