Chaos-Roller @roller@chaos.social

So we stole the gif idea from @c3WOC - thanks a lot for the inspiration ;) and the waffles!

If you want to roll around like that during #36c3 - donate to our crowdfunding: https://www.startnext.com/chaosroller-for-36c3

When you start a #Commons project, it is important that you are aware of the theory and history of Commons. This knowledge can make the difference between a successful or a failed commons, tragedy or triumph. A thread!
#36c3

Unser Crowdfunding läuft vielleicht ein bisschen schleppend, aber unser kultureller Einfluss ist enorm.

Nicht nur hat @bleeptrack anscheinend unsere Farbkombination direkt als Inspiration für den offiziellen #36c3 style guide genommen: https://events.ccc.de/congress/design/36C3/styleguide.pdf

Unsere Kampagne ist so viral und allgegenwärtig, dass #RollerChaos beinahe Wort des Jahres geworden wäre! Am Ende mussten wir uns mit Platz 2 begnügen. Dennoch ein großer Erfolg!

https://der-farang.com/de/pages/respektrente-ist-wort-des-jahres-2019-vor-rollerchaos

The recommendation by #36c3 ermergency response team:

1. Race-driving along major walking-ways,
2. through kidSpace or the like,
3. or speeding into an elevator, stopping last second,
4. or making pedestrians jump aside,

is a BAD idea.

Please, please drive responsibly.

Even if it is just a scooter, accidents can happen, especially in big crowds.

Right now, the Messe which hosts #36c3 has permitted rolling around with scooters - but the more accidents, the less likely it is in the future.

We all have those friends. #36c3

I hope this (quite long) thread about #Commons theory was interesting :) See you at #36c3, hopefully with a lot more #commons scooters standing around!

If you want to make Chaos-Roller possible, please donate to our crowdfunding: https://www.startnext.com/chaosroller-for-36c3

The book is called "Commons: for a politics beyond market and state". It is #CreativeCommons, thus if you are interested you can download it here:
https://oc2.links-tech.org/s/GNKeros1lIdKSNy

At #33c3, I found a book about #Commons theory on some piratebox, which talked a lot about this problem. Because economic theorists mostly deal with the category of commodities, they have a hard time to conceptualize under-use.

You could see this during #35c3 a lot, and we want to prevent it for #36c3 - many private scooters stood around, which were not used most of the time. Meanwhile, many people had to spend their time walking long distances; while 4 days are already so little time.

The pattern which affects Chaos-Roller the most, is not the danger of Tragedy of the #Commons, but rather the tragedy of private property.

And if there are no scooters available when you need them the most, you will not starve; in the worst case, you have to walk a few hundred metres.

Because we have the advantage of resilience. Our #Commons isn't threatened by over-use anyway. Scooters are not a depletable resource like water, cattle, or a forest.

If you design it so that you can't use the Commons without talking about them, you have a powerful pattern against such a tragedy. Unfortunately, with scooters, this doesn't really work. But I think in this case it actually isn't necessary.

There are several patterns to counter a Tragedy of the Commons. Communication is important: you can try find a way of including communication into the way the #Commons are used.

In #Commons theory, there is the term "Tragedy of the Commons": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons#Tragedy_of_the_commons
Such tragedies happen when there is a lack of community and communication, so you end up with over-use and depleted resources. When you start a Commons, you need to talk about this.

It is also made up by the knowledge, that people paid for this - both the people who just bring their scooter to #36c3 and paint them in green-orange so others know they can use them, as well as the contributors to our crowdfunding.
(btw: donate! https://www.startnext.com/chaosroller-for-36c3 )

I hope one thing is clear - this is again a #Commons, so it is not made up of the actual green-orange scooters. It is made up by the *shared knowledge*, that green-orange scooters, and only them, are public goods.

(If you have indeed painted your private scooter in these colors, we deeply apologize. Of course, green-orange is super cool. That's why *everyone* should have green-orange scooters.)