Omidyar.net: Difference between revisions

'''omidyar.net''' is the [[wiki]] site for the Omidyar Network Commons LLC.  It contains seemingly {{tag|miscellaneous}} content.<ref>[[Archive.org:20070605233107/http://www.omidyar.net/group/browse/|Groups - Browse groups]]; ''www.omidyar.net''; Omidyar Network Commons LLC; archived at [[Archive.org]]; archive date 5 June 2007.</ref>  Each [[Archive.org:20070608205604/http://www.omidyar.net/group/all/|group]] has a workspace. Some groups require sign-in for reading, others only to [[edit]]ing.

;''Origin of omidyar.net

Known affectionally as o-net, o.net or o/net to the {{tag|people}} who use the various discussion [[Archive.org:20070608205604/http://www.omidyar.net/group/all/|groups]] and forums here, it's now become an entire project of the larger multi-armed {{tag|Organisation|organization}} called Omidyar Network.

Originally, Omidyar Network created this website omidyar.net so that everyone at the Omidyar Network organization could share {{tag|news}} and {{tag|information}}; discuss different {{tag|ideas}}; collaborate on {{tag|documents}}; post announcements; sync up their {{tag|calendar}}s; and, in general, stay well informed. They found that it served them well.  In fact, they wondered if others might find value in it, too.  So, they decided to open it up to anyone and everyone working toward making the {{tag|Earth|world}} a better place.

The result is that one of the most interesting "gifts" that Omidyar Network has made so far is o-net itself.  It's a "{{tag|network}} {{tag|commons}}" — a giant town square donated to the public, for public good.  A {{tag|community}} of [[user]]s who are interested in "making good things happen" have gathered here and are using the space because it really seems to allow actual conversations, in a surprisingly intimate and effective way.  We hope you stick around and see what we can evolve here together.

There is no plan that guided the [[Archive.org:20070608205604/http://www.omidyar.net/group/all/|group]] structure of o-net: think of the larger space as a developing [[:Category:Country|country]]; where there are now little enclaves, but people have only just started to pave the roads and put up street signs.  Lots of neat stuff, but some of it very hard to find.  If you get seduced by the problem, maybe you'll build some maps (though it changes quick enough that other mapping attempts have quickly gone out of date).}}

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