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CHAPTER 23
Translating Commons-Based Peer
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23.3.1 Universal indicator of value 467
23.3.2 Alternative value metrics 469
23.4.2.1 Systemic value of CBPP 476
23.4.2.2 Value of CBPP contributions 477
duction (Florida, 2002; Peck, 2005), user-driven innovation (von Hippel, 2004), and
shared, open, free forms of productive relations (Bauwens, 2005; Kelty, 2008; O’Neil,
(Coleman, 2005; Kelty, 2008; O’Neil, 2009), and many researchers have underlined the
growing and important role of value and reputation metrics (Arvidsson, 2012; cf. Lury
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23.2 COMMONS-BASED PEER PRODUCTION
Today, an alternative model of production is emerging—both on the Internet and else-where—that does not rely on market transactions, but rather on sharing and cooperation among peers. The deployment of Internet and Web 2.0 technologies spurred the devel-opment of online platforms for the production and dissemination of information resulting from voluntary collaboration between a community of peers (the so-called peer produc-tion platforms). In the realm of information, Wikipedia is perhaps the most popular example, along with Github, Reddit, Slashdot, Kune, and so forth. But the same applies also in the physical realm, with a growing number of initiatives such as the Open Source Ecology and Fab Labs. All these platforms facilitate peer production by providing interactive applications allowing for synchronous/asynchronous collaboration and
