http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-06/nep_newsocialism
Along with Clay Shirky, Kevin Kelly is one of my favorite thinkers on Internet collective action. In this article, he gives an interesting definition: "Broadly, collective action is what Web sites and Net-connected apps generate when they harness input from the global audience."
This is a nice article on how collective action online is socialism without geography. "When masses of people who own the means of production work toward a common goal and share their products in common, when they contribute labor without wages and enjoy the fruits free of charge, it's not unreasonable to call that socialism."
It's a great read.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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