Comments on: The Long Tail and the Crisis of Value https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-long-tail-and-the-crisis-of-value/2008/07/20 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Zbigniew Lukasiak https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-long-tail-and-the-crisis-of-value/2008/07/20/comment-page-1#comment-277760 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:24:20 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=1699#comment-277760 But sometimes we can get better results without money – just one example: “Thinking of hosting a ‘creating passionate users’ 3-day workshop/retreat with a catch–the fee: help build a perimeter fence. Get fit, too!” – Kathy Sierra . Building of the fence – a physical excercise – is that a price or is it really additional benefit for the geeks? If separated it would be a cost – together with the other thing it can be seen as an additional value.

]]> By: Patrick Anderson https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-long-tail-and-the-crisis-of-value/2008/07/20/comment-page-1#comment-276891 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:31:03 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=1699#comment-276891 Is profit really the goal of peer production?

You say “the ability to live from it” as though you cannot live without profit. But what about product and what about wages? Are they not enough?

Profit is not paid for work. Profit is paid by consumers who have insufficient ownership in the means of production.

If peer production requires profit, then just as with Capitalism, consumers must be forever homeless and lacking full control for it to succeed.

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