[stavrianos]

We could fight about the actual value of the CPU, HDD, network, etc is. Not literally zero. The manpower to keep it running is a stronger argument, but I still think it's missing the point. The real value is the community generated content, and yeah, that's a commons.

[hinkley]

Subtract the fact that at least the serfs got to keep some of the net product of their labor while Reddit users get less than nothing and I think it all evens out.

[sigstoat]

> while Reddit users get less than nothing

those poor bastards, all chained to their computers, joylessly creating content for their overlords.

[lotsofpulp]

Reddit users get less than nothing? Then why were they using Reddit’s computers in the first place?

[lost_tourist]

that value means nothing to the owners if they aren't making a profit. Nothing in life is free except parents' love.

[MichaelZuo]

> The real value is the community generated content, and yeah, that's a commons.

According to which court or government?

I'm not familiar with every country, but I don't think a single G20 country or the UN has spelled out anything like that.

[stavrianos]

I was absolutely not using the term in a legal sense. Is "commons" even a legal term? I suppose I should have said "should be a commons" - as in, a publicly generated and maintained 'good thing' (susceptible to tragedy).