Cloverdew

texturism:

i believe in the internet - the content industry doesn’t

services like ebay, craigslist, etsy and airbnb are built on the assumption that most people are honest. other services like tumblr, twitter, youtube, wordpress, and soundcloud assume people will be generous with their ideas, insights and creations. wikipedia has proven that people will share their knowledge. companies like kickstarter show that people will even be generous with their money. this does not mean that there are not bad people out there. all of these companies spend a lot of time and money to battle spam and fraud. the companies are simply betting that there are many more good people than bad. the architecture of the Internet shares this assumption. it could have been designed to prevent bad behavior. Instead its design empowers good behavior.

- bradburnham [read more]

This. Is. Beautiful.