implicit feudalism
*planted: 24/07/2021last tended: 27/11/2021
a bias, both cultural and technical, for generating absolutist fiefdoms.
– Online Communities Are Still Catching Up to My Mother's Garden Club
Implicit feudalism is how platforms nudge users to practice (and tolerate) nearly all-powerful admins, moderators, and “benevolent dictators for life.”
– Online Communities Are Still Catching Up to My Mother's Garden Club
1. Bookmarks
2. Elsewhere
2.1. In my garden
Notes that link to this note (AKA backlinks).
- 2024-04-05
- Admins, mods, and benevolent dictators for life: The implicit feudalism of online communities
- free software governance
- Nathan Schneider on Cooperatives and Digital Governance
- Online Communities Are Still Catching Up to My Mother's Garden Club
- How's That Open Source Governance Working for You?
- Nathan Schneider on Building Democratic Governance on the Internet