@ntnsndr The #WikimediansForSoftwareFreedom group [1] is currently having a debate about whether there's a better (or in fact any other author(s)') article on #ImplicitFeudalism than your 2021 "Admins, Mods, ..." peer-reviewed essay [2]. There are some post-publication comments that you may find useful for future work [3].

Do you know of other papers presenting the online-community implicit feudalism thesis?

[1] meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikime…

[2] wikidata.org/wiki/Q140084111

[3] meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:W…

“#NathanSchneider has the patience and fortitude most of us lack. He’s identified a phenomenon he calls “#ImplicitFeudalism’ - the bias to build our online and real #communities as #fiefdoms, and how this has made us more tolerant of similarly autocratic CEOs and politicians. He’s even optimistic and energetic enough to see how the blockchain could be employed to distribute #governance in a more democratic fashion.”

- @Rushkoff on @ntnsndr

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