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Twitter as a City-State
Think about Twitter here or any other major web2 social networks. They’re kind of governance platforms. Each like is a vote on content to express that you approve it, would like to see more content like it, and would like others with your interests to see it as well. What is crucial is that these networks institutionalize the two major components o... See more
Lightspeed Democracy • Go Fork Yourself - Not Boring by Packy McCormick
sari added
Many online platforms serving wide groups of people need governance, to decide on features, content moderation policies or other challenges important to their user community, though there too, the user community rarely maps cleanly to anything but itself. How is it fair for the US government to govern Twitter, when Twitter is often a platform for p... See more
Vitalik Buterin • Endnotes on 2020: Crypto and Beyond
sari added
The Internet has so far forgotten the bias for democracy that long reigned among offline clubs, public companies, and other associations. How can the Internet catch up to my mother’s garden club—or, even better, enable a new renaissance in creative self-governance?
The Internet can enable much more than just a return to regimes of bylaws and boards.... See more
The Internet can enable much more than just a return to regimes of bylaws and boards.... See more
University of Colorado Media Enterprise Design Lab • Online Communities Are Still Catching Up to My Mother's Garden Club
Keely Adler added
Keely Adler added
I will argue that the constraints on governance in online spaces have contributed to the peril of democratic politics in general. It is not enough to merely defend existing governmental institutions; healthy democracy depends on enabling creative new forms of self-governance, especially on networks.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
I will argue that the constraints on governance in online spaces have contributed to the peril of democratic politics in general. It is not enough to merely defend existing governmental institutions; healthy democracy depends on enabling creative new forms of self-governance, especially on networks.