Sam Liebeskind

Broader societal issues that are difficult to quantify and measure—such as desirable social values like human agency and respect for fundamental rights, power and resource asymmetries, and oppressive social structures—that are encoded in and/or intersect with algorithmic systems thus often fall outside the purview of “fairness” due to its narrow... See more

No one owns the traditions. We are all here as stewards. Many of the regulars act as if they’re hosts. Newer people have deemed themselves hosts, too. They’ll often go and grab people and invite them to join them on the dancefloor. It’s always been that way — people feel responsible for maintaining the tradition of invitation and welcoming. People... See more

Traditional federation lacks modularity. Hosting, distribution, moderation, algorithms, and business logic are located in the hosting instance. This creates a weak separation of powers. Ideally, users reduce the power of a popular instance by devolving specific functions to other providers. We want to preserve rights in the default course of... See more

various types of roles have widely varied metrics and information by which they are commonly incentivized