From Volunteerism to Corporatization: Analyzing Participation in the 2015 and 2023 Reddit Blackouts

Social Media + Society, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Reddit, one of the largest global social media platforms, has undergone significant transformations since its inception in 2005. From a loosely structured, niche platform to globally recognized company with standardized and regulated governance system, Reddit’s evolution been marked by shift power dynamics between owners, moderators, users. 2015 2023 were occurrence two prominent protests, termed “blackouts.” Moderators numerous subreddits, though not all, disabled public access their thereby protesting company’s policies policy changes challenging endeavors exert further control over platform. Drawing on Bourdieusian theory relational methodology, we establish computational science approach investigate structural causes behind blackouts contextualize differences them. We argue that these signify growing tensions within socio-technical space Reddit an ongoing political, cultural, economic reconfiguration structure political economy.

Language: Английский

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Corporate Governance in a Crypto‐World

Regulation & Governance, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

ABSTRACT This paper explores the nature of governance both within and by blockchains economies they support. There is a widespread assumption that proper model for these political. In this paper, I make an alternative claim, namely more accurate blockchain as species corporate governance. Political are similar, but solve different problems with incentives. governance, at its base, seeks to create legitimacy coercive acts. Corporate about solving agency voluntary agreement. explain why crypto like latter, in so doing draw out some lessons theory modern might then usefully apply design mechanisms.

Language: Английский

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Opening Up: Interdisciplinary Guidance for Managing Open Ecosystems

SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Practices of openness have grown popular across diverse domains (e.g. open science, source software, education) as they can spur innovation and liberalize society. But to date, we know little about how groups leaders achieve such goals through openness, largely because knowledge remains siloed within fields. Thus, needs exist for interdisciplinary terminology guidance on "doing openness." In this Perspective, address these first by defining an concept – organizing that describes people collectively pursue along dimensions transparency, inclusion, distribution decision rights. Next, distill four lessons managing ecosystems: balanced organization design, transparent power allocation, flexible information tools, intentional social norm development. We do integrating expertise from academia industry multiple (including scholarship, education, strategy, innovation). Finally, call more research both support those who seek great challenges our time openness.

Language: Английский

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<p>(Libertarian) Decentralized Web3 Map: In Search of a Post-Westphalian Territory</p>

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Institutional design in commons-based sharing economies: platform, care and place

International Journal of Law in Context, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: Dec. 3, 2024

Abstract This paper presents an analytical mapping of institutional design possibilities for alternative ways digital platforms to institutionalise property and corporate form. It builds on the imagination catalysed by three vignettes experimental sharing economy initiatives presented towards start paper, each which highlights imbrication interdependence between economic social dimensions economy. The then interrogates through entry points commons-based economies: platform, care place. By remapping vignettes’ practices around these points, shows how they help constitute incipient formalisation approaches prospects carrying out a redesign forms more generally thereby become visible, providing sound foundation in-depth empirical historical work trajectories in future.

Language: Английский

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Ethnographic Research of Proof of Humanity DAO (Investigación Etnográfica de Proof of Humanity DAO).

SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

English abstract: The Proof of Humanity (PoH) registry was launched in 2021 alongside the PoH decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). "unique and singular" humans attracted more than 17,000 users laid foundations for emergence what presented as "the first democratically governed DAO" running on Ethereum network. However, DAO faced a governance crisis that led to decision fork November 2022. This report presents ethnographic research findings based online participant observation, interviews, timeline events, institutional mapping an attempt reveal reasons behind DAO's crisis. Inspired by mechanisms, processes, rules present Western liberal democracies, this tries identify dynamics irreconcilable polarization its heterogeneous community instead having facilitated productive compromise.Spanish El registro se lanzó en junto con la organización autónoma decentralizada (DAO) de PoH. humanos "únicos y singulares" atrajo más 17.000 usuarios sentó las bases para el surgimiento lo que presentó como "la primera gobernada democráticamente" operando sobre red Ethereum. Sin embargo, enfrentó una gobernanza condujo decisión bifurcarse noviembre Este informe presenta hallazgos investigación etnográfica basados observación participante virtual, entrevistas, cronología eventos mapeo institucional un intento por revelar razones detrás gobernabilidad DAO. Inspirándose los mecanismos, procesos reglas presentes democracias liberales occidentales, este intenta identificar dinámicas gobierno condujeron polarización irreconciliable su comunidad heterogénea lugar haber facilitado coexistencia relativamente pacífica.

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