@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] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_software_freedom

[2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140084111

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedians_for_software_freedom/Governance#Why_we_need_this_page_%28feudalism_essay%29

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@gombang The #WikimediansForSoftwareFreedom group [1] is currently bridging from a #ProprietarySoftware server (Telegram) to a #FOSS server (matrix.org). Our zeroth order list of matrix admins lacks gender and geographical balance - if you or someone else from the 45 languages-of-Indonesia Wikimedia projects who has a serious Wikimedia/FOSS profile is interested, please propose yourself quickly [2]! Easier to change earlier than later.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_for_software_freedom

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedians_for_software_freedom#Matrix_room_proposal:_share_admin_powers

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