2 papers
cs.SI2024
The Effects of Group Sanctions on Participation and Toxicity: Quasi-experimental Evidence from the Fediverse
Carl Colglazier, Nathan TeBlunthuis, Aaron Shaw
Online communities often overlap and coexist, despite incongruent norms and approaches to content moderation. When communities diverge, decentralized and federated communities may…
cs.CY2014
Laboratories of Oligarchy? How the Iron Law Extends to Peer Production
Aaron Shaw, Benjamin Mako Hill
Peer production projects like Wikipedia have inspired voluntary associations, collectives, social movements, and scholars to embrace open online collaboration as a model of democra…