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Deconstructing written rules and hierarchy in peer produced software communities
Mahasweta Chakraborti, Beril Bulat, Qiankun Zhong +2
We employ recent advances in computational institutional analysis and NLP to investigate the systems of authority that are reflected in the written policy documents of the ASF. Our…
Governing for Free: Rule Process Effects on Reddit Moderator Motivations
Hannah M Wang, Beril Bulat, Stephen Fujimoto +1
Developing a strong community requires empowered leadership capable of overcoming governance challenges. New online platforms have given users opportunities to practice governance…
Quantifying the selective, stochastic, and complementary drivers of the institutional evolution in online communities
Qiankun Zhong, Seth Frey, Martin Hilbert
Institutions and cultures evolve adaptively in response to the current environmental incentives, usually. But sometimes institutional change is due to stochastic drives beyond curr…
Open Source Software Sustainability: Combining Institutional Analysis and Socio-Technical Networks
Likang Yin, Mahasweta Chakraborty, Charles Schweik +2
Open Source Software (OSS) forms much of the fabric of our digital society, especially successful and sustainable ones. But many OSS projects do not become sustainable, resulting i…
Governing online goods: Maturity and formalization in Minecraft, Reddit, and World of Warcraft communities
Seth Frey, Qiankun Zhong, Beril Bulat +5
Building a successful community means governing active populations and limited resources. This challenge often requires communities to design formal governance systems from scratch…