If anyone was wondering, I was not confusing power law with power dynamics, but
Jan's original question talked about community health, redistribution of power
and things like training, user friendliness and documentation as strategies,
so I assumed power dynamics were in play in the conversatio
I agree that this is an interesting question. We have been working on a few
related questions, and I have a few thoughts.
First, inequality of participation can have many causes. In the new
communities that I have been looking at, high inequality is often the sign
of a dedicated core of contributo
Hi Jan,
The question about steepness of the curve across different projects is indeed
fascinating!
You can find my analysis of inequalities in open source software here:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0152976
Best,
Dj
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