Hello,
Thanks for the answers so far.
As Pine asked what my interest is: As a Designer and Researcher I co-create
features that might have unintended consequences in the long run. Thus I
find it important to look at larger patterns.
As for the question why I looked at the edit count: From my own e
current
structures, possibly those who are nicknamed the Unblockables, a name that
suggests a power dynamic in play!
Kerry
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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
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 23:23 Pine W
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Hi Jan,
I think that we may have given you a lot more than you had in mind when you
asked your question. I'm aware that you were thinking of "power law" in a
way that can be very different than "power dynamics", but I have the latter
more on my mind, partially because of recent discussions on Wiki
s where I am
knowledgeable and have a long history of positive contribution. I don't want it
for baseball players or Icelandic musicians or Pokemon characters, just for
Queensland history and geography. That's all I ask.
Kerry
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Hi Jan,
There are many issues involved in power dynamics. I would prefer to look at
this issue from a wide angle perspective.
How do you define "community health"?
Are the people who have power competent and focused on public service, are
they incompetent and selfish, or some other combination o
Hello Researchers,
Contribution patterns in online communities follow a power distribution
which is known as the 1% rule [1], as Wikipedia told me.
However, the steepness of the distribution can be more or less strong: 50%
of your edits could be contributed by 2% or by 0.002%, the latter showing
