Admins, mods, and benevolent dictators for life: The implicit feudalism of online communities

Online platforms train users to interact with each other through certain widespread interface designs. This article argues that an “implicit feudalism” informs the available options for community management on the dominant platforms for online communities. It is a pattern that grants user-administra...

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Published in:	New media & society Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 1965 - 1985
Main Author:	Schneider, Nathan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2022
Subjects:	Media archeology online communities software studies online governance social media
ISSN:	1461-4448, 1461-7315
Online Access:	Get full text
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