Comments on: How the Iron Law of Oligarchy Extends to Peer Production https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/how-the-iron-law-of-oligarchy-extends-to-peer-production/2014/07/20 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:37:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 By: Christopher Aquilino https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/how-the-iron-law-of-oligarchy-extends-to-peer-production/2014/07/20/comment-page-1#comment-814290 Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:37:38 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=40215#comment-814290 @PaulHughes

I’m for decentralizing Wikipedia via political means. And/or replacing it with a decentralized wiki. Ward Cunningham has a Federated Wiki project, in that direction.

Also some of the “iron law of oligarchy” on the web, is because of centralization of the net. I mean anything from the physical centralization, oligarchical software design, and political bodies that govern the net, just make centralization “easier”.

]]> By: Paul Hughes https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/how-the-iron-law-of-oligarchy-extends-to-peer-production/2014/07/20/comment-page-1#comment-813973 Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:07:12 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=40215#comment-813973 Although the paper doesn’t target Wikipedia explicitly, Wikipedia most definitely falls into the category of “increasingly non-democractic” institutions. There track record over the last year, especially in regards to alternative medicine, is a travesty of democratic or impartial review. The very core of Wikipedia is to promote impartiality in the language for all entries, especially if there is controversy or dispute. But when it comes to things like alternative medicine, entries are written in a highly biased and dishonest manner. When challenged by the community through a petition, Jimmy Wales not only defended this bias, but actively enforces it.

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