diff --git a/literature/notes b/literature/notes index dba9c8a2fe329195e33cddf4531bd2eeab432dc1..bcb65e0a8432f6a31c0e0ba328aa176948ebd1a7 100644 --- a/literature/notes +++ b/literature/notes @@ -1035,3 +1035,90 @@ main difference is where it runs and who runs it." problem with BAG: not enough people participate "the management of bots was a largely ignored and thankless job." a (probably) wrong perception by the community how the BAG worked, so it was criticised and challenged for being a cabal + +==================================================================== +\cite{Lessig2006} + +"A locked door is not a command “do not enter” +backed up with the threat of punishment by the state. A locked door is a +physical constraint on the liberty of someone to enter some space. +My claim is that this form of regulation will become increasingly com- +mon in cyberspace."(p.82) + +"Code is a regulator in cyberspace because it defines the terms upon which cyberspace is offered." (p.84) + +"Communities, +exchange, and conversation all flourish in a certain type of space; they are +extinguished in a different type of space." (p.85) +"Spaces have values. 6 They manifest these values through the practices or lives +that they enable or disable."(p.85) + +narrow bandwidth and text-centered communication +"Most think of this fact about the early Net as a limitation. Technically, it +was. But this technical description does not exhaust its normative description +as an architecture that made possible a certain kind of life. From this perspec- +tive, limitations can be features; they can enable as well as disable. And this +particular limitation enabled classes of people who were disabled in real- +space life." (p.86) + +"Every time AOL decides that it +wants to regulate a certain kind of behavior, it must select from among at least +four modalities—rules, norms, prices, or architecture." (p.94) + +"Norms become different when ballots can overrule them," (p.102) + +// TODO vgl Wikipedia! +"politics [is] implemented through technology.” 41 Differ- +ences in the code constitute them differently, but some code makes community +thicker than others. Where community is thick, norms can regulate."(p.102) + +"End-to-end is a para- +digm for technology that embeds values. Which architecture we encourage is +a choice about which policy we encourage." (p.112) +// TODO: What values are embedded in Wikipedia's architecture? In the architecture of the edit filter system? + +"In places where community is not fully self-enforcing, norms are supple- +mented by rules imposed either through code or by the relevant sovereign." (p.113) + +"They have the right to +exit, but in the sense that Soviet citizens had the right to exit—namely, with +none of the assets they had built in their particular world." (p.113) + +quoting Second Life CEO's +"[O]ur feeling is . . . that we should aggressively move into code anything we can, +because of the enhanced scalability it gives us. And we should execute policy out- +side of code only when absolutely necessary or unfeasible." (p.114) +"If Second Life can use code to better control behavior, what about first-life?" (p.114) + +"Individuals can act +to resist the force of code directly. Or individuals can act to resist the force of +code through code." (p.118) + +quoting Tim Wu +"The reason that code matters for law at all is its capability to define behavior on +a mass scale." (p.119) +"In this second sense, code functions “as an anti-regulatory mechanism: a +tool to minimize the costs of law that certain groups will use to their advan- +tage.” " (p.119) + +Chapter 7: things are regulated by; laws, norms, market, technology + +"Norms constrain through the +stigma that a community imposes; markets constrain through the price that +they exact; architectures constrain through the physical burdens they impose; +and law constrains through the punishment it threatens." (p.124) + +Indirection and accountability +"Indirection misdirects responsibility. When a government uses other +structures of constraint to effect a constraint it could impose directly, it mud- +dies the responsibility for that constraint and so undermines political +accountability." (p.133) + +Chapter 8 + +"The key criticism that I’ve identified so far is transparency. Code-based +regulation—especially of people who are not themselves technically +expert—risks making regulation invisible." (p.138) + +"Open code means open control—there is control, but the user is +aware of it."(p.151) diff --git a/notes b/notes index 8e459aa9ee3cd888c85973c1d9ea80559fd6d4c4..f7ad1d40e3c69cbc476502d425d1cce0b84a11e6 100644 --- a/notes +++ b/notes @@ -1068,92 +1068,6 @@ To generate stats for different wiki projects ===================================================================== Claudia: * A focus on the Good faith policies/guidelines is a historical development. After the huge surge in edits Wikipedia experienced starting 2005 the community needed a means to handle these (and the proportional amount of vandalism). They opted for automatisation. Automated system branded a lot of good faith edits as vandalism, which drove new comers away. A policy focus on good faith is part of the intentions to fix this. -==================================================================== -\cite{Lessig2006} - -"A locked door is not a command “do not enter” -backed up with the threat of punishment by the state. A locked door is a -physical constraint on the liberty of someone to enter some space. -My claim is that this form of regulation will become increasingly com- -mon in cyberspace."(p.82) - -"Code is a regulator in cyberspace because it defines the terms upon which cyberspace is offered." (p.84) - -"Communities, -exchange, and conversation all flourish in a certain type of space; they are -extinguished in a different type of space." (p.85) -"Spaces have values. 6 They manifest these values through the practices or lives -that they enable or disable."(p.85) - -narrow bandwidth and text-centered communication -"Most think of this fact about the early Net as a limitation. Technically, it -was. But this technical description does not exhaust its normative description -as an architecture that made possible a certain kind of life. From this perspec- -tive, limitations can be features; they can enable as well as disable. And this -particular limitation enabled classes of people who were disabled in real- -space life." (p.86) - -"Every time AOL decides that it -wants to regulate a certain kind of behavior, it must select from among at least -four modalities—rules, norms, prices, or architecture." (p.94) - -"Norms become different when ballots can overrule them," (p.102) - -// TODO vgl Wikipedia! -"politics [is] implemented through technology.” 41 Differ- -ences in the code constitute them differently, but some code makes community -thicker than others. Where community is thick, norms can regulate."(p.102) - -"End-to-end is a para- -digm for technology that embeds values. Which architecture we encourage is -a choice about which policy we encourage." (p.112) -// TODO: What values are embedded in Wikipedia's architecture? In the architecture of the edit filter system? - -"In places where community is not fully self-enforcing, norms are supple- -mented by rules imposed either through code or by the relevant sovereign." (p.113) - -"They have the right to -exit, but in the sense that Soviet citizens had the right to exit—namely, with -none of the assets they had built in their particular world." (p.113) - -quoting Seconf Life CEO's -"[O]ur feeling is . . . that we should aggressively move into code anything we can, -because of the enhanced scalability it gives us. And we should execute policy out- -side of code only when absolutely necessary or unfeasible." (p.114) -"If Second Life can use code to better control behavior, what about first-life?" (p.114) - -"Individuals can act -to resist the force of code directly. Or individuals can act to resist the force of -code through code." (p.118) - -quoting Tim Wu -"The reason that code matters for law at all is its capability to define behavior on -a mass scale." (p.119) -"In this second sense, code functions “as an anti-regulatory mechanism: a -tool to minimize the costs of law that certain groups will use to their advan- -tage.” " (p.119) - -Chapter 7: things are regulated by; laws, norms, market, technology - -"Norms constrain through the -stigma that a community imposes; markets constrain through the price that -they exact; architectures constrain through the physical burdens they impose; -and law constrains through the punishment it threatens." (p.124) - -Indirection and accountability -"Indirection misdirects responsibility. When a government uses other -structures of constraint to effect a constraint it could impose directly, it mud- -dies the responsibility for that constraint and so undermines political -accountability." (p.133) - -Chapter 8 - -"The key criticism that I’ve identified so far is transparency. Code-based -regulation—especially of people who are not themselves technically -expert—risks making regulation invisible." (p.138) - -"Open code means open control—there is control, but the user is -aware of it."(p.151) ===================================================================== Toolforge links: