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In 2010, Geiger and Ribes insistently highlighted that the scientific community could no longer ingore(syn) these mechanisms as insignificant(syn) or noise in the data~\cite{GeiRib2010}.
For one, their (the mechanisms') relative usage has continued to increase since they were first introduced, and in 2010 (check!) bots made 16.33\% of all edits~\cite{GeiRib2010}.
Others were worried it was getting increasingly intransparent how the encyclopedia functions and not only ``\[k\]eeping traces obscure help\[ed\] the powerful to remain in power''~\cite{ForGei2012} but entry barriers for new users were gradually set higher, since they not only had to learn to use/interact with a myriad of technical tools/.. (learn wikisyntax, ..) but also navigate their ground in a complex system with a decentralised mode of governance.
Others were worried it was getting increasingly intransparent how the encyclopedia functions and not only ``[k]eeping traces obscure help[ed] the powerful to remain in power''~\cite{ForGei2012} but entry barriers for new users were gradually set higher, since they not only had to learn to use/interact with a myriad of technical tools/.. (learn wikisyntax, ..) but also navigate their ground in a complex system with a decentralised mode of governance.
Ford and Geiger even cite a case where an editor was not sure whether a person deleted their articles or a bot~\cite{ForGei2012}.
What is more, Geiger and Ribes argue, the algorithmic quality control mechanisms change the system not only in matter of scale (using bots/tools is faster, hence more reverts are possible) but in matter of substance: how everything interacts with each other~\cite{GeiRib2010}.
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activity into work that can be performed by "average
volunteers" who may have little to no knowledge of the
content of the article at hand"
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socio-technical assemblages (see Geiger)
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