Rules draw lines through communities that then adjust around them.
Evidence
Every deletion or suspension involves specific users; every rule draws a line through a community, that then adjusts around it. In this chapter I want to consider moderation from the user’s perspective, not just in the moment of being harassed or flagging content or having a post removed, but as a lived and ongoing negotiation with the platform—sometimes a negotiation with the interface, sometimes a negotiation with the company itself, and sometimes a public reckoning about our shared values. — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet, 421
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Platform moderation evolves through public negotiation rather than fixed rule enforcement. — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms,…, 516; Breastfeeding photos function as community badges of belonging, not mere records. — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms,…, 451; Commoning communities vary with context and adapt over time. — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning:…, 95 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Commoning communities vary with context and adapt over time.
#expands(0.80) — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning, 95 - Trust emerges when clear rules scaffold otherwise informal group exchange.
#complicates(0.75) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 833 - Members’ class and racial identities shape how communities do commoning.
#qualifies(0.72) — Yael Arbell, The Circle of Commoning, 57