![]() ![]() That, I think, would make the technical staff angels, and moderators a kind of priesthood, responsible for interpreting divine law, and mediating between the mortal realm and the heavens. Since there are, however, some democratic (or meritocratic, as suggested by elements to the governance of this mortal realm - election of moderators, and so on - one model to which SE could be said to bear a slight resemblance is the Democracy/Theocracy amalgam of Iran (with, admittedly, many differences, not least of which is that Wikipedia does not appear to be contemplating an invasion of SE to prevent us from getting nukes). Let me make something incredibly clear up front: While I come across as rather angry, I'm not. I'm very happy with the way the SE network is run, and while I disagree with SE on many things, we've agreed to bury the hatchet because the bickering is not productive if it goes on for months at a time.Īs a friend of mine just pointed out, it's technically a form of Despotism. Second, while they generally leave the community to it's own devices, and the government of the city-states/provinces to the community elected moderators, occasionally they need to interfere for whatever reason (legal, nobody can agree, etc).įirst, SE, Inc has complete control of the websites source code.Stack Exchange, Inc has the final say in everything that goes on in this site.In some ways, it's a democratic republic, since we have a constitution (as encoded in the FAQ of each respective site, and enshrined in Meta.StackOverflow). ![]() But when you get down to it, all this exists at the whim of the "dictators", SE, Inc. It's a mixed / hybrid goverment, integrating elements from almost every one of the basic forms of government.Īt the heart of Stack Exchange communities there is a token economy, the reputation system, which allows for a certain degree of self governing, a trait that points to meritocracy and timocracy. It's also a trait that, if left unchecked, may (and have in isolated instances) lead to plutocracy. There are also strong democratic elements, the Meta process resembles a deliberative assembly 1, and has at times been used to define policies, hold referendums, and protest decisions. ![]() The election of community moderators, representatives of their respective communities, is also a deeply democratic process. Network wide, each Stack Exchange site has a degree of autonomy, and per site Metas can be considered a form of local assembly, with Meta Stack Overflow being a grand assembly (of sorts). This arrangement is skewed in favour of Stack Overflow and the larger sites of the network in general, due to various historical and practical reasons 2, and it's a bit reminiscent of a commonwealth, or perhaps colonial structures, such as internal colonialism and neocolonialism.Īt the end of the day, though, Stack Exchange Inc. Has final say in all matters, and if we assume Stack Exchange Inc. as a single entity then we are talking about a benevolent dictatorship, a (mostly benign) authoritarian form of government.ġ. Chance to avoid a negative status effect updated: at level 3, chance reduced 45% -> 40%.Increased chance for abilities to trigger is now more expensive at mutation levels 2 and 3: 40/60 -> 50/80.Magic resistance in the Mutations Tree is now more expensive at mutation levels 3 and 4: 50/80 -> 60/100.All mutations in the second row of the Mutations Tree now affect not only humans on your team, but also on all of your units, including those you summon during a fight.Watchers have had their numbers slightly reduced when they appear on levels.The Fighter class ability now lasts longer at levels 2 and 3: 5 sec./5 sec.Zombies can now only rise from human corpses.or a Roman Arena, depending on perspective.
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