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Behavioral standards and power
Behavioral standards and power
Posted Jun 8, 2006 18:09 UTC (Thu) by ajcpi (subscriber, #1122)In reply to: Behavioral standards and power by wilck
Parent article: Behavioral standards in the free software community
Could it be that people who "misbehave" are less likely to acheive social power
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Behavioral standards and power
Posted Jun 8, 2006 18:56 UTC (Thu) by wilck (subscriber, #29844) [Link]
Certainly. This is a self-enforcing process.
OTOH, frequent violation of explicit or implicit rules of conduct is not prohibitive for getting "powerful".
The community is no different from real life in both respects.