Why it matters
It gives democratic organizations a warning: participation can become unequal as groups grow unless governance is intentionally designed.
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Researchers and operators studying the risks of informal power in large peer-led communities.
This paper is useful because it challenges overly optimistic assumptions about open participation. It can help democratic organizations design better safeguards against concentration of influence as they scale.
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