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01.-Online-Governance.md

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The Body is made up of three different, balanced groups:
### 1. Stakeholders
One for each instance – if you want a say, you can run an instance and register it.<br/>
One for each instance – if you want a say, you can run an instance and register it with an OGB.<br/>
This is clearly the voice of the #fediverse, as they are the people running it.
### 2. Users
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* Bad Group of Voices - are flagged by other Body members. When the flagging reaches a criteria a Security Group can act to reach an aggreement on these flags. If the bad Voices sneak through these checks, we have an exeptional case, where the Body acts as an admin by flagging over a threshold by a set period.
Basic security and checks – to see if an instance still exists and is real. If a member account is actively posting or a puppet – all of this can be done with member flagging, some automated others by people – flagged accounts and posts goes to the “security group”. It’s a lottery, it’s up to the groups to influence and as a last resort “recall” if one goes a new one is chosen by lottery.
Basic security and checks to see:
- if an Instance still exists and is real
- if a Member account is actively posting or a puppet
We mediate the problem of sock-puppets and spammers by basic checks such:
All of this can be done with Member flagging, some automated, others by people. Flagged accounts and posts get passed to the “Security Group”. It’s up to the Groups to influence an outcome, and as a last resort “recall” an account - being a lottery, if one goes, a new one is chosen again by lottery.
We mediate the problem of sock-puppets and spammers by basic checks such as:
- Was the account created within the last year?
- Are there active postings over this period?
- [Need to somewhere define "active"]
- **[Definition required: "active"]**
- The normal ActivityPub moderation tools
Upon registration, you are automatically entered into the lottery to determine working roles within the governance via [Sortition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition). There is a box you can untick if you do _NOT_ want to take an active working role (opt-out - important here).
Upon registration, you are automatically entered into the lottery to determine working Roles within the governance via [Sortition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition). There is a box you can untick if you do _NOT_ want to take an active working role (this is a valid use-case for opt-out, and important here).
Only people who want to be part of the governing body AND play an active role are enrolled in the lottery.<br/>
Users are just user accounts, stakeholders are mods, voices are admins, the code is the management.
Only people who want to be part of the Governing Body AND play an active role are enrolled in the lottery.<br/>
Users are just user accounts, Stakeholders are "moderators", Voices are admins, the code is the facilitator of management.
Every time a position opens the lottery picks a stakeholder to fill it, if it is you and you would like to do the job – get to it.<br/>
Every time a position opens the lottery picks a Stakeholder to fill it. If it is you and you would like to do the job – get to it.<br/>
If you do not want the job then resign and the lottery will pick a new person.
## The representative “stakeholder” body accepts proposals and make decisions
## The Representative “Stakeholder” Body
Accepts proposals and makes decisions.
Some stats for the fediverse:
population ~ 4.152.753 accounts
active users ~ 1.192.023 people
servers > 6.828 instances
- Population ~ 4.152.753 accounts
- Active users ~ 1.192.023 people
- Servers > 6.828 instances
Let’s say a tenth of the instances signed up, that would be over 600 Instances Stakeholders and thus 600 Users Accounts for a total of 1200 members of the body and a smaller number from Affiliate Stakeholders. For easier decision making, this number is likely too high, so we can put a limit to 100 chosen by lottery from the instances Stakeholders, this is then matched by 100 from the User accounts making a total of 200 Members of the Body + small number of affiliates. It’s up to the "admin group" to choose the right number to build a working community. If you don’t have enough good people to fill roles, open the pool up, if there is too much discussion reduce the size of the pool. Try different approaches.
Let’s say that a tenth of the instances signed up to the OGB. That would be over 600 Stakeholders (instances) and thus 600 User Accounts for a total of 1200 Members of the Body, along with a smaller number of Affiliate Stakeholders.<br/>
For easier decision making, this number is likely too high, so we can put a limit to e.g. 100, chosen by lottery from the Stakeholder instances. This is then matched by 100 from the User accounts making a total of 200 Members of the Body + a small number of Affiliates.<br/>
It’s up to the "Admin Group" to choose the right number to build a functional working community. If you don’t have enough good people to fill roles, open the pool up; if there is too much discussion, reduce the pool size.<br/>
It is essential to try different approaches.
A 3 way split of stakeholders: instances/users/affiliates (builders&supporters). If the affiliate group becomes larger than the number of instances, they would be be chosen by lottery just like the others.
A 3-way split of Stakeholders: instances/users/affiliates (builders & supporters). If the Affiliate Group becomes larger than the number of instances, they would be be chosen by lottery just like the others.
**[Ambiguous: "Stakeholder" is defined at the top as one per instance, but here is being used to define all "stakeholders".]**
“serving the humans trying to communicate.” we get out of the way and let the humans work it out – we provide structer for the groups, we don’t define the groups.
[FAQ](99.-FAQ)
[Looking at existing projects](04.-Existing-Projects)
## Further Reading
More info:
- [FAQ](99.-FAQ)
- [A Look at Existing Projects](04.-Existing-Projects)
- [The Tyranny of Structurelessness](03.-The-Tyranny-of-Stucturelessness)