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* [http://reddragdiva.co.uk/lj/group_enemy.html A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy], on the need for barriers to entry and controlled community growth. | * [http://reddragdiva.co.uk/lj/group_enemy.html A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy], on the need for barriers to entry and controlled community growth. | ||
* Joseph Reagle, [http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381 “Free as in sexist?” Free culture and the gender gap], which argues that: "(a) some geek identities can be narrow and unappealing; (b) open communities are especially susceptible to difficult people; and, (c) the ideas of freedom and openness can be used to dismiss concerns and rationalize the gender gap as a matter of preference and choice." | * Joseph Reagle, [http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381 “Free as in sexist?” Free culture and the gender gap], which argues that: "(a) some geek identities can be narrow and unappealing; (b) open communities are especially susceptible to difficult people; and, (c) the ideas of freedom and openness can be used to dismiss concerns and rationalize the gender gap as a matter of preference and choice." | ||
* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary]) | |||
* [http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/ Running a Hackerspace Tumblr] | * [http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/ Running a Hackerspace Tumblr] | ||
* etc. | * etc. | ||
