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Abstract: Whether We Identify It Or Not

Abstract: Whether we recognize it or not it is true that the Internet is full of new and innovative institutional forms that are revolutionizing social organization on and offline. Issues of governance in these Internet platforms and other digital institutions have presented an obstacle for software engineers, most of whom have little exposure to the relevant history or theory of design for institutions. We present a useful framework that aims to stimulate dialog between computer scientists and political scientists. The behavioral engineering paradigm that is based on incentives and a variety of atheoretical techniques such as A/B testing or incremental issue-driven programming have been the dominant guiding practices in the design of digital institutions. One of the institutional analysis frameworks that has proved useful in the design of traditional institutions is the resource governance literature known as the "Ostrom Workshop". Minecraft server list finding of this literature that is not yet been widely integrated in the design of a variety of digital institutions is the importance of incorporating mechanisms for participation in what is known as a "constitutional layer" of design for institutions. In other terms, rules that permit and facilitate different stakeholder participation in the ongoing process of design change. We investigate whether this principle is being fulfilled or could be better met in three varied cases of digital institutions: cryptocurrencies, cannabis informatics, and amateur Minecraft server governance. Examining such highly varied cases allows us to demonstrate the broad relevance of constitutional layers in many different kinds of digital institutions.


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