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vr.tr.community · thing-q177634

Let an agent handle communities by basis, members, governance and needs, describe them respectfully, and protect members privacy.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Basis What unites it.

Shared basis

Place, interest, identity.

Basis

Shared basis.

  1. What unites this community? definition
  2. How do members describe it? provenance

Members

Who belongs.

Members

Membership.

  1. Who belongs, and how does one join? definition
  2. How large is it? measurement
Organisation Governance.

Governance

Decisions.

Governance

Governance.

  1. How are decisions made? definition
  2. Who speaks for the community? boundary

Spaces

Places and platforms.

Spaces

Meeting spaces.

  1. Where does the community meet? definition
  2. What rules apply there? provenance
Support Needs.

Needs

What members need.

Needs

Needs.

  1. What does the community need? definition
  2. Who provides support? provenance

Safety

Harassment.

Safety

Safety.

  1. How are members protected from harassment? action
  2. How is abuse reported? action
Respect Description and privacy.

Description

Fair portrayal.

Description

Fair description.

  1. Is the description fair and respectful? boundary
  2. Is it based on the community own voice? provenance

Privacy

Members data.

Privacy

Member privacy.

  1. Could information identify members? boundary
  2. What should be withheld? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ORG
Other names and narrower kinds
community housing, coliving, Zweck-WG, forum, sober living house, intentional community, cohousing, Women's Intentional Communities, neotribalism, religious intentional community, co-operative living arrangements, Christian Communities

What it is Filled

A group of people who share a place, interests, identity or practice and interact regularly, from neighbourhoods and intentional communities to online forums.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle communities by basis, members, governance and needs, describe them respectfully, and protect members privacy.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Shared basis and regular interaction
  • Place-based or interest-based
  • Informal or organised
  • Online communities are communities too

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Infiltrate or spy on a community for others.
  • Publish members' identities or private discussions without consent.
  • Stir up conflict within or against a community.
  • Speak for a community without being given that role.

Only with a human decision

  • Removing members or moderating community discussions.
  • Making statements in a community's name.

May

  • Help a community organise events and communication with its organisers' consent.
  • Describe a community from information it has made public.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Communities give people belonging; exposure or division can harm their most vulnerable members.
  • Minority communities can be targeted when their members are identified.

Who is affected

  • Community members
  • People excluded from it
  • Neighbouring communities

Owners Filled

Steward

The community itself, through its members or chosen organisers.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q16334298 - registry parent class
  • Q21157127 - registry parent class
  • Q874405 - registry parent class

related

  • social group - group
  • society - larger whole
  • neighborhood - place
  • nonprofit organization - formal form

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.community
  • Wikidata: Q177634 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177634)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Shared place, interest or identity
  • Community organisations and forums
  • Housing forms such as coliving or intentional communities
  • Groups gathering in places or online, with shared spaces and events.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • join and participate
  • organise and govern
  • support members
  • represent it in local decisions

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Stereotyping communities
  • Exposing members personal data
  • Harassment in online communities

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Freedom of association
  • Housing law for shared living
  • Platform rules for online communities

Context of use required Filled

  • Belonging, mutual support and collective action.
  • local communities
  • intentional communities and coliving
  • online communities and forums
  • communities of practice
  • recovery communities such as sober living houses

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q177634: community - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Community - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should community types be separate entries?
  • How should self-description be prioritised?
  • How should online communities be moderated?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q177634/spec.json