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1. Mayel - ghost account (mayel@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jan-2018 10:31:19 EST Mayel - ghost account

   TFW when you're trying to be a good co-operator, not wanting to hoard any power, so you hand over responsibility to whoever steps up, but it backfires on you and you just end up looking unreliable. 🙃

   1. Camille E. Acey (kavbojka@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2018 05:00:20 EST Camille E. Acey

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      @mayel
      I think we need to redefine "good cooperator". I think to get the ball rolling on any effort we have to embrace temporary hierarchies but find formal ways to inscribe their limits and enforce transparency. I'm in a situation now where too much institutional knowledge got built up in one person and that person is now holding way too much power despite no formal title or responsibilities.

      1. Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2018 10:27:50 EST Steve Herrick

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         @kavbojka @mayel My co-op is in exactly that position. But in our case, the person with too much institutional knowledge is me. I've gone out of my way to be transparent at every step, but the only time people respond is when they complain.

   2. Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jan-2018 10:57:27 EST Steve Herrick

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      @mayel Been there.