@Danhon is hci actually collectively governed? my understanding is it's funded by princeton hci and admin'ed by multiple people, but not sure how decisions get made (though they're quite young, it's possible the infra just isn't there yet). my post is mostly a reflection on the academic communities I've seen springing up

@dajb good clarification! not on the technical side, more on the governance side. there's the "how do we share the load" / "what does admin mean and who does it" / "how do we make decisions" etc considerations (think it would be helpful to have a "so you're thinking about starting a cooperative masto instance; here's things to think about" guide), and my experience is that communities need additional tools to self-govern (we have tried using loom.io on friend camp)