[discuss] What is MSism?

Wed Apr 16 03:31:02 UTC 2014

Hi,

In addition to what Alejandro says below, if I understand correctly,
Wikipedia has layers of hierarchy AND Staff who make decisions.

I know nothing about Reddit.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org> wrote:
> McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> [2014-03-30 11:24:24 -0400]:
>
>>> Who are the "multiple" stakeholder groups in, for instance, the IETF?
>>> What
>>> role did civil society and business play in policy formulation in IG in
>>> these 40 years?  Were they "co-equals" with government?
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>> there are zero groupings in the IETF.
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>> All "stakeholders" come together as co-equals in a WG.
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> Is Wikipedia multistakeholder?  Are online fora like Reddit
> multistakeholder?  Both Wikipedia and Reddit have detailed governance
> mechanisms and structures.  But if IETF is multistakeholder, I don't see how
> Wikipedia and Reddit are any different.
>
> Would you say ITU isn't multistakeholder?  Why not?
>
> Regards,
> Pranesh
>
>
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