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I don't see Anarchy as an absence of rules or laws, rather it is an absence of heirarchical authority.
There is nothing to prevent the users from establishing laws and rules.
I think the key is to have a system that allows for a level playing field while giving users the tools of onsequence. It's why I still say some form of meritocracy is the key.
It isn't order or law, it is just a system. A system like survival of the fittest or the most diplomatic.
Here is one scenario to think about:
A group of people who have amassed a great number of negative points, but not enough to be banned, form their own sub-forum in which they can hang out and grant positive points to each other for their good work in tweaking the nose of "the Man".
A user, let's call him Bones, becomes the leader of this wayward group. Perhaps they set the rules to their sub-forum so that anyone with too may "good" points cannot gain access.
... anyway you can see where this is going.
The point is "meritocracy" in a system as I describe it doesn't have to be all law and order as some seem to think it will be.
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- Old Man Luedecke
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