Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

by Nadia Asparouhova

One study found that in more than 85% of the open source projects the researchers examined on GitHub, less than 5% of developers were responsible for over 95% of code and social interactions.

a consensus-seeking model, the goal is not to “win” votes or come to a unanimous agreement, but rather to ensure that there’s a forum for people to raise and discuss their concerns, and that nobody feels strongly enough to block the group from moving forward.

Blogger Kicks Condor, in an email to me, describes Reddit as “this massive N:N conversation that almost starts to feel like a singular voice because the names and identities are so muted.”