Systems Thinking World — a LinkedIn group with dialogue from over 19,000 members — ceased to exist by October 28, 2015. It was a place where learners (new and old) of systems thinking came to overcome barriers, from 2009 through 2015. A change in the terms and conditions at LinkedIn led to the group owner to move on. The scale of worldwide participation in Systems Thinking World was significant, and the journey was the subject of a presentation at ISSS DC 2014.
While cleaning house, the Facebook Group formerly known as Systems Thinking World came into the hands of a new owner, and was retitled (at least temporarily) as The Ecology of Systems Thinking. The new owner has a more open approach, and has authorized additional members to be administrators (including me). The group had changed temporarily to be closed (i.e. content visible only to members), and Facebook won’t allow groups with more than 250 members to revert from closed to open.
Is there an alternative to the centralized structure of (a) forum owner(s) and members?
Actually, there is. The diaspora* foundation has a different approach:
… Read more (in a new tab)diaspora* is based on three key philosophies:
Decentralization: Instead of everyone’s data being contained on huge central servers owned by a large organization, local servers (“pods”) can be set up anywhere in the world.
Freedom: You can be whoever you want to be in diaspora*. [….] diaspora* is also Free Software, giving you liberty to use it as you wish.
Systems Thinking World — a LinkedIn group with dialogue from over 19,000 members — ceased to exist by October 28, 2015. It was a place where learners (new and old) of systems thinking came to overcome barriers, from 2009 through 2015. A change in the terms and conditions at LinkedIn led to the group owner to move on. The scale of worldwide participation in Systems Thinking World was significant, and the journey was the subject of a presentation at ISSS DC 2014.
While cleaning house, the Facebook Group formerly known as Systems Thinking World came into the hands of a new owner, and was retitled (at least temporarily) as The Ecology of Systems Thinking. The new owner has a more open approach, and has authorized additional members to be administrators (including me). The group had changed temporarily to be closed (i.e. content visible only to members), and Facebook won’t allow groups with more than 250 members to revert from closed to open.
Is there an alternative to the centralized structure of (a) forum owner(s) and members?
Actually, there is. The diaspora* foundation has a different approach:
… Read more (in a new tab)diaspora* is based on three key philosophies:
Decentralization: Instead of everyone’s data being contained on huge central servers owned by a large organization, local servers (“pods”) can be set up anywhere in the world.
Freedom: You can be whoever you want to be in diaspora*. [….] diaspora* is also Free Software, giving you liberty to use it as you wish.
