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So that dude is into software that helps people to engage in group behaviour, ie social media. That pdf/article I posted collects some observations, and the main point is for developers the software cannot be detached from the human factor. For us however the rest what is interesting, also he notes that most of these stuff is the same irl, not specific to online communities.
So first he draws up the difference between one way communication, broadcast, and group communication. Chief example of that would be forums, IBs essentially are these.
The first interesting point is the three abnormal behaviour which a groups tend to default to and which prevents the group from doing the "work" which was the cause which the group was created to do in the first place.
1. sex talk - pairing up and getting lewd with each other
2. hating on external enemies - go back to reddit/4chan/wherever, but
3. worshiping idols - his example is a Tolkien group, just try to go there and criticize Tolkien, I can't
These are very normal human behaviour patterns. But counterproductive. The group needs to be kept on track otherwise derails itself. The group needs structure, this is what defends the group from its own members.