One thing is for sure—none of these platforms are democracies. They are oligarchies controlled by founders, investors or shareholders.

— Web Services as Governments, Union Square Ventures

Ha. Actually stopped using the term because it seemed a little screechy even for Coderspiel, but Software Oligarchy was a tag here for a while. Switched to Software Freedom to “focus on the positive” and all that crap. Unfortunately USV’s other portfolio company doesn’t have a way to bulk rename tags, so we’ll have to live with this dreaded FRAGMENTATION.