Wow this struck a chord, it seems I was not the only one who was not aware of this story!
Some additional info:
@teclista shared that the protagonists are on the fedi as well (of course they are!):
https://mas.to/@teclista/113872887620692513
@__nate__ wrote about the episode in several papers (for example: https://networkcultures.org/cpov/2011/01/15/spanish_fork/) and also a book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo19085555.html
@rwg also wrote about the episode in a book:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt14bssk4.9
"in the light of US tech oligarchy setting its sights on Wikimedia Foundation" was referring to things such as https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113868325221306547
Finally, I don't have a soundcloud to promote, but I'd really like to see the first paid position for Trust & Safety on the fediverse get funded:
https://givebutter.com/givingmastodon
please chip in if you care about digital commons
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