Review of FICS at 30: The Free Chess Graveyard
Strong players weren’t celebrated; they were suspected. They were driven out by the FICS ecosystem that punishes excellence as antisocial behavior.
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Proof of Concept: The Post That Reddit’s r/chess Didn’t Want You to See
The system, when questioned about its own logic, does not engage. It censors.
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Apartheid as Play: How Algorithmic Systems Gamify Social Division
We imagine apartheid as a brutal, visible machinery: walls, checkpoints, laws etched in ink. Its modern successor is neither brutal nor visible. It is smooth, engaging, and fun. It is apartheid as play—a regime of separation administered not by rifle-toting guards, but by algorithmic systems that use the psychological mechanics of games to sort, stratify,…
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Lichess.org: Crushing Strong Players Under the Boot of Biased Moderation
lichess.org: board game as digital dictatorship
