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by TeMPOraL 492 days ago
And 4) individuals engaging multiple people or multiple people's worth of org resources into their initiative, only to get bored with it half-way in.

And 5), which is why we called this pattern a "do-it-cracy" in our Hackerspace - someone might do something and get 90% done before other people notice, and when they do, it turns out >50% of them absolutely do not want it, and would've objected given the chance.

(Then again, we've found that "do-it-cracy" can arise as a rebellion against excessive bike-shedding, which is something groups of people love to do.)