# kaal:claim:3782198-038

**Claim.** The r/place experiment showed that anonymous groups can self correct: each time a hate symbol such as a swastika appeared on the shared canvas, it was replaced with something more positive.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- based on the r/place experiment run from April 2017

**Source quote.**

> In the end, however, each time a hate symbol cropped up, it was replaced with something more positive.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Contemporary Decentralization* (2021), Anonymity: pros and cons, page 35

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `e7e1378e3eed06cace6534e7792a7307d607d18bc6beb4ac45896476280728e4` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Contemporary%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** institutional-design, governance-design

**Keywords.** anonymity, collective-action, reddit, experiment, governance

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