# kaal:claim:4734750-010

**Claim.** Hierarchical code review undermines long-term participation by reviewers at the edges of the reviewer spectrum, because those reviewers either have no access to the code or no standing to help review it.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- hierarchical review processes with entry barriers

**Source quote.**

> The hierarchical approach to code reviews undermines long-term participation with opinions from the edges of the reviewer spectrum because those reviewers either have no access or are in no position to help review the code.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Code Review DAO* (2024), Market for Code Reviews, page 14

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Code Review DAO (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4734750

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `60eadf91c0913468505afc664c8d8d1e1673d6c5326d031ca7060addb8ab2eda` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20Code%20Review%20DAO.pdf

**Failure mode.** Exclusion of edge reviewers  (family: governance-participation-collapse)

**Topics.** risk-and-incentives, institutional-design

**Keywords.** participation, barriers-to-entry, hierarchy, reviewer-diversity

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-015
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-017
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-012
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-020
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-019
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-013

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