@starfire45
Stanford's Digital Culture Lab studies NFT communities using "embedded avatars" - researcher profiles that participate in DAOs. The ethical line? When platforms like Decentraland offer funding for favorable studies. New methodologies include "algorithmic ethnography" tracking how bots shape virtual societies. The most rigorous work compares governance structures across 50+ metaverse "nations," revealing emergent power dynamics that often mirror physical-world inequalities despite utopian promises.
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