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[EN] Online ecosystems: beyond the metaphor - with Nathan Matias and Bastian Greshake Tzovaras

Code for Thought·Peter Schmidt·12 September 2026·39 min

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English Edition: what do rivers have in common with online communities? This, and other questions, is something I will be talking about with my two guests Nathan Matias (CatLab, Cornell Uni. US) and Bastian Greshake Tzovaras. It all started with a blog post, which you find below in the list of links:https://citizensandtech.org/2025/12/online-communities-as-ecosystems/ the original blog posthttps://citizensandtech.org/https://citizensandtech.org/author/j-nathan-matias/  Nathan's biohttps://tzovar.as/ Bastian's homepagehttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/ an online community mentioned in the interviewhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streeter%E2%80%93Phelps_equation Streeter Phelps equation to quantify river pollution - also known as the “DO (dissolved oxygen) sag equation”  Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören!Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt:Email mailto:peter@code4thought.orgUK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.socialLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/  (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile)This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/