Stand Alone Complex:
“A phenomenon when a collection of similar, but unrelated, behavior by unconnected individuals creates a seemingly concerted effort.”
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Stand Alone Complex: A Stand Alone Complex is usually observed after a major incident. People decide to follow the behavior of a person, be it fictional or real. It also describes teamwork in which all the involved members share a common goal and information, but work alone to achieve it in their own way.
Stand Alone Complex: A situation in which the observers can assume the conclusion that multiple subjects are acting as a system for a common goal (a complex); but truly, all subjects had zero involvement with each other and it was merely coincidence that they seemed to have a common goal (stand alone).
Stand Alone Complex: A phenomenon where in behavior by unconnected individuals creates a seemingly concentrated effort. This behavior is copied from a previous source without an original. In short Stand alone complex is multiple copies of a behavior, object, view, etc., existing without an original. The laughing Man is a living example of Stand Alone Complex. Not only did hundreds copy his works without knowing who or what he was of there own volition all claiming to be the original. But he himself was copying a plan found floating the net without any apparent source.
_A. That is not a question! Seriously though, we are not expecting everyone, or even anyone, to hop on-board with this straight away. We want to get this idea out to the heads of the orgs. and see if its something that would be a meaningful contribution to the game. We are (realistically) still years away from a living/breathing PU., at which point we will trully see how something like this will take shape.
A. ‘We’, would prefer to remain anonymous. There is a small group of us who are subscribed to the initiative at this time. The others are not on the org page for various reasons. some of their orgs don’t allow multiple memberships, among other reasons. They are assisting behind the scenes to help promote the idea. That is all I can say at this time.
A. It is too early to tell at this early stage and therefore unclear at this point how this project will turn out. We outlined a couple models on the Complex org page. Its primarily a place for leadership to be able to interact and interface with leadership of other orgs, for whatever reason is desired by the involved parties. We will provide some structure and rules around this, but not directly influence the results. If there is meaningful information to be shared with the community, this can serve as a hub for that. If orgs. want to form alliances through it, they are free to do so. Plus there is the assurances of safety in the Complex controlled areas to help facilitate this in a safe way.
A. It will be part of the commitment the org has to the members. At this time, I will be the only one with this ability, for obvious reasons someone must. However, if I need some help with the load should this become a popular idea, then I may need to enlist the help of a few select individuals. They would all have the same mandate and restrictions as I, would be vetted, and if necessary, have the candidate approved by the members of the Complex. Of course, nothing is physically stopping me from distributing the list of redacted and hidden members of this org, any more than its stopping you. But you would have a pretty firm assurance. I would be breaking my promise to the heads of many of the most influential orgs. in SC.. how long do you think I would survive being on the top of everyones hit list like that. Not smart on my part. So no, your anonymity would be preserved if you so choose. If we decide at some later point down the line that members should be able to see each other directly, then everyone would be promoted together into a leadership position so all have an equal view. This would be done by consensus of the members only (or majority vote and those not on board can leave in the window between the vote and mass promotion of the membership), but the membership list itself would still remain private to those outside the org.
A. At the moment, in the interest of time, we are going through individually to orgs we are identifying as good candidates to participate in this process. Only a handful of invites have gone out at this time, but we will target to top 1 or 2 hundred orgs first (based on our selection criteria), which alone will take quite some time to go through, then see where we stand from there
_A. You won’t, at least not for now. We may at some point make it known the number of organizations who are participating as a metric (officially with a member, or unofficially supporting the initiative), but the actual orgs. involved, and their members, will not be disclosed without their express consent, nor will it be shared with the collective “We” working on promoting this idea, just myself /root, will be privy to this information. _