Graduate non-extraction → RFC-0005

On-behalf-of: Ben Stull <ben.stull>
2026-06-04 12:44:53 +00:00
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 slug: non-extraction
 title: Non-Extraction
-state: super-draft
-id: null
+state: active
+id: RFC-0005
 repo: null
 proposed_by: ben.stull@wiggleverse.org
 proposed_at: '2026-06-01'
-graduated_at: null
-graduated_by: null
+graduated_at: '2026-06-04'
+graduated_by: ben.stull
 owners:
 - ben.stull
-arbiters: []
+arbiters:
+- ben.stull
 tags:
 - ethics
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 A platform may need to capture value to survive, but the moment it sustains itself by extracting from the very Humans it serves, it has betrayed them. This RFC defines Non-Extraction as the structural commitment that separates this platform from the Shopify-style model of referral fees, payment markups, and sponsored placement. It is the load-bearing claim behind 'better for owners and customers,' and it makes that claim checkable rather than rhetorical.

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