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## Related directories
* [Community Management Wiki](https://communitymgt.fandom.com/)
* [CommunityWiki](https://communitywiki.org/wiki/FrontPage)
* [#dgov foundation](https://dgov.foundation)
- [Wiki](https://wiki.dgov.foundation/)

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# Lazy consensus
Lazy consensus is a method for decision-making according to which proposals within a group may be presumed to pass unless any explicit objections arise. It blends features of [do-ocracy](do-ocracy.md) and [consensus process](consensus_process.md).
Lazy consensus is a method for decision-making according to which proposals within a group may be presumed to pass unless any explicit objections arise. It blends features of [do-ocracy](do-ocracy.md) and [consensus process](consensus_process.md). The Apache Software Foundation, which holds lazy consensus as a value, [summarizes](https://community.apache.org/committers/lazyConsensus.html) the method as "silence is consent."
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## Background
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Lazy consensus is most widely employed among free/open-source software projects.
## Feedback loops
### Sensitivities
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* Empowers participants to take initiative and rewards commitment with authority
* Lowers cost of governance
### Oversights
* Privileges voices of participants with more time and attention available
* Privileges voices of participants with more time and attention due to external inequalities
* Insuffient participation can lead to insufficient decision-making oversight
## Implementations
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* [Apache Software Foundation](https://community.apache.org/committers/lazyConsensus.html)
### Tools
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Free/open-source projects that employ lazy consensus often rely on email discussion lists for decision-making. The method helps reduce the traffic on such lists.
## Further resources