A community isn’t a garden, it’s a bar.
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A community isn’t a garden, it’s a bar.
These refugees have labored to build an informational and communicative infrastructure that isn’t so overwhelming, one that can be bootstrapped in private or semi-private spaces where a level of trust and good will is taken for granted, and conflict can be productive and encouraging instead of destructive and terrifying. As she puts it, “If the mem... See more
Gideon Lewis-Kraus • Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral
Many online spaces for political discussions are no better. To paraphrase Audrey Tang, Facebook is like trying to have a political discussion in a nightclub. (11) Some online spaces are far worse, involving people or bots who take a “no-holds-barred” approach to the things they say, or worse, may actively seek to incite a virtual mob to go after yo... See more
Alex Pentland • Rediscovering the Pleasures of Pluralism: The Potential of Digitally Mediated Civic Participation — Digitalist Papers
moderation isn’t just a battle to keep the hounds of hell at bay. It’s also the work that shapes the culture you want for your members.