A Community or a Club?

**General clubs** bring together people across identities and interests (although generally within the same socioeconomic range).

Design takes time and effort. Content creation takes time and effort. Everything that goes into a shiny digital footprint – website design, hosting, platform service subscriptions – costs money. Compare this to a random book club meet-up advertised through a single flyer made by hand and stapled to a few telephone poles. On the other side of all th... See more

“I think it’s really important for every community, even if it’s led by a brand or platform, to have a telos or raison d’être."