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Welcome to Smalltown, a Civic Space Online - Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at UMass Amherst
The Internet’s Lonely Urban Design
The Information Superhighway paved over Virtual Villages; can we bring them back?
Keaton Brandt
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In the beginning, the internet resembled a quaint village where everybody knew your name. It was largely self-governing and self-policing, with its own norms and customs. Like many... See more
The Information Superhighway paved over Virtual Villages; can we bring them back?
Keaton Brandt
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12 min read
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Jan 28, 2024
1.94K
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In the beginning, the internet resembled a quaint village where everybody knew your name. It was largely self-governing and self-policing, with its own norms and customs. Like many... See more
Keaton Brandt • The Internet’s Lonely Urban Design
Celebrating the labor that holds up our democracy: the community entrepreneur
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Our research has revealed a potential solution to the local paradox: networks that are values-driven, closely moderated, trusted, and local.
Without close moderation, local social networks risk racism, toxicity, and misinformation. But for close moderation to be acceptable to residents, they need to trust the people who are moderating and running... See more
Without close moderation, local social networks risk racism, toxicity, and misinformation. But for close moderation to be acceptable to residents, they need to trust the people who are moderating and running... See more