community
Because people increasingly socialise online, there also has been an “actual erosion in social skills”. For younger people in particular, the loss of experience and opportunities throughout the pandemic has resulted in a lower appetite for social risk, he says: “They’re more comfortable texting than they are talking.”
Factor in lower religious... See more
Factor in lower religious... See more
Elle Hunt • I want community – but am I prepared to put the work in?
why there’s a lack of community
Too often today, community is treated as a product, created for our convenience and enjoyment, yet requiring little obligation. We forget that community is not an established entitlement but an ever-evolving practice, sustained through countless small acts and decisions that its members make each day. Every gesture can strengthen or erode trust and... See more
Burning Alone
Historically, a community has required mutual effort, accountability, and shared stakes. At its soul, true community isn’t just about common interests. It’s about a shared physical space where people actively participate and connect through authentic experiences. Online, we have the luxury of logging off, abandoning causes, or remaining passive... See more
The Collapse of Community: Are We Too Lazy to Belong?
maybe people are lonely, because it takes effort to stay connected to others. people are used to tech making almost everything effortless, except the thing that binds us most (which requires effort)
It is a cruel and fundamentally inhuman tragedy that the culture has convinced so many of us that we must be healed in isolation, because being surrounded by people — people who love us, or care for us, or are willing to sit in the same room with us while we clean up our messes — is about the only way that I, for one, have ever been able to get... See more
rayne fisher-quann • no good alone - by rayne fisher-quann - internet princess no good alone
you can’t hope to heal in isolation
While most brands try to be the center of attention, Oatly is playing the role of the thoughtful host who introduces interesting people to each other and then steps back.
I really think that by doing all these things, they’re positioning itself as a facilitator of community rather than just another product in an otherwise boring category. AND—this... See more
I really think that by doing all these things, they’re positioning itself as a facilitator of community rather than just another product in an otherwise boring category. AND—this... See more
Arriane • The Feed Is Full: 6 case studies of brands turning to print
how you do community as a brand
as much as i’d like to say friendship comes easily to me, it takes a lot for me to call someone my friend — a sense of belonging, intimacy, and trust. even when big tech has produced dopamine-rich ways of keeping our eyes glued to each other’s lives with rarely any effort, i know that friendship is beyond being a witness. it requires hard work. it... See more
surveillance is not friendship
I believe community spaces are defined by their purpose:
Homes, gardens, workshops, farms, and warehouses can all become community spaces...really, any space where people can... See more
The purpose of a community space is to give people a place to gather, connect, and belong, usually centered around a particular set of activities, interests, and/or beliefs.
Homes, gardens, workshops, farms, and warehouses can all become community spaces...really, any space where people can... See more
Holding community space
definition of community spaces
The greatest difficulty with measuring loneliness—and deciding how much to focus on ending it—may be that we don’t really know what loneliness is. Different people, researchers told me, seem to mean different things when they say they’re lonely: Some want more time with friends; some yearn to be seen for who they are; some feel disconnected from a... See more
Faith Hill • The Myth of a Loneliness Epidemic
defining loneliness