Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product strategy at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
Alt business model for local news: government provides a voucher, then each person can give it to a local news org they find valuable. Helps create public funding for journalism, but avoid government intervention in the content itself
Beginning the work of civic renewal in localities rather than at the national level is an easier lift in part because Americans have more trust in democracy the closer it is to them. Sixty-six percent of respondents in a 2022 Pew survey reported a favorable view of their local government, and 54 percent did of their state government, compared to... See more
Top Down Democratic Decline vs. Bottom Up Civic Renewal: Eight Working Hypotheses
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
FacileThings @FacileThings
For Tech Companies
Close anonymity loopholes . Facebook Groups and Pages can be created without linking to a specific Facebook user; only an email address is necessary. Admins can post to their groups under the Group or Page name, effectively allowing anonymous, or at least, pseudonymous, posts. Ending anonymity will not end harassment; in some... See more
Close anonymity loopholes . Facebook Groups and Pages can be created without linking to a specific Facebook user; only an email address is necessary. Admins can post to their groups under the Group or Page name, effectively allowing anonymous, or at least, pseudonymous, posts. Ending anonymity will not end harassment; in some... See more
ADL Center for Technology and Society • Hate Thy Neighbor: Online Hate in Local Communities
🧠 The puzzle of vanishing member dues - Part 2
Saumya Gupta • Build IRL Newsletter #19
from BuildIRL team; exploring challenges builders have w/ “dues”
Midcoast Villager (Maine) - like Marfa / Big Bend Sentinal, running an IRL coffee shop as a community hub