product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Any AI application can be copied by other teams. The winner gets determined by:
1) whether people know you exist
2) whether people like your vibe
3) whether people trust you with their most sensitive data
These are in increasing order... See more
Through data we collected in 2024, we found that most people in the U.S. had little sense of belonging in their community. Most don't feel accepted or "fit in" with others in the places they live, and this non-belonging crisis is leading to less involvement in community events and activities.
Infrastructure is public in nature even when it isn't publicly owned and operated. However, while public actors have a key role to play, I believe that a successful digital sovereignty strategy will overall end up relying more on private and commons actors. The first role that public actors have here is to disperse power and to help coordinate the... See more
The mistake of the 1.0 platforms was to optimize for engagement—likes, clicks, and shares. This was a successful short-term growth strategy, but at the long-term cost of sustainability. For engagement includes not only joy but rage, not only mirth but sadness. Incentivizing these things creates hellishness, driving people to disengage, to become... See more
Thus, the effectiveness of deliberative processes is threatened by what British political theorist Marit Hammond describes as “processes that may have the appearance of empowerment, but only serve to pacify democratic demands without actually submitting to their bottom-up force.”
Despite having more opportunities than ever to connect with strangers, and much to gain from doing so, people often refrain from talking with, and listening to, strangers. We propose a framework that classifies obstacles to connecting with strangers into three categories concerning intention (under-estimating the benefits of conversations),... See more
Social Network Sites as Networked Publics: Affordances, Dynamics, and Implications
Explores social network sites as networked publics, analyzing their architecture, dynamics, and implications, focusing on how technology reshapes social interactions and influences the negotiation of public and private boundaries.