Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
There are always going to be people who believe they don’t really need to depend on others, or want others to depend on them. And capitalism has produced more and more ways we can use money, rather than relationships, to solve our problems. It’s easier and easier to employ a courier, a therapist, a zero-hours contracted task-doer, rather than ask a... See more
Humans have always known we cannot survive alone, and that to protect ourselves, we need to persuade others to care about us. We cultivate trusting reciprocal pacts with other people – blood relatives, but also friends and neighbours - through which reassure ourselves we can both care and be cared for, if the necessity strikes. These ties can have ... See more
While I was thinking through the cringe matrix, I thought a lot about celebrities. Given one of their main purposes as public figures is to both establish and violate social norms, thus providing us with both guidance and gossip, they’re always operating with a high cringe risk.
Role of celebrities is to establish & push norms, to be the focus of public debate & discussion. In social media world, everyone kinda is this.
How cities can cultivate a sense of "membership" among their residents
Pete Davisconnectivetissue.substack.com
Democracy Policy Network
democracypolicy.network
Local Community and
On the idea of “City Membership”
Jerry ended up buying 6 ads he could use any time in the next 6 months. And for this privilege, he paid me $500.
🍦How I sold my first local newsletter ads (web version)
Data collection: June 27-July 8, 2021 (UXR) Signals and Insights Platform
The content outlines a survey framework to analyze user experiences on Instagram, focusing on bad experiences, their prevalence, and varying effects across demographics, particularly addressing issues like bullying, data privacy, and usability.
storage.courtlistener.comSocial Platform Trust & Safety
IG’s Bad Experiences and Encounters Framework Survey
A more sensible way to think about where conversations need to be broken up, that’s not topic, is format. In a physical space, the analogy might be—if half of my guests are drinking wine from expensive stemware and half of my guests are playing Twister, I might send the Twister players into another room so they don’t elbow-knock a glass of Chablis.... See more
noeleflowers • Three (Platform Agnostic!) Best Practices in Online Community Architecture
Community Design and