Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
A crucial element to lowering the stakes of any particular moderation decision is the knowledge that the user has the genuine option to go to another community or start his own. The same applies to moderators: The ultimate check on a moderator’s power is that if most users start to believe he is using it poorly, users can either protest until a new... See more
Ari Schulman • Why Speech Platforms Can Never Escape Politics | National Affairs
Harry Dry rules for copywriting:
1) A great sentence is a good sentence made shorter.
2) Writing great copy begins with having something to say in the first place.
3) Copy is like food. How it looks matters.
4) Since the look of copy matters so much, don't write copy in Google Docs. Write it in Figma (so you can write and design at the same time).
5)
... See more“This highlights that while Mead and Nelson were right to believe democracy depends on the pluralism that social media has encouraged, current platforms have missed that it also depends on communities achieving coherence and common understanding that empower effective social action, the formation of cultures of belonging, etc.” - Weil & Tang
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
FacileThings @FacileThings
The Secret at the Heart of Continuous Improvement
commoncog.com
Ken Doctor’s media brand Lookout in Santa Cruz and Eugene, Oregon uses AI to automate the assembly of hyperlocal neighborhood newsletters from public data sources like permits, roadwork, inspections, crime reports, weather, and events. But Lookout is more than a local news outlet. It is a platform for solving local problems together with the... See more
Why the Lab failed is a story of grand plans cast into turmoil by the disgrace of the grand planner himself. Among other things, it reveals how difficult it is to hold on to a place at the table, once you’ve got it (assuming you’d even want to). In the end, it boils down to a question: Is local government really the best place for public interest... See more
Amanda Kolson Hurley • One Mayor’s Downfall Killed the Design Project That Could’ve Changed Everything
urban planning and local government innovation
Story of San Diego Civic Innovation Lab (2015)
I am more inclined to the argument that artificial intelligence is, rather than an imaginative agent, part of a lineage of cultural technologies that have allowed us to encode and access the intelligence of other humans across generations, just as internet search and libraries and print and the writing system have, just as language itself has.
Group administrators promote their group through their real-life social networks. Since they have such a good understanding of the movement’s principles, these are relayed with enthusiasm and passion. This gets passed through friends and friends-of-friends like a wave. The enthusiasm and passion exchanged is just not comparable to receiving a link... See more