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to which the institution invests in an individual’s agency.

The implication is that if we are unhappy with recommendations, we can easily “zoom out” to find different perspectives. We can always “zoom in” elsewhere to find different content.

-Their 30% take rate on IAP

We went from everything being bundled to almost everything being available on demand today. We believe the pendulum will swing back to more bundling, with curation, packages, and formats that surface and help people decide what to consume based on their personal preferences.

‘Community’ is essentially our duty to care for what we share together. Self care puts the responsibility on us as individuals, to address what are essentially systemic social issues. Community care moves us away from that, toward a model of shared accountability.

For this reason, websites like Craigslist and Are.na strike a chord: Their analog internet style and chunky buttons feel daring and intriguing in this modern context. Compared to the blasé, blue-branded modern tools we all spend so much of our time using today — and that contribute to that uniform sameness described earlier — these tools feel... See more

On the other hand, plazas only need to be started once and then they remain a hive of activity for new users to participate in from the first day.