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   New_ Public (wearenew_public@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 00:42:56 JST New_ Public

   • Nathan Schneider

   Why is the default for digital communities a system where community members have no power, representation, or agency?

   This “implicit feudalism” isn’t great for moderators either — they’re just vassals of the platform CEOs.

   Read an excerpt of media theorist @ntnsndr's new book, Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life.

   https://newpublic.substack.com/p/the-internet-was-supposed-to-be-democratic

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 00:49:03 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Matrix-Sasuke

     @ken @wearenew_public Or working on it, at least

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     Matrix-Sasuke (ken@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2024 00:49:05 JST Matrix-Sasuke

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     • Nathan Schneider
     @wearenew_public @ntnsndr because it became a monopoly - before fedi defeated that monopoly