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👩🏽‍🎨🧑🏼‍🔬 Lessons from stewards: the art and science of nurturing healthy digital spaces

Ten months of fellowship, co-design, and stewardship in the Community Stewards Guild

Jul 21 •

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Leila Kashani-Sabet

🎳🇺🇸 From bowling alleys to digital spaces: Rethinking American social capital

A deep dive into Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone

Jul 7 •

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🎙️🌍 How we're building with international public broadcasters

A deep dive into product design for public conversation

Jun 23 •

Victoria Sgarro

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🏘️ 🌐 Your town’s online group matters more than you think

New_ Public Co-Director, Eli Pariser, on our new Local Lab

Jun 9 •

🇹🇼 ⿻ How Taiwan is leading the way in digital democracy

Excerpts from E. Glen Weyl and Audrey Tang’s new book on Plurality

May 26 •

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📢 ⚙️ 💻 We're working with public broadcasters to reinvent public conversation online

A sneak peek into prototypes from Public Spaces Incubator

May 12 •

🎨😢 The algorithm doesn't care about your art

Navigating the landscape of social media feeds with Kyle Chayka’s Filterworld

Apr 28 •

🫂💰🛠️ In community, we have everything we need

GatherFor's Teju Ravilochan on what small groups of neighbors working together can accomplish

Apr 14 •

Teju Ravilochan

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🪤 The internet was supposed to be democratic. Why isn’t it?

Media theorist Nathan Schneider’s new book on the implicit feudalism of digital communities

Mar 31 •

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🧭 🏙️ Navigating the digital landscape of a real city

From BBS to Nextdoor: tracing the history of online spaces for local communities

Mar 17 •

Humphrey Obuobi

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