It's obvious why we hate social media

We need better internet platforms. We're already building them.

Published on The Elysian • Apr 5

March 2026

Bulletin Board: ATmosphere, custom feeds, music scenes

Links and updates from New_ Public

Mar 22 • New_ Public and Josh Kramer

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✨🙌 AI that helps communities thrive on their own terms

Open protocols + AI-enabled coding = building what we need for ourselves

Mar 8 • Blaine Cook and Josh Kramer

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February 2026

Bulletin Board: Experts, CreativeMornings, AI Populism

Links and updates from New_ Public

Feb 22 • New_ Public and Josh Kramer

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👀🌷📼 Something beautiful is happening with old YouTube videos

Ten hours of rain sounds has 9 million views and the comments will make you cry

Feb 8 • Jessica Furseth and Josh Kramer

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January 2026

🇪🇺🌐 The future of social media may be decided in Europe

A survey of European AT Protocol projects, including 4 mini case-studies

Jan 25 • Laurens Hof and Josh Kramer

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💬🗞️ Why newsrooms are taking comments seriously again

Three lessons from running comments at The Times of London

Jan 11 • Ben Whitelaw and Josh Kramer

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December 2025

🎤⏩ We're passing you the mic

Seeking your insights on the shifting digital landscape in our annual survey

Dec 28, 2025 • New_ Public

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👊💰 We need a revolution in social media business models

Deepti Doshi on the business incentives underlying social media

Dec 14, 2025 • Deepti Doshi and Josh Kramer

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November 2025

👋 Introducing Roundabout: built for neighbors, with neighbors

New_ Public’s app for local communities enters closed beta in five pilot communities

Nov 30, 2025 • Hays Witt and Josh Kramer

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🇨🇦 How Canadians are fighting for digital independence

Gander's CEO on decentralization, crowdsourcing, and annexation fears

Nov 16, 2025 • Ben Waldman and Josh Kramer

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👀 What are you seeing?

5 minutes to influence the AI conversation

Nov 9, 2025 • New_ Public

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