✳flâneur — a map of the web's best reading

What social networks can learn from public spaces

platformer.news · 2,447 words · saved by 1 readers

Or: 14 ways to rebuild your hell site

In the aftermath of the Great Deplatforming of the past week, we’ve seen a thoughtful debate over the power and limits of taking away a person’s ability to post online. It’s a blunt but powerful tool for punishing people who would use your platform to incite violence or commit other crimes. But building healthy, happy communities requires much more than removing their worst users. You don’t have a healthy media ecosystem just because Donald Trump no longer dominates it. With that in mind — and in an effort to turn our attention to some constructive ideas after a terrifying week — today I want

Explore this link on the map →

related reading