I'm fed up of hearing about 'town square' social media 🚫
A town square is so much more. It's human.
So, what's the closest we can get? Is it new, cross-platform, social tech?
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The topic is such a mess, in part because of how clumsily people think about the analogy.
> Firstly, the lack of an algorithm makes it a lot more of a level playing field.
Take this. In a physical town square there IS an algorithm of sorts. People naturally group into discussion topics, and as you walk around, different discussions get amplified to you.
Without that algorithm it's just a cacophony of jumbled words, as people do complain about on here.
Meanwhile we're faced with legal systems trying to apply town hall analogies that just confuse it all more.
We COULD work to get the best of town halls here without the worst, but so far we're really off-track.
