Had fun curating some of my favorite pieces on community engagement for @startupyworld Shoutout to @daniellexo Casper ter Kuile Bailey Richardson Kevin Huynh Fabian Pfortmüller and everyone else putting out thoughtful stuff on the topic ❤️

Big, big 💕 for all the homeowners and communities who choose to make their home on Geneva. And thank you Taylor Lorenz for capturing how the future of social is all about community ❤️ washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Love a good experimental irl community-building project: meet The Jar in Boston As a "convener" you buy a "jar" of tkts to the event & are told to invite... - a friend - 2 ppl you usually experience culture w/ - 2 ppl who look, learn, love, or earn differently from you

If you're into snacks, community building, web3...or just like hearing from awesome people doing cool stuff, come hang!

Been thinking recently about social apps & digital experiences that operate on long time horizons, where each moment of participation feels special. Other than Letterloop (my favorite!), are there any intentionally designed to be used once a month or even less frequently?

Collective experiences are the strongest way to create social bonds. They're historically an offline phenomena, but great digital products — in social, gaming, media — find a way to create collective experiences too. On how they do it and why it matters: anu.substack.com/p/collective-e…

Massive communities with a ton of active chatter tend to get celebrated, but what Sarah Greisdorf's building with Holdette feels like the kind of thing we need more of - where the goal isn't 'engagement' but rather, new friendships formed

Who are the best early-stage teams / founders raising money right now to build healthier social networks & digital public spaces?

I think AllTrails is my new favorite social network

Been playing around on the fediverse (mostly w/ mastodon) & bluesky for a bit now and excited about both If you're curious-but-confused about moving over to the fediverse/mastodon, dm me and I can help explain some stuff

If you're hearing about "decentralized social networks" like the fediverse or platforms like blu*sky but aren't sure what the buzz is all about, here's a little overview I wrote for non-technical folks in the New_ Public | BSKY: @newpublic.substack.com newsletter newpublic.substack.com/p/the-summer-o…

the PamPam alpha is 🔥

Staff Researcher Mary Beth Hunzaker is refreshing our lit review and is putting out the call: ⚠️Digital Community Researchers & Practitioners⚠️ What research/insights re: encouraging healthy digital communities do you wish more tech builders/designers were aware of?

It’s an honor to introduce Sublime – a simpler, more communal way to build your second brain.

A beautiful zine for and by people thinking about the future of social spaces on the internet Includes a fun little piece I wrote on what digital product designers can learn from the field of urban planning + a bunch of other great essays and interviews