Introducing Roundabout: a local community web app built to help people live a flourishing life in their town or neighborhood. Based on research and optimized for trust. Built by a nonprofit, for the public. Find resources, connect with neighbors, celebrate your community.

We're starting with a closed beta in five local communities across the US, with plans to grow in 2026. If you want to help us bring Roundabout to your town or neighborhood, you can learn more and join the waitlist at

For the almost 30 years I’ve spent making things on the internet, I’ve helped build and grow strong online communities. But the internet kinda feels broken. Everyone feels disconnected and overwhelmed. So I’m joining @WeAreNew_Public to imagine something different and build it

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#FreeOurFeeds is raising funds for an independent, public-interest foundation to support Bluesky’s underlying technology, with their approval. It’s an ambitious project to protect our freedom and choice as social media evolves. https://t.co/gKh0i5NxSc

Billionaires and corporations have taken over our digital social spaces, making the rules for where we work, play, and live our lives. But Bluesky, not just what it is now, but what it could be — independent, democratic, a scaffolding to build on — has revealed a crack!

Bluesky is already bubbling with people who care about reimagining the social internet into something better. Here's a starter pack.

1/ Housing is the defining issue of our time. As California's average home prices approach $1 million, @CSElmendorf and Ed Glaeser, America's leading urban economists, call on California to stop the vetocracy and BUILD. MORE. HOMES. 🇺🇸 From today's @latimes:

"We are about to see the biggest reshuffling of power on the internet in 25 years, in a way that most of the internet’s current users have never seen before ... a few of the most important changes haven’t gotten any discussion at all." –@anildash https://t.co/UZykWWTmPm

🎉 OSoMe Awesome Speakers is back 🎉 Join us on February 8th for @davidlazer's talk, The Emergent Structure of the Online Information Ecosystem, at 12pm ET. Register at https://t.co/X5MozdzEF4.

Experimenting with design features that make norms visible: Here's a concept sketch of a search box for community stewards that provides recommendations on steps they can take to emphasize their community’s norms. https://t.co/J0EMUPlYvY

Generative AI has the potential to disrupt content moderation as we know it, but it's not quite intuitively easy yet. Here are some tips for writing LLM-Interpretable content policies from @techpolicypress . https://t.co/apkL1uB3US

OMG - I need this for my son.We live on a second floor. He would LOVEEEEEEE.

NEW VIDEO! Looking at online groups and the people who make them thrive: community stewards like mods and admins "We're building for the creators, maintainers, and community builders!"

Research: most of us are lurkers. "The vast majority of those who say they use these platforms have accounts with them, but less than half who have accounts — and even smaller proportions of all U.S. adults — post their own content." https://t.co/Ai4th1LwBy

Let's zoom in on an under-examined dimension of online groups: the visibility of group norms. We’re sharing what we've learned about supporting community stewards in establishing prosocial norms with our co-design partner, @hylo. https://t.co/J0EMUPlYvY

"Nearly 1 in 10 Gen Zers are more likely to rely on TikTok than Google as a search engine." Top categories include finding new recipes, music and DIY tips https://t.co/MYDZV9xWbI

I absolutely love this Christmas String Light.

Check out Bonfire's experiment based on a design pattern documented by @DesignProsocial: adding a feature that allow moderators to label posts misleading, reliable, or related. https://t.co/IeTSIRNy6v

See you after work in Washington, DC, at our Happy Hour with the Integrity Institute from 5-7 at Bar Chinois near Chinatown https://t.co/cW0ZkRD3U3

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Our first newsletter of 2024 is out 💌 ✦ Check out our 7 policies for the #DigitalCommons ✦ Read more about our new team member ✦ Sign up for an Alignment Assembly on #AI, Creators, and Commons Sign up or access the issue 👉 https://t.co/b8Vq3M2JtM

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.@zephoria on KOSA and attempts to regulate social platforms in the name of protecting children: "This doesn’t get fixed by pushing youth to the darkest corners of the internet or outing them to their parents through surveillance tools." https://t.co/NHnhYmsHHZ

A perfect storm for online scams: 📈 cybercrime increased exponentially during the pandemic 🤖 deepfake creation tools are cheap and accessible 💸 platforms are investing less in moderation. https://t.co/E9gCrtJ8g8