A long, but worthwhile read. This goes into some valuable ideas about public spaces that the typical article on the independent web doesn't explore.
<small><cite class='h-cite via'>ᔥ <span class='p-author h-card'>Fluffy</span> in Notes: All Our Selves In One Basket (<time class='dt-published'>2021-01-31 12:31:00 </time>)</cite></small>
it really, really matters who we entrust with our primary social spaces.
Let's face it, these days, if you want to socialize, you don't go out to the mall or the library, and it's a 50/50 shot if you even have anything resembling a town square. You go on the internet.
And this is the problematic part of the internet as a town square: we have no defined governance or pale beyond which to cast people who go far beyond societal norms.