We Want You!🫵
New_ Public, PublicSpaces & Waag Futurelab are teaming up to launch the game-changing Open Social Awards.🏆
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Apply by May 1, 2026✅
Let’s terraform our social mediascape & #FreeTheFuture — together!🫂
#LLAP🖖
A public-spirited community:
1. Serves everyone, sweating who’s not in the room and serving historically marginalized or lower prioritized groups
2. Serves a civic purpose, oriented toward common good or welfare
3. Membership cuts across race, class, culture, income, and ability
Over time, @WeAreNew_Public has involved into community building + cool prototyping.
End July, co-lead @deeptidoshi is in Ldn + we're hosting a meetup for builders, investors + thinkers who care about next gen digital public space, whatever their approach. Who wants to join?
In this week's newsletter: the current state of digital and educational play with our friend Keren Wong!
Like, comment, subscribe.
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Moderator power! If we want healthier digital spaces, we need to recognize and value the hard work of these moderators or who we at @WeAreNew_Public like to call "community stewards" and see them as the vectors of change!
Are you passionate about exploring the future of digital conversational spaces?
Do you want to shape the way people build and sustain online communities?
If so, you might be the Senior Researcher we are looking for.
Apply today: https://t.co/0fprSm7bU5
Excited to announce @elipariser as our first keynote speaker! A global authority on digital ethics, he aims to put tech and media in service of democracy. Join us for a unique opportunity to hear him live. Get your ticket now! #pubconf2023
Our next Digital Playground's going to be a radiant one 🛝☀️
Join us and @AllTechIsHuman as we welcome @InpathyApp to the sandbox on Thu 6/29. Save your spot today!
https://t.co/N8VwGdqhab
You’ve heard of TikTok. You’ve heard of TED Talks. Introducing TechToks — flash talks with experts working at the intersection of media & tech! First up, @WeAreNewPublic Co-Director @deeptidoshi 🧵 #MIForum
Happy Tuesday! Our latest RadicalxChange(s) ep with @deeptidoshi, Co-Director of @New_Public, is out now!
✨Listen here: https://t.co/XScTKGbQbt✨
@m_t_prewitt and Deepti discuss creating online spaces that foster interconnection, mutual dependency, & democratic outcomes.
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Three new sprouts in our Community by Design garden:
🗺️ Terrastories from @DigiDem
🏝️ Idyll from @cuddlepuunk
🍤 Shrimp Zine from Andreas Laszlo Konrath
Links to each one in thread. Add yours today. https://t.co/sicvQWU8g4
In this week's newsletter: defining status, and seeing it everywhere around us.
How well do you know your status as an Internet citizen? Like, comment, subscribe. 💎
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“What is more threatening to authoritarian leaders than an educated, informed citizenry?” Angela Glover Blackwell @policylink describes a framework for understanding race and racism that focuses on root causes, systemic challenges, and equitable solutions. https://t.co/WxASIYXkeg
Feeling “extremely online” these days? Does your digital environment put you in harm’s way?
If so, then it's time you found a new space to play. 🛝
On Thu 3/30 join @zoelle from @blockpartyapp_ for a sneak peek at one of their unreleased new products.
https://t.co/msMms9irgj