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Having architecture which encouraged communal living would help, but much more needs to be done. Even when people are in common areas way too many have their n
by pmoriarty 5y ago
Having architecture which encouraged communal living would help, but much more needs to be done.
Even when people are in common areas way too many have their noses buried in their cell phones or laptops. City dwellers are often incredibly distrustful of strangers. They complain of being lonely but few make much of an effort to meet new people or deepen existing relationships. Architecture alone is not going to solve this.
- mxmilkiib 5y agoWell, naturally, yes, it's just one part of the picture, and I didn't think I was expressing that it wasn't, so I don't think it's really fair to assume that I was only thinking of this as the one solution and write a reply based on that. New more social architecture is literally one of the solutions available for providing opportunity for people to meet new people. And oof, a downvote to 0 on my original fair-enough comment.
- mxmilkiib 5y agoAnd now -1? Dang, sorry to rub your lamp, thanks for your eventual reply to my mail about the rational for flagged posts a while back and for asking for ideas then (I didn't reply again as I didn't have one then, but saying "Post flagged by users" would remove ambiguity from that system), but to save time now; single dimensional democracy without checks and balances is what makes this world unsustainable. Please seriously consider bringing the advancement of metamoderation that made Slashdot and kuro5hin not be sucked to a place where it feels like fair participation is not unjustly muted.