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Yyy. Put another way, the "town square" concept doesn't scale. And arguably, even at small scale, town squares don't lead to decency or better decision making.
by asah 3y ago
Yyy. Put another way, the "town square" concept doesn't scale.
And arguably, even at small scale, town squares don't lead to decency or better decision making. Things that "sound good" are judged as correct without research, data collection or analysis, with the predictable results.
- chasing 3y agoYup. We already have a variety of institutions and organizations designed for intellectual collaboration, debate, and decision-making. Twitter isn’t one of them. Never has been.
- markusde 3y agoThat's a good way to put it! Town squares sound great, but every city square I've been in is full of yelling and pickpockets.
- musicale 3y agoTimes Square seems to have scaled up pretty well - some 300K visitors per day (still down 20% from 2019 though.)