Angelica Quicksey
@angelquicksey.bsky.social
👾 Currently: Urban planner for the internet at New_ Public
⚡ Always: Civic designer, researcher, and strategist
⚡ Always: Civic designer, researcher, and strategist
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With Roundabout, our new local community app, we’re reimagining a lot of familiar surfaces and features of “social media.”
Here’s how Roundabout is different:
Let’s dive in! 🧵
Here’s how Roundabout is different:
Let’s dive in! 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
With Roundabout, our new local community app, we’re reimagining a lot of familiar surfaces and features of “social media.”
Here’s how Roundabout is different:
Let’s dive in! 🧵
Here’s how Roundabout is different:
Let’s dive in! 🧵
Reposted by Angelica Quicksey
Six months ago, I joined New_ Public to help build a new social platform for local communities. Today, I could't be more excited and proud to share what our amazing little team has cooked up, and is launching in closed beta this week.
Learn more at joinroundabout.com
Learn more at joinroundabout.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Six months ago, I joined New_ Public to help build a new social platform for local communities. Today, I could't be more excited and proud to share what our amazing little team has cooked up, and is launching in closed beta this week.
Learn more at joinroundabout.com
Learn more at joinroundabout.com
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At PDN we focus on designs that improve outcomes on any online platform, but for digital spaces to truly serve communities prosocial design needs to be part of a platform's core. That's why it's so exciting to see this new platform from @newpublic.org go public and enter beta!
joinroundabout.com
joinroundabout.com
Roundabout
Roundabout is your new online community for local life. Find what you need, connect with neighbors, and take pride in your community.
joinroundabout.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
At PDN we focus on designs that improve outcomes on any online platform, but for digital spaces to truly serve communities prosocial design needs to be part of a platform's core. That's why it's so exciting to see this new platform from @newpublic.org go public and enter beta!
joinroundabout.com
joinroundabout.com
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Social media feeds amplify stuff that’s “engaging” (i.e. controversial, polarizing).
On Roundabout, our new local community app, we’re experimenting with Highlights, a feature where trusted stewards curate relevant posts for the community.
Let’s see if they’re better recommenders than algorithms!
On Roundabout, our new local community app, we’re experimenting with Highlights, a feature where trusted stewards curate relevant posts for the community.
Let’s see if they’re better recommenders than algorithms!
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Social media feeds amplify stuff that’s “engaging” (i.e. controversial, polarizing).
On Roundabout, our new local community app, we’re experimenting with Highlights, a feature where trusted stewards curate relevant posts for the community.
Let’s see if they’re better recommenders than algorithms!
On Roundabout, our new local community app, we’re experimenting with Highlights, a feature where trusted stewards curate relevant posts for the community.
Let’s see if they’re better recommenders than algorithms!
Oof. The Platformer analysis was also damning.
"Shame, that once-great regulator of social norms and executive behavior, has all but disappeared from public life. In its place is denial, defiance, and the noxious vice signaling of the investor class."
www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
"Shame, that once-great regulator of social norms and executive behavior, has all but disappeared from public life. In its place is denial, defiance, and the noxious vice signaling of the investor class."
www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Oof. The Platformer analysis was also damning.
"Shame, that once-great regulator of social norms and executive behavior, has all but disappeared from public life. In its place is denial, defiance, and the noxious vice signaling of the investor class."
www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
"Shame, that once-great regulator of social norms and executive behavior, has all but disappeared from public life. In its place is denial, defiance, and the noxious vice signaling of the investor class."
www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
Stoked to share this news from New_ Public: Our local work has come a long way from hunch to product—a new social platform for local communities!
Introducing Roundabout: a local community web app built to help people live a flourishing life in their local town or neighborhood.
Based on rigorous research and optimized for trust. Built by a nonprofit, for the public.
Find resources, connect with neighbors, celebrate your community.
Based on rigorous research and optimized for trust. Built by a nonprofit, for the public.
Find resources, connect with neighbors, celebrate your community.
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Stoked to share this news from New_ Public: Our local work has come a long way from hunch to product—a new social platform for local communities!
These feel like really nice companion pieces on the impact of FYP on creators, artists, writers.
🎁 Gift Link: Patreon's CEO is Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
👀 Post-social media by Rachel Karten www.milkkarten.net/p/social-med...
🎁 Gift Link: Patreon's CEO is Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
👀 Post-social media by Rachel Karten www.milkkarten.net/p/social-med...
Opinion | I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
These feel like really nice companion pieces on the impact of FYP on creators, artists, writers.
🎁 Gift Link: Patreon's CEO is Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
👀 Post-social media by Rachel Karten www.milkkarten.net/p/social-med...
🎁 Gift Link: Patreon's CEO is Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
👀 Post-social media by Rachel Karten www.milkkarten.net/p/social-med...
Tense is an understatement. This was a deeply embarrasing and bizarre interview for CEO David Baszucki that should make every parent wonder if Roblox cares about their young users' privacy and wellbeing.
We asked Roblox's CEO about child safety on the platform. It got tense www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Tense is an understatement. This was a deeply embarrasing and bizarre interview for CEO David Baszucki that should make every parent wonder if Roblox cares about their young users' privacy and wellbeing.
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🟡 My report on Public Service Media and Democracy in the Digital Age, ft. insights from leading thinkers @ethanz.bsky.social @idpiumass.bsky.social @publicspaces.net @angelquicksey.bsky.social @newpublic.org @vpro.nl @felixsimon.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social @zizip.bsky.social 🟡
downloads.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🟡 My report on Public Service Media and Democracy in the Digital Age, ft. insights from leading thinkers @ethanz.bsky.social @idpiumass.bsky.social @publicspaces.net @angelquicksey.bsky.social @newpublic.org @vpro.nl @felixsimon.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social @zizip.bsky.social 🟡
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Both Eli and Angelica Quicksey — a strategy wiz at New_ Public — were interviewed for this report, along with a host of other smart people we admire.
Read the whole report here: www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/...
Read the whole report here: www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/...
Where is the social internet taking us?
Report: An emerging crisis for the giant social platforms - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Both Eli and Angelica Quicksey — a strategy wiz at New_ Public — were interviewed for this report, along with a host of other smart people we admire.
Read the whole report here: www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/...
Read the whole report here: www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/...
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One major trend in a recent report from the BBC: people are growing tired of the increasingly commodified and disconnected major platforms, and are seeking out smaller, private digital spaces.
Our Co-Director @eli.bsky.social says “there’s promise and peril” in this approach to social media.
Our Co-Director @eli.bsky.social says “there’s promise and peril” in this approach to social media.
June 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One major trend in a recent report from the BBC: people are growing tired of the increasingly commodified and disconnected major platforms, and are seeking out smaller, private digital spaces.
Our Co-Director @eli.bsky.social says “there’s promise and peril” in this approach to social media.
Our Co-Director @eli.bsky.social says “there’s promise and peril” in this approach to social media.
I jammed my coffee grinder this morning. After 30 minutes of tinkering, it was solved by banging it on all sides and literally turning the dial to 11.
April 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I jammed my coffee grinder this morning. After 30 minutes of tinkering, it was solved by banging it on all sides and literally turning the dial to 11.
This one made my brain melt 🫠 www.theverge.com/news/642620/...
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.
www.theverge.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This one made my brain melt 🫠 www.theverge.com/news/642620/...
Stoked to have Trei join the team at New_ Public!
For almost the entire 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 @wearenewpublic.bsky.social to imagine something different and build it
So I’m joining @wearenewpublic.bsky.social to imagine something different and build it
March 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Stoked to have Trei join the team at New_ Public!
If you're wondering what we do at New_ Public, read on! 👇
We’re New_ Public, a nonprofit R&D lab reimagining social media. We want spaces on the internet that foster connection, facilitate pluralism, and encourage civic engagement.
If you’re new to us, here’s a quick thread of how we’re doing that, as well as some of our signature research.
newpublic.org
If you’re new to us, here’s a quick thread of how we’re doing that, as well as some of our signature research.
newpublic.org
New_ Public
We are researchers, engineers, designers, and community leaders working together to create digital public spaces where people can thrive and connect.
newpublic.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you're wondering what we do at New_ Public, read on! 👇
New_ Public's Local Lab is looking for a founding engineer. The Lab is building a new platform for local community and connection and looking to launch an MVP in 5 communities this year!
As a tech R&D nonprofit, this is an essential role. And you'll get to work with some really great colleagues.
As a tech R&D nonprofit, this is an essential role. And you'll get to work with some really great colleagues.
We are seeking an Engineering Lead to join our Local Lab team!
Your strategic and technical skills will go toward building a new online platform that encourages meaningful connections with local community.
newpublic.org/jobs/head-of...
Your strategic and technical skills will go toward building a new online platform that encourages meaningful connections with local community.
newpublic.org/jobs/head-of...
Job: Head of Engineering, Local Lab | New_ Public
We are seeking an Engineering Lead to join our Local Lab team! This role is the technical foundation of our Local Lab, a small, cross-functional team dedicated to developing a new community platform f...
newpublic.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New_ Public's Local Lab is looking for a founding engineer. The Lab is building a new platform for local community and connection and looking to launch an MVP in 5 communities this year!
As a tech R&D nonprofit, this is an essential role. And you'll get to work with some really great colleagues.
As a tech R&D nonprofit, this is an essential role. And you'll get to work with some really great colleagues.
I NEED THIS TSHIRT.
March 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I NEED THIS TSHIRT.
My incredible colleague Victoria Sgarro just published "The capability approach and a critique of the design of digital spaces" in Oxford's Science and Public Policy journal 🎉
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The capability approach and a critique of the design of digital spaces
Abstract. This paper contends that the current status of digital platforms, marked by their increasing complexity and user dissatisfaction, is not only a c
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March 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My incredible colleague Victoria Sgarro just published "The capability approach and a critique of the design of digital spaces" in Oxford's Science and Public Policy journal 🎉
academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
It's wild how bad the support experience for Apple is if you don't have a working phone. Even with Apple Care, two hour-long trips to the Apple store, an online support request, and multiple phone calls, it's been a week with no phone and no path to resolution. Massive #servicedesign failure.
March 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's wild how bad the support experience for Apple is if you don't have a working phone. Even with Apple Care, two hour-long trips to the Apple store, an online support request, and multiple phone calls, it's been a week with no phone and no path to resolution. Massive #servicedesign failure.
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Are any of you content creators on YouTube or can share this with any creators on YouTube? We're looking to test out a system we've built to enable creators to make custom filters for their comments, no technical skills needed! We offer $20 for a 1 hour remote session where you can try out the tool.
Redirecting...
homes.cs.washington.edu
March 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Are any of you content creators on YouTube or can share this with any creators on YouTube? We're looking to test out a system we've built to enable creators to make custom filters for their comments, no technical skills needed! We offer $20 for a 1 hour remote session where you can try out the tool.
My dear USAID and USDS and 18F and other fed friends: LMK if you need anything! A reference or an introduction or a kind ear. Take care of yourselves!
February 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My dear USAID and USDS and 18F and other fed friends: LMK if you need anything! A reference or an introduction or a kind ear. Take care of yourselves!
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In a surprising turn of events for an agnostic Jew from Maine, earlier this week I found myself at the Vatican, face to face with Pope Francis. What was especially inspiring is that we have a startling amount in common when it comes to our hopes and ideas for the future of the internet.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In a surprising turn of events for an agnostic Jew from Maine, earlier this week I found myself at the Vatican, face to face with Pope Francis. What was especially inspiring is that we have a startling amount in common when it comes to our hopes and ideas for the future of the internet.
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in case your company uses Google Workspace and is despairing at how Gemini A.I. is getting pushed into everything—fear not! Slate's indefatigable IT chief embarked on a successful journey to get it removed from our end and wrote a detailed guide for the curious: slate.com/technology/2...
Google Quietly Installed A.I. to My Workspace. Getting Rid of It Was Creepy.
Opting out should not be a premium feature. It’s a basic right.
slate.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
in case your company uses Google Workspace and is despairing at how Gemini A.I. is getting pushed into everything—fear not! Slate's indefatigable IT chief embarked on a successful journey to get it removed from our end and wrote a detailed guide for the curious: slate.com/technology/2...
@newpublic.substack.com's fearless leaders wrote about why we need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky in the MIT Tech Review. #FreeOurFeeds
“We can shift the balance of power...This is an opportunity to bring much more independence, innovation, and local control to our online conversations.”
“We can shift the balance of power...This is an opportunity to bring much more independence, innovation, and local control to our online conversations.”
January 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
@newpublic.substack.com's fearless leaders wrote about why we need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky in the MIT Tech Review. #FreeOurFeeds
“We can shift the balance of power...This is an opportunity to bring much more independence, innovation, and local control to our online conversations.”
“We can shift the balance of power...This is an opportunity to bring much more independence, innovation, and local control to our online conversations.”
I'm absolutely gutten by the destruction in LA right now. Everyone out there: You're in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you and yours are staying safe.
Not what I thought I'd be writing about when I picked the name Torched.
Thanks to everyone for checking in. We're fine. Many of our friends are not fine. I tried my best to describe what's happening with the fires and what LA needs to do now
www.torched.la/zero-percent...
Thanks to everyone for checking in. We're fine. Many of our friends are not fine. I tried my best to describe what's happening with the fires and what LA needs to do now
www.torched.la/zero-percent...
Zero percent containment
Reporting from a city, torched
www.torched.la
January 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm absolutely gutten by the destruction in LA right now. Everyone out there: You're in my thoughts and prayers. I hope you and yours are staying safe.