Ooo yes, I could totally see that!

Over the next couple of months, I'll share more about how things are going and what we're learning — both about the product itself, and our programs to support the local stewards who are at the heart of each space.

For something like this to work, the human side is just as important as the tech!

More about the context and vision here, including info about the first cohort of communities and stewards, and how you can get involved in bringing this to your local area next

newpublic.substack.com/p/introducin...

@rabble.nz s podcast Revolution.Social has a bunch of great conversations with people who've been deep and early in some of the most impactful online social products of the last decade www.youtube.com/@rabble

Elise Granata's Group Hug — a super down-to-earth exploration of the craft of community building, or what she describes as "the mysterious, magical, unpredictable human funk that makes being in community with other people a wonderful or awful thing!" grouphug.substack.com

Sam Pressler's Connective Tissue explores what it will take "to seed and cultivate our generational project of civic and communal renewal" Always well researched & well written, focused on real potential solutions, not just theoretical stuff. connectivetissue.substack.com

@laurenshof.online is consistently putting out some of the best research and sensemaking around the ATmosphere, both on here and in the connectedplaces.online newsletters

We're also now actively looking for a small number of people & local communities who might be interested in experimenting with us.

If you think where you live might be a good fit and want to learn more about bringing something like this to your area, get in touch here...

On a related note, been having fun playing around with @graze.social which puts some of these ideas into practice.

What are the other most interesting feed builder tools out there right now?

h/t @joshpkramer.bsky.social

I think the latter, but no idea where I picked it up - so maybe at one point it was a prompt in an app somewhere?

If you’re in maps and it’s a bit lost or facing the wrong direction, moving your phone in a figure eight to recalibrate the compass

My friends and I have been using Letterloop for the last couple of years for this and are obsessed - its sort of like a monthly friend group newsletter w fun questions www.letterloop.co