🏞️ Revisiting the Public Commons
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- The term social media gives us the first clue that they were not built to function as communal town squares but as inherent extensions of their publishing roots. They were designed from the top down to scale at all costs. They simply tacked on any sort of governance after the fact.
- “there is no commons without commoning.”
- But Ostrom is careful to point out - there is no one size fits all solution. “Rules cannot last, as society, business, and technology change. Consequently, successful commons governance requires that rules evolve.” It’s time to recognize that our digital commons and public squares are both place and practice, requiring design, active stewardship, and collaboration.
title: “🏞️ Revisiting the Public Commons”
author: “newpublic.substack.com”
url: ”https://newpublic.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-public-commons”
date: 2023-12-19
source: hypothesis
tags: media/articles
🏞️ Revisiting the Public Commons
Metadata
Highlights
- The term social media gives us the first clue that they were not built to function as communal town squares but as inherent extensions of their publishing roots. They were designed from the top down to scale at all costs. They simply tacked on any sort of governance after the fact.
- “there is no commons without commoning.”
- But Ostrom is careful to point out - there is no one size fits all solution. “Rules cannot last, as society, business, and technology change. Consequently, successful commons governance requires that rules evolve.” It’s time to recognize that our digital commons and public squares are both place and practice, requiring design, active stewardship, and collaboration.