Public online community space without ad-revenue or enshittification
A fully public online platform or space that prioritizes community interaction and discourse without being driven by advertising revenue or subject to degradation and commercialization over time. Similar to a traditional town square but existing on the internet.
SOURCE TRANSMISSION
Ahh I misread what you meant there, sorry. I don’t have an easy answer for the collective action problem. I do get that, but also the whole thing with collective action is that someone has to start the wave and I just wish more of us were willing to do that.
“I hear that and I wish there were a better way. Basically I think we just need, ideally, a fully public online space that isn’t enshittified or run based on ad revenue. The classic mortarboard on the town square but for the internet”
CLASSIFIER RATIONALE
The post expresses a genuine, category-level unmet demand: a public online platform or infrastructure that operates without ad-revenue-based incentives and resists degradation over time. While the framing is somewhat philosophical, the author is clearly articulating a belief that this category of thing doesn't exist today and would be valuable. The parent context (about collective action and someone needing to 'start the wave') reinforces this as a real problem the author wishes were solved.
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