Small Communities

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Hubski: a small discussion community as a counterexample to mass-platform logic | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Hubski has spent more than fifteen years pursuing thoughtful discussion without trying to become a mass social platform. Its small scale, person-centered feeds, privacy choices, and current invite-only signup make it a useful counterexample to the idea that an online community must grow huge or disappear.

The tradeoff between public knowledge and a community's right to remain small | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Public discussion creates reusable knowledge for outsiders and future readers, while small bounded communities can create trust and safety that disappear when every conversation is exposed to an unlimited audience.