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Ellie Hood

Favorite long read of the day compares social media to a digital coffehouse:
newstatesman.com/culture/2022/

..."its financial viability depends on its attractiveness to its patrons, not on manipulating or exploiting the discourse it hosts. They can say or write anything they want, up to the point where it fundamentally jeopardises the civility of the establishment or threatens directly to harm other patrons."

New StatesmanThe restoration of the coffeehouseHow a centuries-old institution can save today’s faltering social media culture.