May 26, 2021

The Cohere Newsletter #7: A Focus On Network Science and Public Spaces

By Bill Johnston • Issue #7 • View online

Greetings Community Aficionados!

It’s been a while since the last issue of the Structure3C newsletter. My apologies!

I’ve decided to restart the newsletter under the new moniker of the Cohere newsletter because:

I’ve begun the second season of the Cohere podcast (with Dr. Lauren Vargas), and there are a lot of sources, articles, and research papers we want to share out;
I’m essentially producing a weekly newsletter for the Cohere Mastermind (a private group for Community & CX Leaders), and I wanted to start sharing that content as well, and;
We are hitting the apex of another “community hype & hope cycle” - but, this time feels different. We have mass adoption of social & collaboration platforms, last-mile internet issues being solved, and exponential technologies increasingly driving disruption. Our community models need to evolve to navigate this change in a human-centric way.

In short: Constant disruption requires constant learning, collaboration, and change. We hope Cohere can be a nexus for you.

The Cohere Podcast

[Podcast] Why Community Leaders Need to Understand Networks: With Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas — Structure 3C

In the first episode of Season 2 of the Cohere podcast, Dr. Lauren Vargas and I explore the concept of “network” as it relates to online and real-life communities. Social networks, Facebooks use and abuse of the social graph and social network literacy for online community managers and leaders is also discussed.

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You can check out highlights of Season 1 of the podcast here:

Navigating the Global Broadband Internet’s Opportunities & Vulnerabilities with Jim Cashel
The Role of AI in Online Communities and Networks with Venessa Paech
Creating Connection in the Time of COVID-19 with Nancy White
Developing Expansive Community Business Models with Joi Podgorny
Building a Human-Centered Social Network with Meena Palaniappan
Co-creating Business With Your Community with Vincent Boon

Digital Publics

📏 Who Makes the Rules Online And Why Do We Follow Them? - New_ Public by Civic Signals

Tracy Meares of The Justice Collaboratory talks pro-social platforms.

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Introducing the Public Interest Internet | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Say the word “internet” these days, and most people will call to mind images of Facebook, Google and Twitter: sprawling, intrusive, unaccountable. This tiny handful of vast tech corporations demand our online attention and dominate the offline headlines. But on the real internet, one or two clicks away from that handful of conglomerates, there remains a wider, more diverse, and more generous world.

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Before the Web: The 1980s Dream of a Free and Borderless Virtual World – Reason.com

A fascinating four-part documentary series about the cypherpunk movement of the 1990s that shaped the commercial Internet and early digital culture.

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Thanks for reading!

The plan is to send the newsletter between 3-4 times a month with the best finds from our research, writing, and podcast.

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Onward! ✌️

Bill

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