The community-first software era

I’m at the PublicSpaces Conference in Amsterdam this week. This year’s theme is “why a digital public space is essential for a healthy democratic society”. This is an idea space I care about deeply and I feel very privileged to have been invited to contribute.I’ll be giving a talk to kick off the unconference today, and then tomorrow will be on a panel about Social media, Journalism & Democracy:Can journalism use open social networks to combat disinformation, hate speech, and news fatigue, and free audiences from broligarchical algorithms, while still earning a living? What is the role of politicians, representatives, legislation, and the enforcement of judicial agreements? And what examples should we look to for inspiration and guidance? This panel dives deeper into the Open Social Web and the possibilities for journalism to contribute to the well-informed citizens needed to uphold and strengthen our democracy.In September, I’ll move on from my role as Senior Director of Technology…