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>>levlaz+(OP)
By this logic, X/Facebook/Instagram/etc. are not communities, but "ecosystems"... after all, everyone controls their own posts. You can't force someone to post something you want. "Don't like what <celebrity> is posting? Follow one of the countless alternatives. Or start your own account! Here, you can even use this automated bot as a base for making the posts you'd like." Meanwhile, "whatever word you choose, you'd do well to remember that <platform> is first and foremost a method of collaboration between elites. Not an entitlement program for petulant users to get free stuff or a seat at the table where decisions are made."

But these social media platforms are clearly communities... they even have "community guidelines". Not to mention Github https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-c...

>>Mathne+CK1
The platforms themselves are absolutely not communities; they're a virtual location - a space - and some infrastructure within which communities can form.

Any one community within is free to set its own rules and conventions (for instance, I'm on a community noticeboard group where business posts are only allowed a Monday), but those communities have absolutely no influence over the policies of the platform as a whole.

>>robins+pP1
and the platform often throws wrenches into their workings