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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+(OP)
they're not communities. 'community guidelines' is a marketing eyewash; those are diktats imposed by management, not some kind of decision of the 'community'

at best, fecebutt and the like are fora where communities can form, as long as management tolerates them

>>Mathne+(OP)
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+N4
and the platform often throws wrenches into their workings

>>Mathne+(OP)
> 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...

Well, if they have community guidelines… this definitely makes them a community, lol.

>>wiseow+o6
...probably the same way a Code of Ethics handbook makes you ethical. (https://www.justice.gov/archive/enron/exhibit/02-06/BBC-0001...)