The Multiplayer Internet needs a Gradient of Presence.
We can be: ...
Alone in Alone Spaces
Alone in Together Spaces
Together in Alone Spaces
Together in Together Spaces
but the presence is a spectrum:
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Saved by Shuya Gong
The Multiplayer Internet needs a Gradient of Presence. We can be: ... Alone in Alone Spaces Alone in Together Spaces Together in Alone Spaces Together in Together Spaces but the presence is a spectrum: Lean In (Dominant) Leank Back (Ambient)
If activity between buildings is missing, the lower end of the contact scale also disappears. The varied transitional forms between being alone and being together have disappeared. The boundaries between isolation and contact become sharper – people are either alone or else with others on a relatively demanding and exacting level. Life between buil
... See moreJan Gehl • Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space
One thing that complicates people’s willingness to devote their energy to vibrancy is context collapse, a term that Alice Marwick and I coined long ago. When a social media site grows slow and steady, it starts out for each user as a coherent context. Things get dicy over time as people struggle to figure out how to navigate divergent networks. But... See more
danah boyd • Dear Alt-Twitter Designers: It’s about the network!
We need more shared intentions about how we do things in virtual spaces. Some of them are just being written as we go, like when you’re on a Zoom call with more than four people, you mute your microphone, you know?
The Creative Independent • On navigating the tension between physical and digital realms
