Yes, it is not one-size-fits-all. But instead of separate silos, we should be thinking of a structured fediverse/pluriverse in which the platform provides base interconnect, but independently managed special interest communities ride that platform. Each can have its own overlapping membership, with varying degrees of openness, and with varying identity requirements and reputation tracking.
As we said, “…what is often framed as the “digital public square” is not really a single, discrete square, but is better seen as the “digital public hypersquare:” a hyperlinked environment made up of a multitude of digital spaces, much as the World Wide Web is a hyperlinked web made up of a multitude of websites.” Crossposting would become a rich feature – you could post as for LinkedIn, and for specific LI groups, and have it go to Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, and whatever.
Yes, it is not one-size-fits-all. But instead of separate silos, we should be thinking of a structured fediverse/pluriverse in which the platform provides base interconnect, but independently managed special interest communities ride that platform. Each can have its own overlapping membership, with varying degrees of openness, and with varying identity requirements and reputation tracking.
Chris Riley and I outlined that in Community and Content Moderation in the Digital Public Hypersquare (https://techpolicy.press/community-and-content-moderation-in-the-digital-public-hypersquare/).
As we said, “…what is often framed as the “digital public square” is not really a single, discrete square, but is better seen as the “digital public hypersquare:” a hyperlinked environment made up of a multitude of digital spaces, much as the World Wide Web is a hyperlinked web made up of a multitude of websites.” Crossposting would become a rich feature – you could post as for LinkedIn, and for specific LI groups, and have it go to Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, and whatever.
And on the listening side, you should have a consolidated, multihoming smart feed that you compose and steer to show whatever mix of community and global content you want at a given time – as discussed in From Freedom of Speech and Reach to Freedom of Expression and Impression (https://techpolicy.press/from-freedom-of-speech-and-reach-to-freedom-of-expression-and-impression/).
Twitter is great for global sentiment and won't get disrupted there for a bit.
But it's garbage for:
- Having nuanced conversations in public
- Monetizing my thoughts
- Distributing longer form content
- Creating communities
- Interactive anything
It's not as much as an unbundling as just Twitter never went deep enough. And now it's just too late.