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When community apps destroy actual community

My neighborhood WhatsApp group was supposed to bring us together but now it is just people complaining and spreading rumors about each other.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital tools designed to enhance connection can amplify the worst aspects of human social dynamics.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African philosophy of technology — Ubuntu and the examined tool?”

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