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    1. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 5 Nov 2017
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      Feels like a lot of online activity is migrating to private groups. Just me? And is it because groups are rising or public commons less fun?

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      Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 5 Nov 2017
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      To extent commons is waning (and replies to tweet are interesting), feels unfortunate. Public discussion creates so many spillover benefits.

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        2. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 5 Nov 2017
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          Do we need new social tools that are public in the right ways and to the right degree?

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        3. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 5 Nov 2017
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          Related: seems like many of us have at some point been part of a great, open-to-all online community. What do good ones have in common?

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        2. Michael Schade‏ @sch 8 Nov 2017
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          This was why I loved IRC and Second Life. No default friend groups, met people over common interests, and formed lasting relationships. Current social services are just my Facebook graph copied from place to place :(

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        3. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 8 Nov 2017
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          Yeah, that's an interesting point. Hadn't thought about portable friend groups actually being a bug, not a feature. Maybe the blank post-onboarding screen is actually a good thing...

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        1. Michelle  💌‏ @michellezaffino 6 Nov 2017
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          Private groups keep users in a thought bubble. Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is, to me anyway, a cautionary testament to this

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