C. L. Polk

okay i newslettered and I wound up talking about Black Mastodon and how to make sure a community is carrying water for everyone.

an important thing I didn't mention - ensuring your community is healthy and good is not a single achievement. it's the laundry and the dishes. you are only finished for *today.*

Nov 18, 2022 at 6:23pmWeb
Show threadPaul CantrellNov 18, 2022
@clpolk
Relevant: https://how.complexsystems.fail
Show threadC.D. LewisNov 18, 2022
@clpolk This isn't something that's taught, and should be: at the tiny level of a couple of friends and at every larger level, communities don't build themselves. Like any relationship with people they're work.
Show threadSteen Comer (dba mediapathic)Nov 18, 2022
@clpolk to add on, I think there’s a tendency toward a fallacy that it should just magically carry itself, because often the experience of formation or welcome does feel spontaneously magical (cf the community where we met, both for the magic and the historical need for maintenance).
Show threadC. L. PolkNov 19, 2022
@mediapathic yes! I get that like magic feel but it’s also an inevitable product of where we were, and how that place is shaped by everyone who is a part of it, and that’s *why* that magic happens