It's up to us, that's for sure. I quit major social platforms because they felt anti-social to me. They fostered loose global connections but weakened local IRL relationships.

Few consider the true meaning of community. It's not always idyllic. It involves navigating conflicts together. These conflicts can reveal truths and challenge our perspectives. It's about balancing the individual with the group, but sacrificing neither. It's a process that requires trust, where trust cannot be minimized.

Building community is far harder than destroying it. This asymmetry means we need to practice "community" every day, in every post and reply ... even and especially when someone shades us.

(Common behaviors like trolling undermine community trust.)