The original Luddites—a movement of early nineteenth-century English weavers, who infamously smashed the new machines that transformed a skilled and well remunerated livelihood into low-grade piecework performed by children—did not oppose technology in its entirety. Indeed, as skilled craftspeople, they were adept users of it. Rather, they fought against what they referred to as “Machinery hurtful to Commonality,” which sought to break up the autonomy and social power that underpinned entire vibrant communities, so that a new class of factory owners might benefit.

f you're a community organizer, designer or an engineer, these best practices are designed to help guide in creating and designing community spaces online for participants and organizers.The big things to focus on prioritizing safety, including your participants and your own data and privacy, creating a plan, agenda or run of show for events, creating cohesive work flow, and creating intentional spaces for human connection and interaction, beyond the chat window.

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"I actually enjoy most aspects of administration. I also enjoy being purely creative too. I am beginning to think that the two activities are mutually exclusive, if they are to be done well."

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