Communications Harm Reduction

Building community and setting boundaries

Social media and communications technology can be revolutionary for building distributed communities or strengthening connections between people who are too busy to meet up in person regularly. They can also be draining, terrorizing, overwhelming and alienating. It will never be perfect, but cultivating good habits can help you come out on the positive side. Here are some habits and tools that may help you, followed by specifics about a few tools we use regularly.

This is a work in progress.