<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Technical infrastructure is social infrastructure... > Technical infrastructure is social infrastructure because platforms decide who can publish, discover, contribute, and retain the record. Design choices about identity, moderation, ownership, and distribution become rules of community whether or not anyone calls them governance. **Source:** [[livestreams/Building Bridges Across Systems of Power - Workbook|Building Bridges Across Systems of Power]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Technical infrastructure is social infrastructure because platforms decide who can publish, discover, contribute, and retain the record. Design choices about identity, moderation, ownership, and distribution become rules of community whether or not anyone calls them governance.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-technical-infrastructure-social-anyone-calls-governance ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->