I’m thinking about the citizen science community in America. I distantly recall watching a documentary about community members of Flint, Michigan researching their own water supply to first report the issues, and how they began their efforts at their library.

A similar, but darker, alternative I am considering is “mis-information” communities, such as the flat-Earthers. I think that for the positive examples of the citizen science communities, certain misinformation communities operate on similar principles and avenues of exchanging information, like accessing publicly available resources and connecting through social media.