Online Public Space
Community is an occasion where members have a chance to know each other.
Although no public space is accessible to all, the Internet breaks some of the restricts. I created an online public space on zoom. Anyone with internet access can jump in and say hi or quit any time. There is no crowd scale limitation, no show-up time requirement, and no chance to trace back (you don't know what happened before you sign in).
You own and only own the moment when you are there.
The early media art, Hole-In-Space(1980), demonstractes virtual connection between public spaces in New York and Los Angeles. The conventional constrain of location is loosen, while a new one is setting up -- you have to physically attend one of the two public spaces to experience the space expansion and public affair.
The zoom public space allows people to join through the Internet from any geographical location, but this doesn't mean it is more accessible than the 80s' public video chat. The Hole-In-Space still takes space in physical public space, allowing anyone walking by the neighborhood to discover it. However, there is no such pivot in the virtual space. The online spaces are not continuous. Most of the time, there is no north, east, west, or south that directs your browsing from your current page. You don't know where the virtual public spaces are unless you got a link. The link is the private invitation letter in the online society. It takes a great amount of power and money to promote the link and persuade people to click.