Mock Public Space
From civicintelligence
(1) Description of the pattern
Mock [adj]: not authentic or real.
Public Space: Areas or structures that are open to the public, commons, collectively owned.
(2) Why the pattern is good (i.e. bad)
Mock public space is generally physical or virtual space that people perceive as "public" but in reality disallow many aspects of "publicness" that are important to democracies.
