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,a third place. This can be private or publicly owned.
Mock Public Space: This could be characterized as places were people come and gather without physically being their. In most cases this occurs over the internet.
(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.
