For example, would removing infinite scrolling help make it less addictive? Would you keep the upvote/downvote system, remove it, or classify posts differently to foster better discussions? How about adding a countdown timer to log the user out after a certain number of hours of use?
If psychological research can be used to keep users engaged on a social network for as long as possible, I believe it can also be applied to help prevent excessive use, improve the quality of discussions, and create a more empathetic environment. That’s why I’d love to hear suggestions from those in the field.
Ban all swearing and slurs. Enforce courtesy and make people spell out their position. Ban extremist news posts, including extreme rubbish like the daily mail. Freedom of speech, in the american sense, is the enemy of truth. Minimum character limit instead of maximum character limit. Posts must have meaningful content, not ^this. You must click tbe link to the article before posting. No headline reactions. All the politics goes in one place, noone gets an echo chamber. No labels.
Everypne would hate it but I would go there.
He said healthier not age restricted healthier, swearing can be healthy if not done excessively. Some people can’t go a day without swearing once because it is a stress relief, if someone manages to make an argument and still swear, is that bad? We don’t live in a perfect society, if you think anyone capable of reflection thoughts don’t even think about it, you’re probably a minority living in a 1st world country.
Wishful thought of you to think it’s that simple, some would click and read the headline and see pictures in the article and close, or just click and close so they can post. If you are that desperate to control this kind of behavior, it’s better to leave those kind of posts with comments disabled to avoid it altogether.
The minimum of words and no slurs is where the line should be drawn, he’s not asking for SFW social media. Enforcing politeness is simply just enforcing people to follow the terms of service furthermore needless to mention. You’re being a lot more idealist than pragmatist.
I was totally being idealist. The idea of a social media site where people just get along is totally idealist. I believe in politeness btw, i think that it’s how we get along without violence in our day to day lives. I think courtesy matters and the internet’s repudiation of common courtesy is spilling into real life and the knock out game will just expand… i believe in good manners. I get that i’m insane, but how else can we live with each other?
What if the pretence of common courtesy is the norm that actually prevents mass violence? I could be wrong, but i genuinely believe it matters.
OP is asking for practical suggestions, what you’re saying is all nice except practical.
So you’re saying it’s nice? I get that it’s impractical but that only hinges on popularity.
Of course it’s nice, in general, you’re picturing a place where everyone gets along and tries to be thoughtful with no exceptions, but that’s just wishful thinking and some kind of utopia thinking.
Yep, i thought they were asking for ideas for better social media. The reality is that this will never happen. Humanity is terrible. I’m not joking. I was just trying to think about what might help. Noone would stay though, they’d find their safe space and eat their brand of shit.
I think the most practical way of something like this is the Fediverse, it can be helpful to make this kind of thing you want, because I think one of the worst issues would be moderation. My thoughts: chunk of small social medias defederating from and to anywhere else but federate to each other, maybe like per neighborhood, so they could moderate in small communities better and properly distributed. Although then it’d maybe now a closed platform? Yeah… it’s not really practical.
To clarify: by small community I mean a community under 100 members so it’s easier to be moderated and faster to react throughout.
Getting humans to play nice is not practical, that’s the bottom line. Getting humans to be logical and compassionate is also not practical. The whole notion of non toxic social media is a fools errand. We’re vicious and selfish and you can’t nudge that out of existence.