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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 23 Apr \ on: Gaining and Losing Trust AskSN
It probably isn't ideal. I wouldn't assume anything about social media is properly calibrated, yet.
How would you try to change this?
How would you try to change this?
Good question, I've been thinking about it all evening and don't have a great idea yet.
I wonder if flipping this switch might help a startup social platform to take on larger players...
One crude way to make social media look a little more like the real world is if the "follow" button required you to click it on multiple posts over multiple days for it to work. Meanwhile the unfollow button would remain a one-click button.
Not a good UX, but you get where I'm going with it.
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Most of the ideas that immediately came to mind for me were obviously and dystopianly toxic.
Your idea, or something like it, is interesting. Maybe a web-of-trust could determine how likely the follow is to work.
Building on the Stacker News core premise, perhaps following shouldn't be free. And, further, perhaps following additional people should be increasingly expensive. That at least provides incentive to be conscientious about who you're following.
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Building on the Stacker News core premise, perhaps following shouldn't be free. And, further, perhaps following additional people should be increasingly expensive. That at least provides incentive to be conscientious about who you're following.
I like your train of thought here
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