Social media is in need of a major upgrade. A team of designers (as in user experience and information design) and programmers could work on new patterns for s

Social media is in need of a major upgrade. A team of designers (as in user experience and information design) and programmers could work on new patterns for social media. You could use Hacker News as the test subject. Challenges you may consider: 1. excessive influence of amateur opinions ( I'm not a doctor, but let me tell you what I think about treatment for acute renal failure -- this gets upvoted to the top ) 2. astroturfing (are praises within the comments section really just insiders shaping the narrative?) 3. considerate, alternative points of view are buried at the bottom of the comments section 4. moderator biases you get the idea!