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Purely chronological feed? No "suggested" content? Sign me up! Can we mandate this for all ages?

• xwdv 4y ago
  Why would you want this exactly? Fixing the problems with social media so it becomes more appealing to use… so that you end up using it more? Why not just go outside?
  • listless 4y ago
    Fixing the problem would just be removing the RT / Share button. That’s it. Then we would all use it less because it wouldn’t be that interesting at all.
    • ben_w 4y ago
      That may help, but I suspect it will not be enough. Perhaps limiting people to mutual relationships (can’t follow without a follow back) and a maximum following/followers count of 256 to avoid parasocial relationships? (Only semi joking)
  • warning26 4y ago
    Quite the opposite actually -- the goal is to make it less appealing. Social media is designed to be addictive and prey on base psychological impulses.
    • xwdv 4y ago
      So people find non-chronological feeds and suggested content appealing? I thought people were always saying they hated these features.
      • uoaei 4y ago
        The tiny fraction of people who comment on HN say that. It is folly to believe this place represents public opinion.
      • ben_w 4y ago
        Compelling != appealing. I can’t risk going near “idle” genre games, because even the ones I hate I find incredibly compelling.
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• dqpb 4y ago
  If this was better, it would exist.
  • LegitShady 4y ago
    if it made them money, it would exist. If it reduces engagement, it doesn't.