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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 o

• 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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