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As any simple solution, it becomes extremely complicated as you get into the details. I follow official gov accounts notifying of policy changing, deadlines et
by makeitdouble 4y ago
As any simple solution, it becomes extremely complicated as you get into the details.
I follow official gov accounts notifying of policy changing, deadlines etc.
- Should I see their retweets ? Yes, they retweet relevant info from other gov, accounts.
- Should I see replies to these tweets ? Probably, there’s useful info coming in the comments from time to time, in particular about situations similar to mine.
So as a user, I have valid reason to whant these two mechanism. But then applying them to shitposting accounts, it becomes a hell scape. And with users who bring in valuable info but sometimes shitpost, we’re starting to need nuance. And so on.
We’re back to square one. The “simple” solution expanded to its useful form brings back the moderation issues we’re trying to flee.
- abracadaniel 4y agoThis makes me wonder if part of the problem is that it’s a bit like the psychology of road rage. It isn’t so much the trigger, as it is that it happened in an perceived personal safe space. Maybe It’s not that there’s someone wrong on the internet that makes people angry, but that the comment was fed to them while they were reading things they like. Something with a blended approach that makes it clear when you’re leaving the bubble and might be more tolerable. Like turning on PVP in a mmorpg, you expect to encounter opposition.
- makeitdouble 4y agoYes, I think there's part of that. In the same direction, compartmenting to have some stuff come within the frame you expect them might help a lot. Google's defunct social network tried to embrace that concept to a point, and facebook also has some way to create explicit bubbles, but I think your vision of visually separate modes when moving between contexts coud be the best approach.