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I'm struggling to come up with an answer to this question: Has technology ever solved issues with social etiquette?

by coob 15y ago

mutation 15y ago
Obviously, it has - for the male participants of IRC chat which found bot "jokes" funny. They have a social bondage now. That's how I saw it.
perlgeek 15y ago
Sure, in much the same ways as such problems are solved in real life: if you can't get somebody to behave, he's thrown out. That's /kickban on IRC, for example.
unalone 15y ago
Technology, in and of itself, is not a solution. But technology enables us to communicate to broader audiences and in more sophisticated ways, and that can enable individual people to find solutions that didn't previously exist.
wisty 15y ago
Halfway through the article, I couldn't help thinking - "If she can't convince her co-workers to turn off a bot she finds offensive, the place is caustic". This isn't really solving anything. The only difference between this and a well-deserved "fuck you" to the co-workers is it's done in a polite and clever way. It's a smart move, because it makes her look good and anyone who complains look like a sore loser (reversing the situation). It's annoying that the situation exists, but at least she's handling it well.
Harkins 15y ago
Yes. An example was posted here in the last few weeks - there's a startup whose name I can't remember that plans meetups of three men and three women. They had a serious problem with cancellations, which was solved by requiring the canceller to record a voicemail to be played to the other people. Cancellations fell off 80% or more. (I'm sorry, I can't remember more specifics - anyone have the link?)
- DanBC 15y ago
  Grouper? (http://blog.joingrouper.com/intro-to-social-hacking-how-we-lowered-our-ca http://blog.joingrouper.com/intro-to-social-hacking-how-we-l...) (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3695748 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3695748)
  - Harkins 15y ago
    Yes, thank you.

I'm struggling to come up with an answer to this question: Has technology ever solved issues with social etiquette?

by coob 15y ago

I'm struggling to come up with an answer to this question: Has technology ever solved issues with social etiquette?

Obviously, it has - for the male participants of IRC chat which found bot "jokes" funny. They have a social bondage now. That's how I saw it.

perlgeek 15y ago

Sure, in much the same ways as such problems are solved in real life: if you can't get somebody to behave, he's thrown out. That's /kickban on IRC, for example.

unalone 15y ago

Technology, in and of itself, is not a solution. But technology enables us to communicate to broader audiences and in more sophisticated ways, and that can enable individual people to find solutions that didn't previously exist.

wisty 15y ago

Halfway through the article, I couldn't help thinking - "If she can't convince her co-workers to turn off a bot she finds offensive, the place is caustic". This isn't really solving anything. The only difference between this and a well-deserved "fuck you" to the co-workers is it's done in a polite and clever way. It's a smart move, because it makes her look good and anyone who complains look like a sore loser (reversing the situation). It's annoying that the situation exists, but at least she's handling it well.

Harkins 15y ago

Yes. An example was posted here in the last few weeks - there's a startup whose name I can't remember that plans meetups of three men and three women. They had a serious problem with cancellations, which was solved by requiring the canceller to record a voicemail to be played to the other people. Cancellations fell off 80% or more. (I'm sorry, I can't remember more specifics - anyone have the link?)

DanBC 15y ago
Grouper? (http://blog.joingrouper.com/intro-to-social-hacking-how-we-lowered-our-ca http://blog.joingrouper.com/intro-to-social-hacking-how-we-l...) (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3695748 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3695748)
- Harkins 15y ago
  Yes, thank you.