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@phil
One phenomenon that I’ll never get used to is the snark and criticism that people feel compelled to express from behind a keyboard Plenty of examples on Twitter / Discord; it’s one of the reasons why I limit my time on those services Is this just a symptom of digital communication or can it be fixed with better
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@jhoang
Same. I’m just starting to really use social media apps and the negativity sucks. One idea I got from reading Thank You For Arguing is that short form text is more about ethos or signaling your character, while long form text forces you to be more logical and focus on the argument and its cohesiveness.
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@1111
I agree. Watch the Barney Netflix show. It’s a good example of people hating even things with very pure intention
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@neuroswish
I’d say mostly an effect of digital communication (harassment/spam exists on every platform at scale, no exceptions) That being said, design choices can mitigate this. For ex, Stories are a content format that limit the effect of this, with the trade off that they also limit positive interactions
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@garrett
Social networks need to implement for empathic features and design
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@fun
well actually, maybe a dialog box that pops up saying "are you sure you want to send this?" twitter blue does something similar, gives the user 15 seconds to click "undo" and it always makes me double check what i tweet
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The ring of gyges captures this problem Ultimately the person who devolves into unproductive discourse is harming themselves In order to say negative things you need negative thoughts, and this manifests in your character and form It’s best to pity haters and then ignore them
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@monishkumar
I think it can be improved with better incentives. Right now, they get more engagement (thus, more fame) by being critical and snarky. When the algorithms start to reward thoughtful responses over snarky reactions, we can see improvement. LinkedIn is an example. If people are snarky, it affects their career.
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@mc10
The inability to convey tone through a keyboard is the key factor. You can help that by using emojis, but that's not exactly the same thing 😅
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@passedpawn
I think it’s just the nature of the beast. People feel emboldened to act more aggressively and remove their filters because they are not in person where it’s viewed as unacceptable.
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I think there’s an anonymity effect - similar to road rage - when a person thinks there are anonymous or protected - that emboldens them to express toxic rumination that they would have otherwise kept in their head.
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no amount of design can solve for deep issues we have in society like sexism, racism, classism etc. plus the fact that we're all very different beings that suddenly got jumbled up in a global cauldron just offering tiny real time snapshots without much space for nuance.
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