I don’t think kindness is at all mutually exclusive with knowledge and truth :)
To be clear I didn’t mean “enforcing kindness” as in like forcing everyone to engage in a specific way or they’re banned for not being nice enough
The big corporate platforms are, in a lot of ways, designed for hostility conflict and toxicity. Because they’re designed for engagement, and anger drives engagement like nothing else possibly can. Facebook did internal studies and found their algorithm made people miserable, and then kept it that way because with respect profit, it was a great design.
I think we should be thoughtful about the mechanics of the platforms we’re building and whether they incentivize people to lash out at eachother, or incentivizing healthy social spaces.
I’m not here in support of some dystopian “be positive or else” insincere niceness platform. But I do think it’s worthwhile to shape the culture of the space we spend time in intentionally :) I wanna enjoy being here. I’m here in pursuit of worthwhile, sincere interactions with other human beings, not shitty internet flamewars where nothing is gained and everyone walks away more bitter and angry
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I don’t think kindness is at all mutually exclusive with knowledge and truth :)
To be clear I didn’t mean “enforcing kindness” as in like forcing everyone to engage in a specific way or they’re banned for not being nice enough
The big corporate platforms are, in a lot of ways, designed for hostility conflict and toxicity. Because they’re designed for engagement, and anger drives engagement like nothing else possibly can. Facebook did internal studies and found their algorithm made people miserable, and then kept it that way because with respect profit, it was a great design.
I think we should be thoughtful about the mechanics of the platforms we’re building and whether they incentivize people to lash out at eachother, or incentivizing healthy social spaces.
I’m not here in support of some dystopian “be positive or else” insincere niceness platform. But I do think it’s worthwhile to shape the culture of the space we spend time in intentionally :) I wanna enjoy being here. I’m here in pursuit of worthwhile, sincere interactions with other human beings, not shitty internet flamewars where nothing is gained and everyone walks away more bitter and angry