Spzi

@Spzi@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gratitude for open social media alternatives.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Offering a slight damper / correction:

  This is about two things (design and ownership), which are correlated, but not identical.

  [Malicious design](dark pattern) can be things like:

  • Algorithms to keep people engaged
  • UIs to confuse users (luring them to purchases, or making ‘cancel’ hard to access)
  • Using intermediate currencies to make it harder to assert value
  • …

  Obviously, these patterns and practices can also be applied to a FOSS instance you own. There is less incentive to do so if the profit motive is removed - which makes a huge difference.

  These design patterns are fundamentally about making user numbers go up. Attract more users, keep them on your platform longer, make them leave less. And a portion of user guidance mixed in. None of that is inherently evil, to some degree even desireable, and to some extent unavoidable to offer a functional service.

  Some users may expect a feed like lemmy to browse indefinitely, since they find it inconvenient to have to click to go to the ‘next page’. And because they got used to this feature elsewhere. Others already see this as a dark pattern.

  I just wanted to highlight how some of the malicious stuff may still be present in the fediverse, without any company involved. Here, we’re kind of in charge on both sides: Each is responsible for their own user agency (like controlling your online hours, or what sites you visit), and collectively to decide what user experience we want to shape (which might include controverse patterns).

  I spent way too many words on this. Mostly I agree with you! And overall, users will encounter far less malicious patterns on FOSS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we go back to small phones?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. My max is about 5.5’’ and 160g. Otherwise I feel it’s too hard to carry and handle, or even just hold. I also want to be able to reach the opposing screen corner with my thumb.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israeli prosecutor say no evidence of rape on October 7⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The question is wether there was sexual violence.

  The claim from your screenshot answers that with a ‘no’: “It was all fabricated”.

  Though what you provide to support that claim (I did not open the link) does not support it. On the contrary, it even provides accounts of sexual violence.

  There is a 2nd, different claim muddled within: Wether sexual violence can be proven in court.

  Of course, that can be difficult for a number of reasons related to sexual violence (“victims were murdered”, “not prepared to reveal”). But failure to prove an offense does by no means conclude that the accusations were “all fabricated”.

  Maybe this is related to people confusing proof and evidence. Evidence (even numerous and strong) can exist although a proof is not possible.

  Feel free to clear things up if I missed your point. At the moment, it is not understandable how that guy jumps from “there is evidence, but we will have trouble proving in court” to “it was all fabricated”. If you can add something which closes this gap, that would help your point.