What if we could do less harm minimisation of social network behaviour because they were less toxic, had less addictiveness and were less fruitful for weaponized corrosivity?
What might such networks look like? Since this is an evolutionary process, I suspect we need to consider an ongoing design process rather than a terminal state. But starting points.
Nick punt on de-escalating twitter.
I am less persuaded by debudbble the ‘thoughtful twitter debate’ app.
Mildly interesting ideas for better social networks although not ideas as to how they would attract custom.
Incoming
- It’s Time to Bring Back the AIM Away Message | WIRED
- How Harmful Is Social Media? | The New Yorker
- Social Media and Political Dysfunction - Google Docs
- The Coddling of the American Mind - Notes
- The Coddling of the Australian Mind? A Review of the Evidence - Google Docs
- The Coddling of the American Mind - Better Mental Health
- Going "Write-Only"
- Center for Humane Technology TED-izes this.
References
Behr, Ines Von, Anais Reding, Charlie Edwards, and Luke Gribbon. 2013. “Radicalisation in the Digital Era: The Use of the Internet in 15 Cases of Terrorism and Extremism.”
HAmid, Nafees, and Cristina Ariza. n.d. “Offline Versus Online Radicalisation: Which Is the Bigger Threat?”
Hassan, Ghayda, Sébastien Brouillette-Alarie, Séraphin Alava, Divina Frau-Meigs, Lysiane Lavoie, Arber Fetiu, Wynnpaul Varela, et al. 2018. “Exposure to Extremist Online Content Could Lead to Violent Radicalization:A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence.” International Journal of Developmental Science 12 (1-2): 71–88.
Lambert, Jeffrey, George Barnstable, Eleanor Minter, Jemima Cooper, and Desmond McEwan. 2022. “Taking a One-Week Break from Social Media Improves Well-Being, Depression, and Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 25 (5): 287–93.
Ottman, Bill, Daryl Davis, Jack Ottman, Jesse Morton, Justin E Lane, and F LeRon Shults. 2022. “The Censorship Effect,” 85.
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