@mimir woahh that’s so weird. I feel like there are probably a lot of different ways to exploit that system, and it’s maybe not the best idea in the first place, but it’s such a bizarre concept that I have to respect it

here’s another thought: instead of having a downvote option, what if there were multiple buttons for marking a post as unhelpful, inaccurate, or derailing? they would function similarly to a downvote where posts would be hidden based on the ratio of those markings vs. upvotes, but you would be able to see the breakdown of why people are “downvoting” the post

I think that might make people more intentional about why they downvote something instead of the usual knee-jerk “this post makes me angy >:(“

it would also be pretty cool if different communities/“subreddits” could have different markings based on what specific things they don’t want in that community

okay so y’all know how platforms like reddit tend to favor extremely low-attention-span content? specifically the posts tend to optimize for the minimum length of stimulus required to get a user to hit the upvote button and move on

I was thinking that an interesting experiment might be to create a reddit-like interface where you have to hold the vote buttons in order to vote. like you have to hold it for a full second, which gives you enough time to process whether or not it’s really worth upvoting

it might help counter knee-jerk downvoting too. you know like the whole “the first 6 words of your post sounds like it’s disagreeing with me so I’ll downvote and move on” kind of stuff

in general I think that adding friction to potentially-addictive/mindless feedboxes like reddit might be a good way to make them less addictive and overall healthier, by forcing people to use them more intentionally

if you’re a Gamer™ out there who thinks they’re tough for beating Elden Ring or Dark Souls on Windows, you’re still a fucking casual in my book. try beating that shit on Arch Linux: the Dark Souls of operating systems. if you can even get to the main menu I’ll be impressed. I bet you won’t even be able to partition your disks right. casuals today disgust me

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