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  1. Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2019 07:03:18 EDT Christine Lemmer-Webber Christine Lemmer-Webber

    Thanks to @emacsomancer for forwarding to me this article about "demetrification" of social media https://www.wired.com/story/internet-healthier-without-like-counts/ (not showing like counts, follower counts, etc) and how dramatically user behavior is changed when we do expose these things.

    On BoingBoing: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/12/flickrs-glory-days.html

    In conversation Monday, 16-Sep-2019 07:03:18 EDT from octodon.social permalink

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    1. Would the Internet Be Healthier Without 'Like' Counts?
      from Wired
      Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube have moved to hide or obscure measures of popularity, in the name of less toxic dialog. Users give a thumbs-down.
    2. Demetrification: improving social media by removing public like/follower/repost counts
      By Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing
      When social media was young, it was obvious that it had some pathologies — perverse incentives that drove people toward antisocial behaviour. Back in those days, a company named Flickr did so…
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