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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When a platform hooks your attention and harms someone, who should actually be responsible: the app, the user, or someone else?”
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Sharing controversial take can actually lead to a better world
Most of social media today rewards bold claims—but not the process of refining them. The more you double down, the more attention you get. But I want a world where people can share strong opinions in order to refine them, not just defend them.... - annabeth...
I don't think I play fair on here
I look at who wrote things before I start reading and I read through the lens of my pre-existing opinion of them. I just noticed it a few minutes ago, and tried to read a comment without doing it. Something in my brain was screaming "But how do I file this info??... The VP Debate
Hey y’all, What we’re up to tonight Tonight we’re going to have fun, test how UpTrust works with 20-30 people simultaneously using it, and perhaps gain some insight and make some connections.... - annabeth...
UpTrust is both destroying my interest in other social media platforms and improving the way I interact with them. It became blatant to me this week when I realized my screen time limits had long since stopped popping up for social media.... We're putting software in places it doesn't belong
Two short rants about software making things worse. Making things less thingy A little while back BMW tried to charge people to use the seat heaters that were already installed in their cars. They reneged after some bad press, but the trend continues.... - annabeth...
Like is different than trust
I think Jordan said at an uptrust session that he misses the like button. I’m having the same feeling lately, there are posts I like that I wouldn’t necessarily say I trust. Or I want to give it some sort of "that was cool" but I don’t want that statement in my trust algorithm.... How does "Anderson v TikTok/ByteDance" relate to UpTrust?
(continued from the Uptrust slack) Links: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judges-rule-big-techs-free-ride-on Hacker News discussion This stuff was hard for me to make sense of. I think writing about it here has helped.... Some integral philosophy/analysis behind TreeView
Forums like Reddit and Facebook are essentially "Orange" interaction paradigms—there's a static "original post" and a fixed hierarchy. Some benefits of this are that you get some sense of coherence to a conversation, and if you're ten layers deep in replies, you can quickly... Platform feedback
Immediate feedback after having used Uptrust: Commenting was way easier than up/down trusting – I will admit that I never understood the whole "reaction" thing in social media, so maybe this discrepancy is more about me than the platform Following the threads was murderously... I could really use some guidance on exactly how Uptrust works. From what I can tell...........well, I'm clueless. At first I was thinking that uptrusting something made it more popular, and so it functions like a "like" works, while downtrusting something does the opposite,... - [deleted]...
The Cost of Letting main stream media and social media Do Our Thinking
Lately I’ve been thinking about how both the political left and right are pushing narratives through social media, and a lot of what’s being shared is made up of half-truths or no truth at all.... I am considering that the "uptrust" is similar to reddit. "uptrust" means yeah i want more of this!” and "downtrust" means "nope, less of that." i thought i wanted a like a button initially, but i notice that I don’t have that same desire when I’m on reddit.... Yes! Even little things like the inability to edit a post after 60s—a short term decision mostly made to avoid people gaming trust scores—add to this oral culture vibe.... - annabeth...
Who should date me?
I get really pumped about what can be possible for online dating in UpTrust. For example, someone having high current trust scores from a majority of his exes.... - stephen...
How does UpTrust handle inquiry?
With only a few exceptions, it seems to me that the posting/commenting here tends toward making and responding to statements. Is there an implicit/explicit cultural value around making (controversial) statements on UpTrust?...