The only winning move is not to play.
De-escalating social media conflict
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#12This is excellent. Great thinking
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#13I think the mockup emphasises the original tweet too much and the apology too little. Suggestion: put the apology first. Use black color for apology, faint gray for original.
Good idea, I was trying to use existing Twitter designs as much as possible but agree emphasis is lost. See the top image in the Follow-ups section where the mistake is represented atop the tweet for something more along what you're thinking.
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#14> By admitting a mistake, the poster stops the runaway train of replies and amplifications of their mistake, and the reputation damage that follows. No matter the apology of the mistake, those who demand them to apologise will still reject it and push further for calls for the accused to be cancelled. The replies and amplifications will divert into real life instead of Twitter.
It certainly won't work for all cases of conflict, but don't you think it would work for some? The goal was not a complete solution but a step towards changing community norms.
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#15The only winning move is not to play.
A game theorist has emerged! :)
I loved that movie.
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#16> By admitting a mistake, the poster stops the runaway train of replies and amplifications of their mistake, and the reputation damage that follows. No matter the apology of the mistake, those who demand them to apologise will still reject it and push further for calls for the accused to be cancelled. The replies and amplifications will divert into real life instead of Twitter.
The nice thing about this proposal is precisely how it replaces the problematic "apology" dynamic with a neutral retraction. Apologies may or may not be rejected as insincere, but a retraction is simply a factual statement that the user no longer stands behind what they wrote, while preserving the content itself (unlike tweet deletion, which in practice tends to escalate reposts) for the sake of transparency.
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#17The only winning move is not to play.
Social Media is increasingly becoming a major source of power for political movements and political organization.
Both Obama and Trump campaigns were signified by a major online, social-media presence. I'd expect that many future Presidents will be determined by their command of Social Media.
Social Media is the new television, the new Radio. Its the new media that is most significantly consumed by the population.
By "not playing", you resign your power to others who take advantage of this new form of media.
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#18this is a great idea, and that's precisely why twitter would never implement it
The problem isn't just the people but the fact that social media platforms encourage outrage because it's how they make money. We can't fix "cancel culture" as long as it benefits the social media companies.
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#19ok what happens when the president says something like
"the sky is red, dems are better off dead (marked as mistake made, replies disabled)"
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#20The only winning move is not to play.
Social Media is increasingly becoming a major source of power for political movements and political organization. Both Obama and Trump campaigns were signified by a major online, social-media presence. I'd expect that many future Presidents will be determined by their command of Social Media. Social Media is the new television, the new Radio. Its the new media that is most significantly consumed by the population. By…
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