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Post by dylan604 »

aerosmile wrote: post #65

10 years ago, I launched a small modification to a social network I was running at the time - you could only post once per day. The quality of the content went through the roof, but it turned the product into more something like Medium. It had some upsides, but also some downsides. It was amazing to see how such a simple change can dramatically alter the nature of the product.

This to me is the equivalent to the war on drugs. If you limit someone's ability on your platform, they will find a different platform. Until you squash the need/desire, those with the need/desire will find a solution.

Addiction is more complicated.

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Post by Stupulous »

maximp wrote: post #10

This product seems to combine a few unrelated ideas. No monetization, reverse-chronological feed, no notifications: sweet. Easier to have cleaner, more meaningful conversations with people, hopefully. In short, a nicer, ad-free, less-harmful Facebook. How will you pay for it if it ever gets popular? I'm not sure how limited posts play into this. I think the intention is to make users really think about what they're p…

Re: one a day

By coincidence, earlier today I had the same idea. I was thinking about how so much of what you encounter in social media is biased towards people who post a lot.

In politics, for example, most people are relatively moderate. People who spend more time talking about politics are more likely to hold extreme positions. And people who spend the most time talking about politics are the ones who spend the least time evaluating their and others' positions. So the political social media is dominated by uneducated extremists with hot takes. (I admit this often includes myself, though I do try to put effort into my comments).

A possible solution to this would be reducing the amount of allowed posts per time, which would quiet the noise and give high-effort interactions a more level playing field. Of course, that sucks for engagement and interferes with topics like humor that benefit from low-effort contributions. I wonder if there's a client-side way to bias your feed towards people who post less frequently.

Re: Minus

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Post by aymendjellal »

abeppu wrote: post #16

I love this as an idea, but I suspect as a user, I would use either zero or one posts. I do like the idea that the platform can actively disrupt the "addictive" patterns that develop elsewhere. Other things I've wanted: - Instagram with an ML layer that auto-rejects pics with faces or text. Landscapes, vistas, animals, architecture etc all would be welcome. - high latency Twitter, where no post is viewable until at l…

For the twitter latency

Have you tried slowly.app? It's an app that simulates snail mail Pairs you with someone based on your preferences and you can write them a letter / email that will be delivered in a few hours / days, based on your distance with said person

Re: Minus

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Post by darig »

Stupulous wrote: post #72
maximp wrote: post #10

This product seems to combine a few unrelated ideas. No monetization, reverse-chronological feed, no notifications: sweet. Easier to have cleaner, more meaningful conversations with people, hopefully. In short, a nicer, ad-free, less-harmful Facebook. How will you pay for it if it ever gets popular? I'm not sure how limited posts play into this. I think the intention is to make users really think about what they're p…

Re: one a day By coincidence, earlier today I had the same idea. I was thinking about how so much of what you encounter in social media is biased towards people who post a lot. In politics, for example, most people are relatively moderate. People who spend more time talking about politics are more likely to hold extreme positions. And people who spend the most time talking about politics are the ones who spend the le…

Any only system that attempts to limit the bandwidth of single accounts will be overrun by forged and stolen accounts to make up for the restrictions. At the same time, honest account holders are silenced, unable to counter. The system is doomed to fail.

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Post by spoonjim »

andreygrehov wrote: post #62

In an effort to get people to look into each other’s eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello. In the restaurant I point at chicken noodle soup. I am adjusting well to the new way. Late at night, I call my long distance lover, proudly say I only used fifty-…

Wonderful

Re: Minus

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Post by OneEyedRobot »

01100011 wrote: post #34

I wonder what sorts of social media we'd see if it wasn't dependent on selling ads. The need to drive engagement and sell things to people tends to limit the types of social media. It's nice to see an experiment like this but I don't know if it will go anywhere. I was thinking the other day of an idea where you take turns with people in your circle to become a 'star' for a period of time(day, days, week, hour, whatev…

>I wonder what sorts of social media we'd see if it wasn't dependent on selling ads.

I suppose you could skim through Usenet archives.

Re: Minus

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Post by ComputerGuru »

andreygrehov wrote: post #62

In an effort to get people to look into each other’s eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello. In the restaurant I point at chicken noodle soup. I am adjusting well to the new way. Late at night, I call my long distance lover, proudly say I only used fifty-…

This was the first comment I favorited on HN, many years ago.

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Post by saagarjha »

andreygrehov wrote: post #62

In an effort to get people to look into each other’s eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello. In the restaurant I point at chicken noodle soup. I am adjusting well to the new way. Late at night, I call my long distance lover, proudly say I only used fifty-…

I always wondered why the poem wasn't one hundred and sixty-seven words long. Perhaps this was all he could save for us.
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