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1. Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2019 11:03:18 UTC 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

   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2019 11:08:29 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     Here's the other thing: exposing like and follower counts on the fediverse is, quite frankly, mostly bullshit. It's so easy to fake, either by giving a number that isn't true or by generating fake responses trivially.

     Christine Lemmer-Webber repeated this.
   • Non-Authoritative Information (benhamill@cybre.space)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2019 12:29:18 UTC Non-Authoritative Information

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     • zigg :rose_pride:

     @cwebber @emacsomancer @zigg "…platforms in the awkward position of detoxing users from an addiction they initially introduced to users." Yes. Bluh.

     Christine Lemmer-Webber repeated this.