@dirtycommo @Alonealastalovedalongthe tbh I think the like button could maybe be ok, but publishing the like information to others isn't.

@maloki Sure, it'll be freely available and usable by anyone.

@cjd @Algot I can't say I approve of this troll experiment, but I will ask, "what's the point of it?"

@maloki Probably 2-3 weeks. I'll be working on it through this whole week, though.

@emacsomancer @Ste1lar Yeah I think it might make social behavior even worse, because it will increase defensiveness.

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.

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.

@lain @emacsomancer I think it's the right direction to go. As I quoted Evan Prodromou in my keynote: "Did we borrow the wrong assumptions by focusing on breadth instead of depth? Should we be focusing on popularity when we really should be focusing on deep, meaningful relationships?"

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

Thanks to @emacsomancer for forwarding to me this article about "demetrification" of social media https://octodon.social/web/statuses/102801620706729516 (not showing like counts, follower counts, etc) and how dramatically user behavior is changed when we do expose these things.

@emacsomancer Wow, I talk about this directly in my APConf keynote (but not with Flickr as an example)!

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@mym why not play a live action steampunk rpg

gears of larp

@rin nice score :)

@Thib what honk you done

I'm taking today as a mostly-weekend day by hacking, but hacking on something fun.

Then later today @tmarble and I will be talking about finishing the RWoT paper on secure UIs.

@justbeast ah I meant to say "promising characters" in dungeon crawl stone soup (which is a roguelike)

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