Want people to do the right thing? Save them the guilt trip

Re:Want people to do the right thing? Save them the guilt trip by himinlomax on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:11AM (#24281326)

> I also think that crafting positive, uplifting messages requires a certain level of societal support.

The opposite of guilt-tripping is not "positive, uplifting." Let's take a contemporary example:

Guilt-tripping: "when you don't wear a mask you're KILLING grandma."

Positive, uplifting (and also BS): "those new designer masks are so cute and trendy!"

Using social proof without guilt tripping: "as more and more people make the effort to wear mask, we stand a chance to stop this deadly disease."

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Re:Want people to do the right thing? Save them the guilt trip by raxxorrax on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @01:29PM (#24284829)

Fully agree. Neither preaching nor ad financed well-being articles are particularly interesting if we are talking about news.

We still have the problem of overzealous banning of content/language/bad opinions. To suggest feel-good articles as a solution sounds a little bit too dystopian.

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