Re:Ethical anti-design, or designing products that people ca...
by bellyfullofbac on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:11AM
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Feels like allowing me to gain points would make me check my post/comment habitually, just to see if someone else gave me points. Hah thinking about it in my own context, seeing points gained is addictive because it's like getting encouragement from others.
> can't get addicted to
That would also mean not having dopamine injectors like Upvote, Like, Share etc. But these also serve as an important function as a feedback tool.
As an experiment I removed public display of vote points from my problem validation platform[1] which is themed on HN. Only the owner of the post, comment can see their points.
Apart from removing herd influence from the voting, I feel this has greatly reduced overall negativity i.e. especially discouraging someone from posting their problem however small or silly others might feel it to be.
What are the other possible dopamine-inhibitor changes for UI, which can let the users receive feedback without much friction?
[1] https://needgap.com