Ask HN: You have one shot to redesign the Internet – what do you change?

Re:Ask HN: You have one shot to redesign the Internet – what... by bruce343434 on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:45PM (#27664995)

Regarding the second point, it would probably just make people say things like "you sound fat". It's still anonymous enough. In fact, people say mean things in public all the time. It seems some people are just inherently mean.

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Re:Ask HN: You have one shot to redesign the Internet – what... by YossarianFrPrez on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:54PM (#27665136)

I don't disagree. The main problem I'm attempting to solve is the non-anonymous case. Even discussions on social media, where people are either "friends" or have the same shared interest, still devolve into discourse where few come away satisfied. Instead, many people feel either negatively critiqued or that other posters "just don't get it." Every time this happens, the sense of group cohesion frays a little.

I see this is as a problem of the medium of discussion more than anything else.

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