Re:Twitter tests Reddit-style upvote and downvote buttons
by Abishek_Muthian on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:50PM
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> In reality, upvote = I agree, downvote = I disagree.
I feel its actually We agree, We disagree.
The points induce conformity as its now with likes and shares with every social media and in-spite of personal opinions most will stick with what the majority do.
This can be easily resolved by hiding the points and if it serves the purpose of validation then showing it to the owner alone, I've done so in the forum I run and has improved the quality of discussions.
But those point numbers are the bread and better of social media, Who will let go of those sweet dopamine triggers? Twitter cannot chase both conformity and quality of discussions. Reddit went from latter to now a half-baked social media, But still can produce some quality discussions because of the topic silo of subreddits.
I feel its actually We agree, We disagree.
The points induce conformity as its now with likes and shares with every social media and in-spite of personal opinions most will stick with what the majority do.
This can be easily resolved by hiding the points and if it serves the purpose of validation then showing it to the owner alone, I've done so in the forum I run and has improved the quality of discussions.
But those point numbers are the bread and better of social media, Who will let go of those sweet dopamine triggers? Twitter cannot chase both conformity and quality of discussions. Reddit went from latter to now a half-baked social media, But still can produce some quality discussions because of the topic silo of subreddits.