If you build a social platform, are you responsible for solving what people actually need, or giving them what they already want?
And when people use it to perform who they want to be seen as, is that a platform problem — or just human nature?
#SocialMedia #PlatformDesign #UX
And when people use it to perform who they want to be seen as, is that a platform problem — or just human nature?
#SocialMedia #PlatformDesign #UX
June 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM
If you build a social platform, are you responsible for solving what people actually need, or giving them what they already want?
And when people use it to perform who they want to be seen as, is that a platform problem — or just human nature?
#SocialMedia #PlatformDesign #UX
And when people use it to perform who they want to be seen as, is that a platform problem — or just human nature?
#SocialMedia #PlatformDesign #UX
Social Networking in Your Style
#Startups #TechForGood #Innovation #SocialMedia #CreatorEconomy #IndieDev #WebDesign #UXDesign #WebDevelopment #DigitalCommunity #AltTech #EthicalTech #FutureOfTech #CyberpunkAesthetic #PlatformDesign #CreativePlatforms #OnlineIdentity #ContentCreation #Web3Culture
#Startups #TechForGood #Innovation #SocialMedia #CreatorEconomy #IndieDev #WebDesign #UXDesign #WebDevelopment #DigitalCommunity #AltTech #EthicalTech #FutureOfTech #CyberpunkAesthetic #PlatformDesign #CreativePlatforms #OnlineIdentity #ContentCreation #Web3Culture
June 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You can’t contract your way out of bad incentive design. #Leadership #PlatformDesign
Episode link here—get it on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app : roastthepost.substack.com/p/ep-005-the...
Episode link here—get it on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app : roastthepost.substack.com/p/ep-005-the...
February 17, 2026 at 1:37 AM
You can’t contract your way out of bad incentive design. #Leadership #PlatformDesign
Episode link here—get it on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app : roastthepost.substack.com/p/ep-005-the...
Episode link here—get it on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app : roastthepost.substack.com/p/ep-005-the...
Landmark Meta Case Shifts Focus From Content to Platform Design
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#Meta #SocialMedia #PlatformDesign #TechRegulation #ChildSafety
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#Meta #SocialMedia #PlatformDesign #TechRegulation #ChildSafety
Landmark case against Meta: Focus shifts from online content to 'design and infrastructure'
Landmark case against Meta: Focus shifts from online content to 'design and infrastructure'
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August 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Landmark Meta Case Shifts Focus From Content to Platform Design
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#Meta #SocialMedia #PlatformDesign #TechRegulation #ChildSafety
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#Meta #SocialMedia #PlatformDesign #TechRegulation #ChildSafety
Social media platforms optimize for engagement …
but what if the real problem is premature semantic closure in digitaldiscourse?
Note explores whether a Compression–Resonance–TensionIndex #CRTI could help diagnose discourse quality & inform more reflective platformdesign. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🖖
but what if the real problem is premature semantic closure in digitaldiscourse?
Note explores whether a Compression–Resonance–TensionIndex #CRTI could help diagnose discourse quality & inform more reflective platformdesign. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🖖
Towards a Discourse Quality Index Based on Compression, Resonance, and Tension (CRTI): A Theoretical Position Note on Reflective Platform Design
This concept paper introduces the Compression–Resonance–Tension Index (CRTI), a heuristic theoretical framework for analysing online discourse as a dynamic system. Drawing on cybernetics, platform eco...
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March 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Social media platforms optimize for engagement …
but what if the real problem is premature semantic closure in digitaldiscourse?
Note explores whether a Compression–Resonance–TensionIndex #CRTI could help diagnose discourse quality & inform more reflective platformdesign. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🖖
but what if the real problem is premature semantic closure in digitaldiscourse?
Note explores whether a Compression–Resonance–TensionIndex #CRTI could help diagnose discourse quality & inform more reflective platformdesign. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🖖
Toxic content spreads because platforms profit from it. Remove that incentive and you remove the amplification mechanism.
Got a question about The 4th Way? Ask it directly: the4thway.info/ask.html
#ClearFeed #SocialMedia #PlatformDesign
Got a question about The 4th Way? Ask it directly: the4thway.info/ask.html
#ClearFeed #SocialMedia #PlatformDesign
August 21, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Toxic content spreads because platforms profit from it. Remove that incentive and you remove the amplification mechanism.
Got a question about The 4th Way? Ask it directly: the4thway.info/ask.html
#ClearFeed #SocialMedia #PlatformDesign
Got a question about The 4th Way? Ask it directly: the4thway.info/ask.html
#ClearFeed #SocialMedia #PlatformDesign
And here’s the twist: most people aren’t trying to be cruel. They’re just reacting to a system that rewards snapping instead of listening.
It’s the design that’s broken.
#PlatformDesign #DigitalEthics 🧵4/10
It’s the design that’s broken.
#PlatformDesign #DigitalEthics 🧵4/10
May 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
And here’s the twist: most people aren’t trying to be cruel. They’re just reacting to a system that rewards snapping instead of listening.
It’s the design that’s broken.
#PlatformDesign #DigitalEthics 🧵4/10
It’s the design that’s broken.
#PlatformDesign #DigitalEthics 🧵4/10
The internet doesn’t just spread hate — it scales it.
Dr. Alice Marwick on how once-fringe hate groups became global networks.
🎧 Full episode: Why platforms reward outrage and polarize discourse.
🔗 youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0
#TheInternetIsCrack #DigitalHate #TechEthics #EchoChambers #PlatformDesign
Dr. Alice Marwick on how once-fringe hate groups became global networks.
🎧 Full episode: Why platforms reward outrage and polarize discourse.
🔗 youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0
#TheInternetIsCrack #DigitalHate #TechEthics #EchoChambers #PlatformDesign
June 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The internet doesn’t just spread hate — it scales it.
Dr. Alice Marwick on how once-fringe hate groups became global networks.
🎧 Full episode: Why platforms reward outrage and polarize discourse.
🔗 youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0
#TheInternetIsCrack #DigitalHate #TechEthics #EchoChambers #PlatformDesign
Dr. Alice Marwick on how once-fringe hate groups became global networks.
🎧 Full episode: Why platforms reward outrage and polarize discourse.
🔗 youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0
#TheInternetIsCrack #DigitalHate #TechEthics #EchoChambers #PlatformDesign
YouTube is trialing AI age verification in the U.S.—using your viewing habits to infer your age and applying teen safeguards if flagged. Accuracy issues? Appeal with ID, selfie, or credit card.(AP News)
www.apnews.com/article/yout...
#YouthPrivacy #AIethics #PlatformDesign #YouTube #DigitalRights
www.apnews.com/article/yout...
#YouthPrivacy #AIethics #PlatformDesign #YouTube #DigitalRights
YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S.
YouTube is ready to start testing a new age-verification system in the U.S. using artificial intelligence to distinguish between adults and minors based on their viewing habits.
www.apnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
YouTube is trialing AI age verification in the U.S.—using your viewing habits to infer your age and applying teen safeguards if flagged. Accuracy issues? Appeal with ID, selfie, or credit card.(AP News)
www.apnews.com/article/yout...
#YouthPrivacy #AIethics #PlatformDesign #YouTube #DigitalRights
www.apnews.com/article/yout...
#YouthPrivacy #AIethics #PlatformDesign #YouTube #DigitalRights
Scale does not always create a better experience.
Sometimes a platform becomes so large that it can no longer read individual context, so it relies on broad limits and automated rules.
For high-frequency personal logs, smaller spaces can feel more usable.
#SocialMedia #Bluesky #PlatformDesign
Sometimes a platform becomes so large that it can no longer read individual context, so it relies on broad limits and automated rules.
For high-frequency personal logs, smaller spaces can feel more usable.
#SocialMedia #Bluesky #PlatformDesign
June 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Scale does not always create a better experience.
Sometimes a platform becomes so large that it can no longer read individual context, so it relies on broad limits and automated rules.
For high-frequency personal logs, smaller spaces can feel more usable.
#SocialMedia #Bluesky #PlatformDesign
Sometimes a platform becomes so large that it can no longer read individual context, so it relies on broad limits and automated rules.
For high-frequency personal logs, smaller spaces can feel more usable.
#SocialMedia #Bluesky #PlatformDesign
#AI #SocialMedia #Polarization #Simulation #TechEthics #PlatformDesign #SmallSacrifices
Read more at academy.socos.org/draft-replic...
Read more at academy.socos.org/draft-replic...
Replicants Are Replicating
In this week's Research Roundup let's simulate humanity.
💡Follow me on LinkedIn or join my growing Bluesky! Or even..hey whats this...Instagram?
Means, Medians, & Modes...Oh My!
What happens when ...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Snap face a sweeping LA trial as 1,600+ plaintiffs say the apps fuel depression, self-harm and other harms through intentionally addictive design targeting young people. #TechOnTrial #TeenMentalHealth #PlatformDesign
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tech giants head to landmark US trial over social media addiction claims
Meta, YouTube and TikTok accused of making products intentionally addictive and harmful to young people
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Snap face a sweeping LA trial as 1,600+ plaintiffs say the apps fuel depression, self-harm and other harms through intentionally addictive design targeting young people. #TechOnTrial #TeenMentalHealth #PlatformDesign
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
🤖 Android is eating ChromeOS and calling it a merger
🤔 Are we unifying platforms or killing diversity?
💡 If the web loses, we all lose.
More @ www.linkedin.com/posts/andrey...
#Android #OpenWeb #PlatformDesign #TechNews #LifeAtGoogle
🤔 Are we unifying platforms or killing diversity?
💡 If the web loses, we all lose.
More @ www.linkedin.com/posts/andrey...
#Android #OpenWeb #PlatformDesign #TechNews #LifeAtGoogle
July 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🤖 Android is eating ChromeOS and calling it a merger
🤔 Are we unifying platforms or killing diversity?
💡 If the web loses, we all lose.
More @ www.linkedin.com/posts/andrey...
#Android #OpenWeb #PlatformDesign #TechNews #LifeAtGoogle
🤔 Are we unifying platforms or killing diversity?
💡 If the web loses, we all lose.
More @ www.linkedin.com/posts/andrey...
#Android #OpenWeb #PlatformDesign #TechNews #LifeAtGoogle
ICYMI: Explaining systemic risk #SystemicRisk #DigitalServicesAct #OnlinePlatforms #RiskManagement #PlatformDesign
Explaining systemic risk
Systemic risk: the Digital Services Act category obliging Europe's largest online platforms to assess and mitigate harms arising from their own system design.
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September 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
ICYMI: Explaining systemic risk #SystemicRisk #DigitalServicesAct #OnlinePlatforms #RiskManagement #PlatformDesign
ICYMI: Explaining systemic risk #SystemicRisk #DigitalServicesAct #OnlinePlatforms #RiskManagement #PlatformDesign
Explaining systemic risk
Systemic risk: the Digital Services Act category obliging Europe's largest online platforms to assess and mitigate harms arising from their own system design.
ppc.land
September 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
ICYMI: Explaining systemic risk #SystemicRisk #DigitalServicesAct #OnlinePlatforms #RiskManagement #PlatformDesign
The fear is not technical.
The platform works. The privacy holds. The design refuses to optimize for addiction.
The fear is RECOGNITION.
#RecognitionFear #PlatformDesign #PrivacyMatters #AntiAddiction #TechnicalTrust
The platform works. The privacy holds. The design refuses to optimize for addiction.
The fear is RECOGNITION.
#RecognitionFear #PlatformDesign #PrivacyMatters #AntiAddiction #TechnicalTrust
August 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The fear is not technical.
The platform works. The privacy holds. The design refuses to optimize for addiction.
The fear is RECOGNITION.
#RecognitionFear #PlatformDesign #PrivacyMatters #AntiAddiction #TechnicalTrust
The platform works. The privacy holds. The design refuses to optimize for addiction.
The fear is RECOGNITION.
#RecognitionFear #PlatformDesign #PrivacyMatters #AntiAddiction #TechnicalTrust
I built a platform that wants you to leave fast.
Investors keep telling me that's backwards.
They're measuring the wrong thing.
#PlatformDesign #UserExperience #InvestorPerspective #ProductPhilosophy #CounterIntuitive
Investors keep telling me that's backwards.
They're measuring the wrong thing.
#PlatformDesign #UserExperience #InvestorPerspective #ProductPhilosophy #CounterIntuitive
August 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I built a platform that wants you to leave fast.
Investors keep telling me that's backwards.
They're measuring the wrong thing.
#PlatformDesign #UserExperience #InvestorPerspective #ProductPhilosophy #CounterIntuitive
Investors keep telling me that's backwards.
They're measuring the wrong thing.
#PlatformDesign #UserExperience #InvestorPerspective #ProductPhilosophy #CounterIntuitive
Platforms already prompt you before you send a slur. They could just as easily add friction before you mock someone who just died. This isn't censorship. It's one second of pause.
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#Neurodiversity #MentalHealth #PlatformDesign
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#Neurodiversity #MentalHealth #PlatformDesign
August 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Platforms already prompt you before you send a slur. They could just as easily add friction before you mock someone who just died. This isn't censorship. It's one second of pause.
zurl.co/pQtVo
#Neurodiversity #MentalHealth #PlatformDesign
zurl.co/pQtVo
#Neurodiversity #MentalHealth #PlatformDesign
Interviews with 25 victims in China show verification badges, recommendation algorithms and built‑in payments are used to push money in long‑running romance and “pig‑butchering” scams. Read more: https://getnews.me/how-platform-design-fuels-long-running-scams-victim-insights/ #scam #platformdesign
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Interviews with 25 victims in China show verification badges, recommendation algorithms and built‑in payments are used to push money in long‑running romance and “pig‑butchering” scams. Read more: https://getnews.me/how-platform-design-fuels-long-running-scams-victim-insights/ #scam #platformdesign
Platform problems are mostly outside my control.
The useful question is not why a platform limits me.
The useful question is where my workflow can continue without friction.
I do not need to understand every obstacle. I just need better conditions.
#Bluesky #PlatformDesign #SoloOperation
The useful question is not why a platform limits me.
The useful question is where my workflow can continue without friction.
I do not need to understand every obstacle. I just need better conditions.
#Bluesky #PlatformDesign #SoloOperation
June 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Platform problems are mostly outside my control.
The useful question is not why a platform limits me.
The useful question is where my workflow can continue without friction.
I do not need to understand every obstacle. I just need better conditions.
#Bluesky #PlatformDesign #SoloOperation
The useful question is not why a platform limits me.
The useful question is where my workflow can continue without friction.
I do not need to understand every obstacle. I just need better conditions.
#Bluesky #PlatformDesign #SoloOperation
Section 230 protected platforms for years. Now parents are changing tactics, arguing it’s the design of these products, not the content, that puts kids at risk. If design creates harm, should the shield still apply?
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#PlatformDesign #ChildProtection #GoodRevenue
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#PlatformDesign #ChildProtection #GoodRevenue
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Section 230 protected platforms for years. Now parents are changing tactics, arguing it’s the design of these products, not the content, that puts kids at risk. If design creates harm, should the shield still apply?
zurl.co/I09sp
#PlatformDesign #ChildProtection #GoodRevenue
zurl.co/I09sp
#PlatformDesign #ChildProtection #GoodRevenue
Platforms like YouTube push SFVs for data collection, engagement, and competition, not user well-being. They manipulate UX to maximize screen time, even for paying subscribers. #PlatformDesign 4/6
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Platforms like YouTube push SFVs for data collection, engagement, and competition, not user well-being. They manipulate UX to maximize screen time, even for paying subscribers. #PlatformDesign 4/6
Topic 3: Impact of platform design. How a platform is built influences user interaction. Features that encourage thoughtful replies over quick reactions can elevate discourse. #PlatformDesign 4/6
August 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Topic 3: Impact of platform design. How a platform is built influences user interaction. Features that encourage thoughtful replies over quick reactions can elevate discourse. #PlatformDesign 4/6
Proposed solutions to challenges included implementing insurance policies, requiring deposits, and creating local community-based hubs to manage tool storage and handoffs. #PlatformDesign 4/6
June 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Proposed solutions to challenges included implementing insurance policies, requiring deposits, and creating local community-based hubs to manage tool storage and handoffs. #PlatformDesign 4/6
Pricing Isn’t Dynamic. It’s Personal.
#AlgorithmicPricing #SurveillanceEconomy #TechEthics #PlatformDesign
#AlgorithmicPricing #SurveillanceEconomy #TechEthics #PlatformDesign
January 24, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Pricing Isn’t Dynamic. It’s Personal.
#AlgorithmicPricing #SurveillanceEconomy #TechEthics #PlatformDesign
#AlgorithmicPricing #SurveillanceEconomy #TechEthics #PlatformDesign