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What Reddit features do you not want kbin to have? (kbin.social)
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in what ways do you think kbin should strive to be different from Reddit?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Visible Upvotes. Hear me out. Upvotes much like Facebook/Instagram/Twitter Likes tickle the reward center of our brains and trigger the dopamine response. This in turns incentivizes users behavior more towards "validation seeking" types of behavior, such as DAE/AmITheAsshole/TIL pandering to commonly held beliefs, calls outs (legitimate or questionable), trauma dumping, etc. Whether we like it or not, the mechanics of social media websites/apps influence our behavior, sometimes we are not even aware our or other's behavior is being coerced by these sites. The fewer dopamine-rewarding features that Kbin/Lemmy has, the more we can focus on the content.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Today I gathered my kids and escaped my physically abusive spouse, who often locked us in cages and sprayed us with piss and detergent. AITA? ๐Ÿ™ƒ