Well-said. If the features most destructive to mental health, like scrollable feeds, are the most profitable, how can tech companies be incentivized to put a focus on different features that are better for mental health, like amplifying “quality” content?
Great question. The hope is that as social media moves away from feeds - and into one-to-one messaging - it will get healthier on the aggregate. To that end, I wonder what widgets will start creeping into apps like WhatsApp...
I think that policy might be the only answer that drives that change. And you’re right, I hope I don’t have some new kind of semi-feed in my apps in the future!
Well-said. If the features most destructive to mental health, like scrollable feeds, are the most profitable, how can tech companies be incentivized to put a focus on different features that are better for mental health, like amplifying “quality” content?
Great question. The hope is that as social media moves away from feeds - and into one-to-one messaging - it will get healthier on the aggregate. To that end, I wonder what widgets will start creeping into apps like WhatsApp...
I think that policy might be the only answer that drives that change. And you’re right, I hope I don’t have some new kind of semi-feed in my apps in the future!