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Resocialized media #61

Open micheleminno opened 5 years ago

micheleminno commented 5 years ago

Resocialized Media Theme

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Promote design and feature changes in social media which would go in a more humane direction.

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aschrijver commented 5 years ago

Shall we call it Socialize Social Media to put stress on the fact that it is in fact an unsocial network? Or maybe even shorter (this is working title, after all): Socialize Social

micheleminno commented 5 years ago

Maybe the repetition 'Socialize Social' could generate confusion, what do you think of:

Meaning that we need to remove from Social Media all design features that turn them into harms against their users.

aschrijver commented 5 years ago

Implying it was armed before (it is, but that has negative connotation). Maybe create a variant: Socialized Media

PS. You didn't fill the template fully. Do you mind me editing missing fields directly in the template?

micheleminno commented 5 years ago

What about those?

aschrijver commented 5 years ago

I don't want to be perceived as too stubborn on chosing a name, but it is one that will be used very often, and may - if we are successful - end up in the strategy docs of the social media companies themselves. So it should be very short (i.e. 2 words max) and self-describing. Most people do not associate dopamine with social media, and not all changes we strive for are dopamine-related (e.g. trust, privacy, information quality, etc.). 'Humanise' is also not spot on, and may sound too idealistic and - to some - too soft, or even 'leftist'.

The theme should be about improving social media in general to realign them to what humans need, and encompass all that is in there.

Social media is a very often-used word. The problem is that it is not social, but it is in fact the opposite of social. The term has been hijacked by the platform providers (similar to how recently 'serverless computing' is not about no servers, but they are hidden from view, in the cloud. Serverless was hijacked, to the detriment of peer-to-peer, real serverless computing).

I have one improvement to my last suggestion: Resocialized Media

According to definitions, this fits the theme really well:

Socialize - to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others. (dictionary.com)

Resocialization - the process by which one's sense of social values, beliefs, and norms are re-engineered (wikipedia)

"An important thing to note about socialization is that what can be learned, can be unlearned. This forms the basis of resocialization: to unlearn and relearn."

I favor this last term 'Resocialized Media', as it is self-describing and would also be good for using as a hashttag, for instance.

micheleminno commented 5 years ago

I didn't know that term (to resocialize) even existed, it looks perfect. I'll update the proposal.