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[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Developer Rimu is also emphasising Trust and Safety, and healthy community interactions. One way PieFed does this is by adding the ability for authors to add a ‘I’ve changed my mind’ setting. It draws inspiration from Nick Punt’s work on de-escalation on social media.

Love that people are trying out different mechanisms for encouraging a less toxic social experience. Big tech has run engagement driven social for so long I think a lot of us had largely given up on the idea. That said, I really think a lot of the toxic cultural quirks that have even followed us here are a direct result of their engagement driving priorities and given enough time away from them people will skew kinder.

Here's the article on de-escalation for anybody interested: https://nickpunt.com/blog/deescalating-social-media/

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy at least allows one to edit one’s posts & comments. One thing I’ll do is ~~cross out my errant text~~ and include something about how I was wrong.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago

I try to do the same, and also leave a comment praising people for reconsidering a position, and other forms of showing empathy regardless of how much I may have disagreed with any argument made.

[–] nix@merv.news 4 points 9 months ago

What does the setting do?