lundi 2 février 2015

How Upvote Systems Have Damaged Online Communities

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The upvote has taken over the modern web. No matter how it’s implemented — likes, retweets, shares, or reblogs — it’s all based on the same concept: social approval. But as far as online interactions are concerned, the upvote has been the web’s greatest mistake. To be clear, fruitful discussions can still sprout in the midst of online reputation systems, but there’s no doubt that these systems have had a real effect on how people view each other and connect with one another. And in a lot of cases, the results point to the death of authenticity between users. Self-Worth...


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