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Cure is simple.

Get rid of the dumb counts (views,clicks,upvotes,likes etc etc) next to every thought/comment/image/video.

These are highly arbitration/inaccurate signals of quality. They influence thought and behavior. And then we waste our time reacting to those thoughts and behaviours.

Algorithms that need these metrics for ranking, advertising etc can still function. They just don't have be carelessly, blindly, robotically displayed to users.

Misguided people are usually surrounded by misguided people. The counts just make things worse.

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> Cure is simple. Get rid of the dumb counts (views,clicks,upvotes,likes etc etc) next to every thought/comment/image/video.

Do you really think it would make any difference? People used to get in all kinds of flame wars in the USENET era already.