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by th-th-throwaway 2430 days ago
Gamified Nuance. What a brilliant idea.

I don't know if this particular design will work but I expect to see a lot more attempts now that the idea has entered the public consciousness.

Current social networks are gamified for virality which implicitly rewards the lack of nuance. So statements that are as short, simple, and wrong as possible will spread faster within the supporters while encouraging flaming from the opposition. This is such an inherent property of every social network in existence that I didn't even realize fixing it was an option.