[DrBoring]

I liked it when StackOverflow introduced features to elicit better community manners. For example, the prompt that say something to the effect of "BobUserXYZ is new to SO, he may not know all the social rules of our community, please take that into consideration and try to be welcoming and polite".

I wonder if similar prompts like that on Twitter/et al would improve toxicity. I don't specifically mean a "welcome our new community member" prompt. I'm suggesting UI changes that are designed with the goal of improved community manners which work in the context of Twitter.

StackOverflow being a community of mostly tech professional is far from an analog to Twitter. Surely, the goal of curtailing toxic behavior is much more easily attained in a community where the society have a common goal of solving technical problems.

[PufPufPuf]

Most importantly, StackOverflow has a goal -- they are creating a collaborative QA collection. The focus is on the content, not on user interaction. I'm afraid that what works on SO may not work at all on Twitter.