"..systems that reward outrage only make the problem worse.”
I think this is what a lot of social media has become, particularly as people isolate themselves to only those sources and feeds they agree with.
I think this is what a lot of social media has become, particularly as people isolate themselves to only those sources and feeds they agree with.
This has also been discussed in the context of FB's feed where optimising for engagement has inadvertently led to a situation where users are constantly being bombarded with ragebait.
You can have personal rankings, for example people reporting on the most interesting things they’ve recently seen. But these will be individual lists, not aggregated by an algorithm over all user behavior.
You certainly don’t need likes and other reactions, and you also don’t need up- and downvoting of contributions. Those set the wrong incentives and do more harm than good overall, IMO. You do need reporting of problematic content, but only site moderation will see those.