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#NewYorkState will require #socialmedia platforms to display #warninglabels about potential harm to young users’ #mentalhealth when users interact with features deemed addictive. The law, signed by Governor Hochul, applies to platforms with #infinitescrolling, #autoplay, #likecounts, or #algorithmicfeeds. https://www.engadget.com/social-media/new-york-state-will-require-warning-labels-on-social-media-platforms-210306716.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
New York State will require warning labels on social media platforms

New York will require warning labels on social media.

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Show threadDick Smiths Fair Go SupportersJul 8, 2023

@Miro_Collas @openwebfriend
We believe one role of the politician in the USA today is also to have people glued to their devices as much as possible, to extract the most value out of the person for free and other reasons.

Fedi instances generally are not engineered to do that, with the exception of #Mastodon, and its "#ExploreTab" and its new focus on Boost and #LikeCounts that botFarms are designed to game.

Dick Smiths Fair Go SupportersMar 10, 2023

@james
Thank also Mastodon's #TopStories (ahem — "Explore") timeline, the display of #likeCounts and boost counts on all toots, and the new "Verified" feature.

BTW, does that timeline *ever* get replaced by the Local timeline?

#mastodonBug #forkMastodon

Show threadDick Smiths Fair Go SupportersFeb 18, 2023

@rolle There are three troubling things in the current default setup as far as we know. On the whole we must say the UI is quite pleasant but the troubling things are cause for great alertness and we say favour maintaining a fork.

1) Forces Javascript (#makeJavascriptOptional),
2) The #ExploreTimeline (which we call the Popularised by Bots timeline) undermines the spirit of fediverse,
3) The showing of #LikeCounts etc without opening the toot leads to #groupThink. Again an anti-feature.

Show threadDick Smiths Fair Go SupportersNov 20, 2022

@dick_turpin
Any security fixes ought be applied to previous versions of M'don, for those who don't wish to adopt certain (#)darkPatterns:

📵 Displaying #likeCounts/#boostCounts (incentivises bot-farms),
📵 The 'Explore' timeline, which is the default timeline now featuring "popular" (and possibly bot-farmed) posts akin to 'Top stories' on Fb,
📵 Infinite scroll (also requires JS).

Wrt security, M'don is allowing a long-running attack on the copyleft licence. See (#)AGPLv3Compliance.

@libr8r

diyphotography (unofficial)May 26, 2021

You can now hide like counts on both Instagram and Facebook

#news #facebook #hiddenlikecounts #instagram #likecounts #likes #socialmedia #socialnetwork

You can now hide like counts on both Instagram and Facebook - DIY Photography

Last month, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed that hiding like counts was soon to become optional. Now the feature is officially being rolled out for everyone, but there’s more. Not only Instagram is letting you hide or reveal like counts as you please, but you can now do it on Facebook, too. Hidden like count was […]

diyphotography (unofficial)Apr 14, 2021

Instagram now lets you hide or reveal public like count as you please

#news #hiddenlikecounts #instagram #likecounts #likes #socialmedia #socialnetwork

Instagram now lets you hide or reveal public like count as you please - DIY Photography

When Instagram rolled out hidden like counts, some users greeted the new feature, and others wanted them back. And now, you can choose if you want them to be displayed or not. In the latest update from Instagram, the company head Adam Mosseri confirmed that hiding like counts is soon to become optional. The new […]