[npunt]

Love the effort here, been thinking about what this kind of tool might look like for a while. Something like this coupled with better prosocial affordances in the medium will do a lot to improve discourse online. I wrote up one a while back [1] but things like that are only a small part of a much bigger picture.

The overall problem needs to be tackled from all angles - poster pre-post self-awareness (like respecify but shown to users before posting), reader affordances to reflect back to poster their behavior (and determine if things may be appropriate in context vs just a universal 'dont say mean words'), after-post poster tools to catch mistakes (like above), platform capabilities like respectify that define rules of play and foster a enjoyable social environment that let us play infinite games, and a broader social context that determine the values that drive all of these.

[1] https://nickpunt.com/blog/deescalating-social-media/

[vintagedave]

The ownership of "I made a mistake" (you noted responsibility) is important. I feel strongly in the value of accountability, not in a blame or even necessarily consequences sense but in an integrity and character sense. The way you phrased it there is important. You noted this and other aspects, but that part struck me.

Also: a forgiveness button. I sometimes feel like society has forgotten forgiveness: we seek revenge and punishment more than redemption and growth. So your Forgive button: I love it.

[NickHodges0702]

I'm grateful for the thoughtful feedback, thanks.

Your blog post will be read. ;-)