From 799c0d81d9fbd97ef8601c0feae8abec5cc4cc0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amolith Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:31:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] make progress on dopamine dispensers post --- content/posts/dopamine-dispensers.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/dopamine-dispensers.md b/content/posts/dopamine-dispensers.md index 4f14f89..7d40a24 100644 --- a/content/posts/dopamine-dispensers.md +++ b/content/posts/dopamine-dispensers.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: "Dopamine dispensers" +title: "The case for dopamine dispensers" subtitles: "Likes and clicks and green badges and comments and analytics and ____ can be helpful, actually" author: ["Amolith"] published: 2023-02-26T23:09:00-05:00 @@ -9,15 +9,30 @@ draft: true toc: false --- -Dopamine dispensers --- likes on social media platforms, stars on GitHub, -website clicks, etc. --- are inherently damaging and lead only to addiction. +Dopamine dispensers --- likes on social media platforms, stars on GitHub, clicks +on your website, etc. --- are inherently damaging and lead only to addiction ... +is what I used to say. Lately, I've begun thinking otherwise. They absolutely +are dangerous and can promote harmful behaviour, _but in moderation_, I believe +that they can be quite helpful. -Dopamine dispensers absolutely are dangerous and can promote harmful behaviour, -but I've begun to think that, _in moderation_, they can be quite helpful and -encouraging. +[pra]: /privacy-respecting-analytics/ + +There are a few examples I often see vilified and I'll address each one: + +- Social media "likes" (fediverse favourites, Reddit upvotes, etc.) +- GitHub stars +- Website views + +# Software development - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31963467 - https://ntietz.com/blog/moving-off-github/ - https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht-discuss/%3CF98B7AC8-6EAF-4884-9C3B-DA3711BE7085%40traduction-libre.org%3E#%3CCBMEJKAUK9CL.34S27FE2XA4G0@taiga%3E - https://www.coss.community/cossc/ocs-2020-breakout-drew-devault-4407 - https://drewdevault.com/2019/05/24/What-is-a-fork.html + +# Website traffic + +# Social media + +This is perhaps the more dangerous