@oblomov some impressive analysis, thank you. Found via boost by @plutarch

I looked before at the phenomenon, and with an eye on fostering inclusive and cohesive online socio-cultural environments, relating to Social experience design (SX) practices.

A concept in #SX for instance is #CALMCulture which stands for inclusive culture in Constructive activism-led movements, whereby the activism doesn't stop by awareness-raising but follows up into a solution-oriented process. Tries to attract, engage, and activate people for the good cause. I see a lot of activism on fedi that is more likely to backfire by how confronting it is, or 'sacrifices' it demands in the call-to-participation (a call to conformance), or it has become more performative for an in-group of peers, echo chamber activism. Many anti-patterns come into play, most prominently the purity spiral.

That's tangential. Part of that exercise I defined the more #inclusive terms #ReplySigh and #Oversplaining as SX common language.

@aredridel @hongminhee

Yes well said! In society we lack ways to deal with wicked problems. The kind where there is no one single solution. It is a given that special interest groups apply their lobbying and propaganda powers to influence public opinion. And that #activism for the good cause and against malign actors lacks ways to spark a large mass of people into coordinated #resistance and onto pathways towards #solutions. The call of the #activist is for #awareness and #participation, but that all too often requires 'sacrifice'. Often harsh moral judgment is given to those who contribute insufficiently in the eyes of the activist. As result the activist does not win people over, and activism may even backfire.

Social experience design, while focused on tech foundations first, is a generic solution development methodology aimed at ability to affect societal impact and solve wicked problems. It defines #CALMculture as a way to organize activism in a commons.

https://discuss.coding.social/t/challenge-calm-culture-to-mitigate-polarization/681