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Sez Us, a social app founded by Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, is striving to create a platform free from rage-bait.
Rage-Bait Explanation
Rage-bait refers to posts intended to provoke controversy. This could be a deliberately controversial political stance or a completely fabricated scenario aimed at generating engagement.
Platform Approach
Many current social networking apps incentivize rage-bait, such as Instagram, X, TikTok, and YouTube. These platforms reward creators based on views, leading to an emphasis on provocative content.
Sez Us Solution
Sez Us seeks to disrupt this pattern by allowing users to rate posts for approval, influence, insightfulness, relevance, and politeness. The goal is to encourage thoughtful discussions and discourage inflammatory content.
Changing the landscape of the social internet is a challenging task, and Sez Us may serve more as a feature than a standalone product. Nevertheless, other platforms can draw lessons from these community-driven moderation experiments.
