Removed all counters, replies, following/ers, timestamps, from textlog
The developer of 'textlog' has removed all numerical counters, such as follower counts and timestamps, from their platform to reduce social competition. The goal is to encourage users to focus on content quality rather than dopamine-driven metrics.
Why it matters
This reflects a growing trend in social media design aimed at mitigating the negative psychological impacts of gamified engagement metrics.
Made another important decision to remove all counters — no… · textlog
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Made another important decision to remove all counters — notes, replies, following, followers — from both people and hashtags, so you focus on the content not the numbers. It was creating competition which feeds the dopamine system, which we have exhausted and try to avoid.
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Nice. Profile pages are much cleaner now.
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That actually sounds like a very good reasoned choice. Love it
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