Apparently someone shared my article about ethical anti-design on Hacker News and I saw a number of people talking about how the name carries some negative connotations, and that something like pro-social or humane design would be better
Honestly, yeah
I like the name ethical anti-design because it's eye-catchingly ironic and it really specifically describes what you're doing--that is, putting more friction around traditionally addictive behaviors. Pro-human design is a more positive way of framing it. It also sounds like it could be an umbrella term for a bunch of ethical design practices, one of which might be ethical anti-design.
Honestly, yeah
I like the name ethical anti-design because it's eye-catchingly ironic and it really specifically describes what you're doing--that is, putting more friction around traditionally addictive behaviors. Pro-human design is a more positive way of framing it. It also sounds like it could be an umbrella term for a bunch of ethical design practices, one of which might be ethical anti-design.
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@nat I applaud your effort to create a non-addictive fediverse app! I also think the anti-design term is problematic. User-centered design should be focused on what the user wants out of the tool. Few users want to become addicts, so the existing tools of user-centered design apply to making non-addictive software. The root of the problem comes from #SurveillanceCapitalism, where the customer pays for the user's attention, so the companies must keep users "engaged". This is unethical design.
@eighthave And the Fediverse is probably the best shot at uprooting that problem we'll ever have
