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Debate: social software should improve how people connect

Original: # Mastodon # Software is not # Human # Social # engineering if it's not # improving us as people: (i.e. social = helping

A discussion is circulating among Mastodon users arguing that software cannot count as human social engineering unless it genuinely improves people — helping them come together, accept others, and communicate with balance. The author laments that online socialising too often stops at light fare like cat photos rather than fostering real interpersonal growth.

Why now: The post critiques how social platforms shape human interaction, a recurring concern in ongoing debates about social media's effect on society.

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• # Mastodon # Software is not # Human # Social # engineering if it's not # improving us as people: (i.e. social = helping us bring people together WHILE becoming better at accepting people- how to talk / # balance nicely etc). We don't know how to socialise beyond # caturday… · collective_truth · 2

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