<p>Is there research to support the idea that social networking sites could be improved to &quot;feel more&quot; in order to avoid &quot;online disinhibition effect&quot;?</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect</a></p>
<p>That is, having e.g. videos instead of static pictures of people? In order to emphasize that they're real?</p>

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2020-12-09T18:18:16.833Z
I once supervised a master student's project in which he tried to add unrelated background bio in context of debates on Reddit. He did a user study with initial positive results as far as I recall. I could try to find his thesis again and redirect you to it; he _should_ have relevant related work in his background section. :)
Steven Jeuris
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2020-12-10T13:38:30.880Z
@StevenJeuris Yes that's a good addition. I've noticed that having people carry "rep tags" does add to a quality of behavior. It feels easier to downplay low rep people than high rep. But which then intuitively leads to improved behavior as rep increases.
mavavilj
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2020-12-13T18:51:12.727Z
This is the thesis mentioned by Steven Jeuris (I'm the author): https://github.com/simongray/StatementAnnotator/raw/master/Thesis_final_no_appendix_fixed.pdf I don't have enough points to comment apparently since I just created this account. It's just a Master's thesis and a bit programming heavy, but feel free to ask questions if you want.
Simon Gray
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Is there research to support the idea that social networking sites could be improved to "feel more" in order to avoid "online disinhibition effect"?
mavavilj
# Is there research to support the idea that social networking sites could be improved to "feel more" in order to avoid "online disinhibition effect"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-09)

Is there research to support the idea that social networking sites could be improved to "feel more" in order to avoid "online disinhibition effect"?

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect>

That is, having e.g. videos instead of static pictures of people? In order to emphasize that they're real?

**Tags:** social-psychology, social-networks

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> **username_1**: I once supervised a master student's project in which he tried to add unrelated background bio in context of debates on Reddit. He did a user study with initial positive results as far as I recall. I could try to find his thesis again and redirect you to it; he _should_ have relevant related work in his background section. :)  
> **username_0**: @StevenJeuris Yes that's a good addition. I've noticed that having people carry "rep tags" does add to a quality of behavior. It feels easier to downplay low rep people than high rep. But which then intuitively leads to improved behavior as rep increases.  
> **username_2**: This is the thesis mentioned by username_1 (I'm the author): https://github.com/simongray/StatementAnnotator/raw/master/Thesis_final_no_appendix_fixed.pdf I don't have enough points to comment apparently since I just created this account. It's just a Master's thesis and a bit programming heavy, but feel free to ask questions if you want.  

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