I could outline one for me, that I'd look for, but I was asking more about what the authors of the tool had thought about and catered for.
The dangers are all too real with online social spaces; douchebaggery, perving and harassment. The examples I gave are common mitigations (e.g. movement algos that prevent someone being boxed in to a corner can provide a way for somone to escape an uncomfortable interaction - without it, they can be stuck) already implemented by similar platforms.
Look up any metaverse review and they're full of this shitty behaviour. If spaces don't think about this aspect, then those that are targetted will just not come back.
If there's one thing builders of social platforms should have learned from the last decade it's that they can't ignore the downsides of how their tools are going to be used.
This looks like it was built for team social events. If you’re getting harassed and bullied on your team, you have bigger problems you need to take care of.
Which could be fine, as long as the tool is only ever used for social events within existing teams with an out-of-band channel for dealing with harassment or bullying. But we all know that this won't be the case.
So let's not pretend these problems can't exist, or can just be hand-waved away with "well you can just leave". That's not how real social interactions work, especially those with employee/employer externalities attached.
If it's used for non-team interactions with strangers: You can close the tab. No hand-waving here. You just click a button.
If it's used for team interactions: If you're being bullied by your teammates and/or boss, no amount of software moderation is going to fix that. Go talk to HR about it, quit, and/or go to the NYT with a juicy story.
That's not how real social interactions work
What are you talking about? Unless you're being physically stopped from leaving somewhere, you can leave. If you're being physically stopped from leaving somewhere, call the police and hopefully you've taken a self defense class and/or have pepper spray on you.
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Probably best to outline a specific threat model. What is the danger, which the tools you mentioned would make safer?
I could outline one for me, that I'd look for, but I was asking more about what the authors of the tool had thought about and catered for.
The dangers are all too real with online social spaces; douchebaggery, perving and harassment. The examples I gave are common mitigations (e.g. movement algos that prevent someone being boxed in to a corner can provide a way for somone to escape an uncomfortable interaction - without it, they can be stuck) already implemented by similar platforms.
Look up any metaverse review and they're full of this shitty behaviour. If spaces don't think about this aspect, then those that are targetted will just not come back.
If there's one thing builders of social platforms should have learned from the last decade it's that they can't ignore the downsides of how their tools are going to be used.
Just close the tab…
This looks like it was built for team social events. If you’re getting harassed and bullied on your team, you have bigger problems you need to take care of.
Which could be fine, as long as the tool is only ever used for social events within existing teams with an out-of-band channel for dealing with harassment or bullying. But we all know that this won't be the case.
So let's not pretend these problems can't exist, or can just be hand-waved away with "well you can just leave". That's not how real social interactions work, especially those with employee/employer externalities attached.
If it's used for non-team interactions with strangers: You can close the tab. No hand-waving here. You just click a button.
If it's used for team interactions: If you're being bullied by your teammates and/or boss, no amount of software moderation is going to fix that. Go talk to HR about it, quit, and/or go to the NYT with a juicy story.
What are you talking about? Unless you're being physically stopped from leaving somewhere, you can leave. If you're being physically stopped from leaving somewhere, call the police and hopefully you've taken a self defense class and/or have pepper spray on you.