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Up Votes

Improve discourse

Labeling: Source Credibility

Reducing misinformation

Civic Signal

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Tentative

Reverse Chronological Feeds

Reducing toxic division

Civic Signal

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Unlikely

Caution about increasing toxicity

De-escalate tense threads and reduce toxicity

Civic Signal

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Tentative

Crowdsourcing contextual information (Community Notes)

Reduce the spread of misinformation

Civic Signal

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Convincing

Moderation Tool for Ban Appeals

Reduce moderation burden and exposure to toxic ban appeals

Civic Signal

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Convincing

Pre-approving posts

Prevent rule-breaking posts

Civic Signal

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Likely

Mockup of a digital self control app, which lets the user select the apps they'd like to start using less.

Digital Self-Control Apps

Reduce time spent on distracting apps

Civic Signal

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Tentative

An illustration of the pop-up rephrasing prompt window.

Suggest constructive rephrased messages

Improve conversations on divisive topics

Civic Signal

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Tentative

A mockup for a browser link being shared. The button below includes the prompt: "I think this news is accurate."

Accuracy Prompts

Reduces re-posting of fake news

Civic Signal

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Convincing

A symbol of a globe on the left, indicating the public. There is an arrow pointing to a smaller group of people on the right. This is meant to evoke going from a wider group to a smaller group.

Nudging conversations to groups

Create more spaces for civil discussions

Civic Signal

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Tentative

An intervention mockup with a meme showing two people in a reciprocal "ying-yang" icon.

Shared Humanity Memes

Reducing intergroup animosity

Civic Signal

Encourage the humanization of others

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Tentative

An example of a pop-up that says "Your comment breaks Rule 2. You've been restricted for 24 hours."

Removing Rule-breaking Comments

Reduce rule-breaking and recidivism

Civic Signal

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Validated

An illustration showing two mobile newsfeeds coming together.

Increasing exposure to counter-partisan content

Reduce inter-party animosity

Civic Signal

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Mixed

A feed in the foreground is out of focus, while an idyllic landscape in the background is in focus.

Positive Background Imagery

Increase civility

Civic Signal

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Emergent

A button mockup that says 'Respect Post', it has a handshake icon.

Respect Button

Decrease partisan behavior

Civic Signal

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Tentative

A mod points to a presentation explaining why the user in question was banned.

Removal Explanations

Reduce repeated rule-breaking

Civic Signal

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Likely

A Life of Brian comment that's been edited, and assigned a ribbon to show it's the top pick from a moderator.

Highlighting High Quality Comments

Improve the quality of users’ comments

Civic Signal

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Likely

Reminder of Norms

Increase adherence to platform rules.

Civic Signal

Invite Participation

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Validated

A mockup of a feed encouraging users to write something substantive.

Ask Users to Write Something Substantive When Sharing Content

Add context and make users consider what they’re sharing

Civic Signal

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Inference

A commenter posts a lot of content, to which an authoritative finger is raised in objection to that commenter's not letting others contribute.

Prompt suggesting letting others post

Open up the discussion to more people

Civic Signal

Invite Participation

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Inference

A user types out 'Romani Evnt Domus' and a moderator corrects his Latin grammar. This is an easter egg from a Monty Python film.

Let mods suggest edits to users

Cut down unnecessary tension and confusion

Civic Signal

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Inference

A mockup of a comment. It has a prompt on top of it that says 'heads up, topics like this can get heated'.

Warning that topic is sensitive

Reduce likelihood of sharing triggering content

Civic Signal

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Inference

A mockup illustrating two posts in a feed: one is labelled as "misleading" whereas the one beneath it has a less severe label of "Stay informed".

Labeling misleading content

Reducing the spread and impact of misleading content

Civic Signal

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Convincing

A wireframe of how a slowdown intervention would, with a timer, show users how long they must wait to post again.

Slowdown Modes

Slow users down so their followup comments are more thoughtful

Civic Signal

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Inference

A mockup of a phone screen with this intervention, explaining that "You may encounter unverified claims on this topic." The icon is of an ear on a shield, representing the idea of 'protecting your ears from rumors.'

Prebunking misinformation

Raise critical awareness towards specific misinformation narratives

Civic Signal

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Tentative

An expanded modal box, which conveys the concept of listening to a recording of someone else's voice.

Give audio option for user input

Humanize users in one anothers' eyes

Civic Signal

Encourage the humanization of others

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Inference

A mockup of an over-the-top news headline that reads "ALIENS!". In front of it is a reminder: "If shocking claims in a headline sound unbelievable, then they probably are."

Misinformation literacy

To build resilience towards misinformation

Civic Signal

Build civic competence

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Likely

A mockup of an intervention showing a Twitter comment, but it has a new button along the bottom that shows how many people have viewed the tweet.

Show Content Reach (# of Views)

Evoke self-consciousness for post conscientiousness

Civic Signal

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Emergent

Highlight Consensus Posts

Depolarize divisive conversations

Civic Signal

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Inference

A mockup of an intervention in which all posts have a delay built into them.

Delay-by-Default Posting

Give users a chance to reconsider their words before they go public

Civic Signal

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Inference

A mockup of an intervention. An image is blurred out behind a warning, which says the image in question could be questionable or inflammatory.

Hide edge-case content behind warning

Create middle ground between promoting content and banning it

Civic Signal

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Inference

A mockup of a prompt that reminds users that "Headlines Don't Tell The Full Story".

Disallow Sharing of Unclicked Links

Cut down on the spread of misinformation

Civic Signal

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Emergent

A mockup of a prompt telling a user that "Your Comment Is Likely To Be Hurtful To Others" with an option to either edit the post or post it anyway.

Preliminary Flagging Before Posting

Reduce online harassment

Civic Signal

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Convincing

A mockup of a prompt telling users that their posts will be subject to peer review. The user is invited to either edit their post or proceed to posting it.

Warning that Comments Will be Reviewed by Peers Before Publication

Reduce toxicity of comments

Civic Signal

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Emergent

A mockup of a react button. The platform's 'Thanks' icon is emphasized.

Thank You Button

Increase retention and make prosociality contagious

Civic Signal

Encourage the humanization of others

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Likely

Retain Users

A prompt telling users that trolls may be there, but they are uncommon.

Message that trolls are present but outnumbered

Reassure community newcomers; make them resilient to trolling

Civic Signal

Cultivate Belonging

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