I dislike the new mobile topic header behavior in 2.2.0.beta5

[tophee (Christoph)]

@ficuswhisperer

Not seeing notifications without taking additional action is the massive sticking point for me.

Yea, almost literally, I guess. But that kind of dopamine pumping feature is not a good thing because it’s adictive (no offense, we’re all victim to this). So from that perspective, I’d even say it’s good that those notifications are a bit more hidden…

See also here:

Choice Architecture and the ethics of Discourse

One of the things that most interested me in Discourse was the ‘framing’ of the project as set out by @codinghorror at the outset. He provided both a functional AND ethical case for improving online discussions, through the means of improving forum software. The default ‘Community Rules’ are a terrific exposition of the underlying values and intent of the project. Bravo. I really like the direction Discourse has gone and there is no intended criticism here at all - but I am not sure there has …