What If Social Media Could Tell You When You’re Mean?
Ditching likes for facial scans could be the way to a kinder, if creepier, online world.
by Ian Bogost
Jun 25, 2019
2 minutes
Years ago, when I still used Facebook a lot, I posted a really mean reply to a friend’s post. A real friend, too, not just a “Facebook friend.” The aftermath was ruinous. My friend forgave me, thank goodness, but I was so horrified at my gaffe that I purged my account, shedding thousands of friends. I stopped posting my
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