https://example.org/articles/Recent content in Articles on Social ProtocolsHugoen-usTue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0200https://example.org/what-is-a-social-protocol/Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0200https://example.org/what-is-a-social-protocol/Introduction The rules that determine what gets attention on social platforms are often called &ldquo;algorithms,&rdquo; but algorithms are only part of the story. Another way to understand social platforms is as social protocols, or sets of formal and informal rules that groups use to allocate their collective attention.https://example.org/what-deserves-our-attention/Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0200https://example.org/what-deserves-our-attention/Every online community has rules that determine how the attention of the community is directed. For example in an online forum, the most up-voted posts may be shown on at the top of the page.https://example.org/deliberative-consensus-protocols/Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://example.org/deliberative-consensus-protocols/Introduction: Scalable Group Decision-Making A deliberative consensus protocol is a process that online groups can use to make decisions. It&rsquo;s designed to produce good decisions that are fair and manifest the collective intelligence of the group.https://example.org/human-alignment-technology/Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0200https://example.org/human-alignment-technology/Human alignment, the process of establishing shared understanding among individuals, is crucial for effective collaboration and organization. It is essential for civilizations to flourish.https://example.org/the-law-of-attention/Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200https://example.org/the-law-of-attention/In this article, I argue that we can apply game theory to explain and control the behaviors that dominate in an online community. Not only can game theory explain why misinformation and abuse are so common in social platforms, it can be used to design social platforms that will be filled with honest, informed, civil, and behavior.https://example.org/truthtelling-games/Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200https://example.org/truthtelling-games/In this article, I will use game theory to explain why, under certain conditions, otherwise dishonest Internet people will behave with scrupulous honesty, and how social platforms can be intentionally engineered to create these conditions.https://example.org/give-truth-the-advantage/Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200https://example.org/give-truth-the-advantage/Everyone knows that the infamous social media algorithms promote the spread of false and misleading information on the Internet. But could they be engineered to do the opposite?https://example.org/the-deliberative-poll/Sun, 08 Nov 2020 13:40:43 -0700https://example.org/the-deliberative-poll/<p>A deliberative poll measures the <strong>informed opinion</strong> of a group of people who have participated in a discussion about the topic of the poll. This essay introduces a method for integrating deliberative polling into online discussions in social platforms, in order to discover the informed opinion of a group.</p>